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New study investigates cause of repetitive negative thoughts
20 November 2025
Repetitive negative thoughts will be investigated using a range of cutting-edge brain science techniques as part of a new study led by the University of Oxford and funded by Wellcome.
Shame a significant factor in hairpulling in young people, new study finds
10 November 2025
The study found that shame partially explained the relationship between hairpulling and depression, and fully explained the relationship between hairpulling and anxiety.
Innovative Oxford child anxiety treatment to be rolled out internationally
21 October 2025
An effective online treatment for childhood anxiety developed by a team at the University of Oxford is to be adapted and tested in five countries in Asia and South America, with the aim of driving widespread implementation in the future.
Oxford Researcher Wins the Prestigious 'Outstanding Doctorate of the Year' Award
6 October 2025
Dr Omid V. Ebrahimi from the Department of Experimental Psychology has been awarded 'Outstanding Doctorate of the Year' by the Norwegian Psychological Association for his groundbreaking research on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
People with severe mental illness gain three times as much weight as peers, yet weight-management referrals do not increase
17 September 2025
People with severe mental illness gain 4kg more weight than peers over 15 years but aren't offered more weight-management support, identifying crucial five-year intervention window.
Oxford Professors Mark Walton and Stephanie Cragg celebrate publication of The Handbook of Dopamine
8 August 2025
The Handbook of Dopamine captures current understanding of dopamine biology in the brain.
£27 million gift funds new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research focused on young people's mental health
6 August 2025
Oxford University will create a pioneering mental health research centre for children and families with £27 million from The Paul Foundation
New research: "Harry Potter and the SPELL Against Bullying"
31 July 2025
Shelley McKeown Jones and colleagues from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, have published new research on anti-bullying intervention in the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.
Identifying research priorities for severe paranoia
25 July 2025
We talk to lead author David Sher about his paper, which aimed to establish potential research priorities for understanding and treating severe paranoia for the first time.
Award in memory of Dr Valeria Frighi given to psychology trainee Michael Barry
2 July 2025
The £1,000 fund was set up to support researchers with an interest in intellectual disabilities.
New OPM-MEG brain scanner installed at the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA)
25 June 2025
The advanced technology will open new avenues for research, including scanning children, dementia patients and enable full-body movement studies.
Oxford-developed support for child anxiety to be adapted for families in Chile
24 June 2025
The successful parent-led programme, developed by Cathy Creswell and colleagues, is being culturally adapted in a new international collaboration.
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.
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.