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The impact of childhood and teenage anxiety disorders on later life – new research

Public Engagement Research

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

General Public Engagement

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

Department Event Public Engagement

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

Public Engagement Research

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

Award General Public Engagement

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

General Public Engagement

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

Career Department General Impact Media Public Engagement

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

Department Media Public Engagement

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.

Sneak peek inside the Oxford BabyLab

Department Media Public Engagement

Now is your chance to get a sneak peek into the workings of one of the first dedicated developmental psychology research centres established in the UK. From looking at the development of cognitive functions such as speech and language, memories and higher executive functions such as decision making, the Oxford BabyLab has been unlocking the secrets of the developing infant brain since 1992.

The Planning Fallacy - Three Minute Thesis

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.

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