Sleep research: Can sleep improve our memory?
For World Sleep Day 2022, Bernhard Staresina discusses research into the effects of sleep on memory consolidation.
Celebrating sensory processing with Sensory Street
This week is World Autism Week and we hope this blog is a useful resource to help people better understand what it means to be an autistic person with sensory processing difficulties.
Racism is racism: The impact of “every day” racism on the mental health of young people
1 Feb, 2021
To mark Children's Mental Health Week, this blog explores themes around racism and young people, based on the Emerging Minds' Voices, Powers and Attitudes Challenge. Written by Fiyory Ghezae, an intern with the Emerging Minds Network.
Science reveals secrets behind the success of Game of Thrones
Emeritus Professor Robin Dunbar discusses how the book's complex character networks are kept within limits of what human minds are designed by evolution to cope with.
Light at the Right Time
30 Apr, 2020
Time your outside activity during the lockdown to take place in the morning hours.
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Robin Dunbar awarded 2026 International Cosmos Prize
11 Aug, 2026
Emeritus Professor Robin Dunbar has been awarded the 2026 International Cosmos Prize for his work in understanding of the relationship between nature and humankind.
Virtual reality therapy offers new hope for teenagers with needle phobia
15 Jul, 2026
A ground-breaking study led by the University of Oxford has shown that an automated virtual reality (VR) therapy can substantially reduce needle fears in adolescents, offering a scalable solution to a problem that affects millions of young people and undermines vaccination programmes.
Kate Watkins and Bernhard Staresina awarded major European Research Council Advanced Grants
23 Jun, 2026
Kate and Bernhard were two of fourteen researchers at the University of Oxford to be awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC), each worth up to €2.5 million over a period of five years.
Oxford joins major new Educational Neuroscience centre to shape government policy
8 Jun, 2026
Professor Gaia Scerif from the Department of Experimental Psychology is a key partner in a newly announced research centre that will help shape education policy across England.
Professor Masud Husain elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
27 May, 2026
Professor Husain was one of twelve renowned Oxford researchers to be elected Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences, in recognition of their exceptional contributions to advancing scientific knowledge.
Professor Asifa Majid awarded Humboldt Research
21 Apr, 2026
Professor Asifa Majid of the Department of Experimental Psychology has been awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.