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 \u2013 how they work together or compete.
A new study led by Rakoen Maertens has found that targeted psychological interventions can significantly enhance long-term resistance to misinformation. Dubbed \u201cpsychological booster shots,\u201d these interventions improve memory retention and help individuals recognize and resist misleading information more effectively over time.
David Clark and other Oxford researchers awarded \u00a317 million from Wellcome to analyse NHS talking therapy outcomes and enhance secure data research.
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.
9 Experimental Psychology researchers and staff have been selected to join the first-ever cohort of the departmental 'Engagement Ambassadors' programme
The \u2018Building stress Resilience in Early Adolescents\u2019 Lives\u2019 (BReal) project aimed to create evidence-based resources to improve young people\u2019s resilience, and enable them to develop skills to cope with everyday challenges.
It is the first time that the award, which recognises exceptional achievements in knowledge and innovation, has been awarded for mental health research.
Many congratulations to Amy McCall for winning the Medical Research Council Max Perutz Award, a science communication competition for DPhil students. This year, students had to create a video telling a non-scientific audience why their area of research matters.
The Clarivate Highly Cited list identifies and celebrates researchers who have demonstrated a \"significant and broad influence\" in science or medicine-related disciplines.
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-Fl\u00fcgge 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.
Asifa Majid, psychologist, linguist and cognitive scientist, is the 2024 recipient of the International Vigd\u00eds Prize, an award conferred for outstanding contributions to world languages and cultures. The award ceremony will take place in Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland, on October 22, 2024.
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