A systematic review identifies the reasons why ambulance employees do not seek support at work for their mental health
20 May 2025
Emergency medical service (EMS) personnel routinely face high-stress, emotionally intense situations that can impact their mental health, and yet, many ambulance staff do not seek help. A recent systematic review identifies practical ways to improve access to mental health resources.
A landmark experiment published in Nature puts leading theories of consciousness to the test
30 April 2025
Professor Ole Jensen is part of a global consortium that embraced a novel collaborative approach to investigating one of the brain’s greatest mysteries
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.
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.
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
Study outlines feasibility of multiple disease risk prediction model for primary care
31 May 2024
A team of researchers led by a researcher in RDM, but which also includes researchers in NDCN, Population Health and Experimental Psychology, have found that a single, integrated health check carried out in a primary care setting can accurately predict risks for diseases across multiple organs.
New survey reveals that a quarter of UK adults mistrust others
24 November 2023
A major new survey of trust and mistrust in the UK has revealed worryingly high levels of mistrust in society, with a quarter of respondents mistrustful of other people and a similar proportion keen for help to feel more trusting.
How to use the science of the body clock to improve our sleep and health
25 May 2022
Professor Russell Foster has written a new book about circadian neuroscience which is published by Penguin this week. This book review by Jacqueline Pumphrey was first published on the University of Oxford website.
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.