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
Decoding Developmental Language Disorders and Peer Victimisation in Young People
5 December 2024
A new Oxford Sparks video from Dr Sînziana-Ioana Oncioiu.
The impact of childhood and teenage anxiety disorders on later life – new research
26 April 2023
New research has found that the consequences of anxiety disorders in young people can include mental health issues in adulthood, lower grades at school and lower earnings.
International Stammering Awareness Day
21 October 2022
International Stammering Awareness Day is 22 October and this year's theme is "Being Seen, Being Heard – Representation and normalisation of stuttering in the mainstream."
100 Women of Oxford Medical Sciences
11 February 2021
It's International Women's Day and MSD launches project to celebrate 100 years since women were admitted as full members of the University.
Impact of returning to school on adolescent mental health the subject of a new study
8 September 2020
Researchers from Department of Experimental Psychology have found that, during lockdown, teenagers mental health is struggling compared to their parents.
Enriching Engagement (Round 2) awardees announced
25 August 2020
The awardees for the second round of the University of Oxford’s Enriching Engagement funding scheme have now been announced, including two projects from Experimental Psychology.
Managing Stress and Overcoming Anxiety Talk: Video now available
11 June 2020
Managing Stress and Overcoming Anxiety is the first talk in Experimental Psychology's Our Mental Wellness Series.
Building quality, diversity and publicity for mental health research
10 October 2019
In a move that will transform future mental health research, Prof Elaine Fox has been made the national Mental Health Impact and Engagement Coordinator for UK Research and Innovation. Read more to find out more about what this means for supporting improved mental health research across the UK.
Robin Dunbar and his Life Scientific
9 August 2019
Prof Robin Dunbar, Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology has been in conversation with Jim Al-Khalili on Radio 4's Life Scientific. This fascinating podcast gives takes us on a journey from his early beginnings in science, and his fascinating research and groundbreaking discoveries he's made deciphering the mysteries as to why humans and animals evolve the social habits to exist in friendship circles.