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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.

British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Urges Immediate Action to Safeguard Preclinical Neuroscience in the UK

4 February 2025

British Neuroscience Association Announces Preclinical Neuroscience Report and Open Letter to Funders

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The Life and Mind Building: a new home for Oxford's Biology and Experimental Psychology departments

9 January 2025

The Life and Mind Building, the largest building project in the University's history, is set to open this year.

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Decoding Developmental Language Disorders and Peer Victimisation in Young People

5 December 2024

A new Oxford Sparks video from Dr Sînziana-Ioana Oncioiu.

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David Clark and Anke Ehlers win 2024 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award for mental health research

28 November 2024

It is the first time that the award, which recognises exceptional achievements in knowledge and innovation, has been awarded for mental health research.

Professor Daniel Freeman recognised on Clarivate Highly Cited List

21 November 2024

The Clarivate Highly Cited list identifies and celebrates researchers who have demonstrated a "significant and broad influence" in science or medicine-related disciplines.

Brain acts like music box playing different behaviours

7 November 2024

Neuroscientists based in NDCN and Experimental Psychology reveal how cells form a coordinate system for behavioural sequences.

Can chatbots bridge the gap in parental support? A cautious optimism

22 October 2024

Experimental Psychology DPhil Max Klapow recently authored an invited thinkpiece for Global Parenting Initiative, discussing his work on scalable interventions to prevent mental health problems in resource-limited settings, particularly low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Dr Miriam Klein-Flügge Wins Prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize

18 October 2024

Dr Miriam Klein-Flügge has been awarded the prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize in Psychology for 2024. This award recognises outstanding researchers who have made significant contributions to their field early in their careers.

Professor Asifa Majid awarded the International Vigdís Prize

15 October 2024

Asifa Majid, psychologist, linguist and cognitive scientist, is the 2024 recipient of the International Vigdís Prize, an award conferred for outstanding contributions to world languages and cultures. The award ceremony will take place in Reykjavík, Iceland, on October 22, 2024.

Transforming Childhood Anxiety Treatment

3 October 2024

With one in five children and young people in England experiencing probable mental ill health, the need for accessible and effective mental health treatments has never been more pressing. Professor Cathy Creswell and her team at the Department, in collaboration with NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley (ARC OxTV) conceived and developed an innovative online intervention for childhood anxiety.

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