Professor Asifa Majid Named 2024 AAAS Fellow
27 March 2025
Professor Majid recognised for contributions to the understanding of language, culture, and cognition in the 2024 AAAS honours list
Daniel Freeman reappointed as an NIHR Senior Investigator
21 March 2025
The National Institute for Health and Care Research has announced its latest cohort of Senior Investigators. Professor Daniel Freeman is one of 19 researchers reappointed to this prestigious post.
Balancing Reward with Threat Highlights the Interplay between Brain, Behaviour, and Individual Traits
19 March 2025
Daily life involves a continuous balance between pursuing positive opportunities – rewards – and remaining vigilant to threats, a dynamic process that is critical for survival in both humans and animals.
New study reveals how the brain stores information on how people interact
12 March 2025
Marco Wittmann and colleagues studied how our brains don't just remember who people are; they also use basic building blocks ("basis functions") to store information about how people interact – how they work together or compete.
New research reveals psychological ‘booster shots’ can strengthen resistance to misinformation
12 March 2025
A new study led by Rakoen Maertens has found that targeted psychological interventions can significantly enhance long-term resistance to misinformation. Dubbed “psychological booster shots,” these interventions improve memory retention and help individuals recognize and resist misleading information more effectively over time.
Professor Sue Iversen (1940–2025)
25 February 2025
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Emeritus Fellow and former Head of Department Professor Sue Iversen
New study on how positive psychology interventions can benefit incarcerated people
21 February 2025
Max Klapow and colleagues have conducted the first-ever empirical evaluation of positive psychology interventions (PPIs) in prison settings.
Major investment from Wellcome to transform mental health treatment research for NHS
19 February 2025
David Clark and other Oxford researchers awarded £17 million from Wellcome to analyse NHS talking therapy outcomes and enhance secure data research.
Simona Skripkauskaite awarded a fellowship with Administrative Data Research UK
10 February 2025
Congratulations to Simona Skripkauskaite who has been awarded a fellowship with ADR (Administrative Data Research) UK.
New study reveals genetic effects on cognitive health are age and sex specific
5 February 2025
A recent study from a team at University of Oxford aimed to reveal the specific roles played by APOE and Klotho genes in brain health and function, and how this varies according to age and sex.
Our Brains, Our Selves
5 February 2025
Professor Masud Husain has published a new book on what he has learned from his patients
British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Urges Immediate Action to Safeguard Preclinical Neuroscience in the UK
4 February 2025
British Neuroscience Association Announces Preclinical Neuroscience Report and Open Letter to Funders
2025 EP Engagement Ambassadors announced
14 January 2025
9 Experimental Psychology researchers and staff have been selected to join the first-ever cohort of the departmental 'Engagement Ambassadors' programme
The Life and Mind Building: a new home for Oxford's Biology and Experimental Psychology departments
9 January 2025
The Life and Mind Building, the largest building project in the University's history, is set to open this year.
Free lesson plans to help young people deal with stress accredited for use in schools
16 December 2024
The ‘Building stress Resilience in Early Adolescents’ Lives’ (BReal) project aimed to create evidence-based resources to improve young people’s resilience, and enable them to develop skills to cope with everyday challenges.
Decoding Developmental Language Disorders and Peer Victimisation in Young People
5 December 2024
A new Oxford Sparks video from Dr Sînziana-Ioana Oncioiu.
David Clark and Anke Ehlers win 2024 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award for mental health research
28 November 2024
It is the first time that the award, which recognises exceptional achievements in knowledge and innovation, has been awarded for mental health research.
Amy McCall wins Max Perutz Award for science communication
26 November 2024
Many congratulations to Amy McCall for winning the Medical Research Council Max Perutz Award, a science communication competition for DPhil students. This year, students had to create a video telling a non-scientific audience why their area of research matters.
Professor Daniel Freeman recognised on Clarivate Highly Cited List
21 November 2024
The Clarivate Highly Cited list identifies and celebrates researchers who have demonstrated a "significant and broad influence" in science or medicine-related disciplines.
Brain acts like music box playing different behaviours
7 November 2024
Neuroscientists based in NDCN and Experimental Psychology reveal how cells form a coordinate system for behavioural sequences.