Let’s talk about loneliness – the importance of social psychology
21 June 2019
Loneliness is an expanding challenge for health and care, and something that could affect any one of us at any point in our lives. This year’s focal point is about reducing the stigma about loneliness. We’re using the opportunity to shine a light on some social psychology research and how it can help tackle loneliness.
The Planning Fallacy - Three Minute Thesis
14 June 2019
Media Outreach Public Engagement
Dyedra Morrisey, a DPhil student from Prof Robin Murphy's Computational Psychopathology lab has won 2nd place in the "3 Minute Thesis" competition. Her talk covered her research into the Planning Fallacy, where people's expectations on the completion of tasks and meeting deadlines vary, often wildly. With a useful addition of real-life examples where the planning fallacy manifests.
BBC documentary on anxiety
15 May 2019
Impact Media Public Engagement
As part of its Mental Health Season, BBC 1 showed their documentary on anxiety presented by Great British Bake Off Winner, Nadiya Hussain. the show featured Professor of Experimental Psychology, David Clark, who discusses with Nadiya the various features of anxiety.
The future of children and young people’s mental health research at the University of Oxford
14 May 2019
Media Public Engagement Research
In her first interview since joining the University of Oxford, Cathy gives us a taster of what it's like researching psychological therapies for children and young people
The online psychologist
14 May 2019
For Mental Health Awareness Week 2019, we are exploring how the University of Oxford has been researching the potential of online psychological treatments to support better mental health care
Department member honoured by Royal Society
17 April 2019
Professor Matthew Rushworth, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience has been honoured by the Royal Society by being elected a Fellow for his outstanding contributions to science
‘Night-time Cat’ - a children’s book to support improved grammar understanding
3 April 2019
Postdoctoral research associate publishes a children's book that enables greater exposure to complex grammar structures at a young age, supporting children's long-term reading and learning development.
Exciting new open access journal now accepting submissions
28 March 2019
Prof Kate Watkins, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience is the inaugural co-Editor-in-Chief of a new open access journal: the Neurobiology of Language.
Is child abuse on the increase?
7 March 2019
New research from the University of Oxford has found that since the 1900s there has been a large overall decrease in child abuse – but, worryingly, that trend may now be reversing.