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Description: Cognitive therapy (CT) reduces the severity of psychotic experiences in adults who are at risk of developing conditions such as schizophrenia, a study published on the BMJ website claims.
Date:: 18/05/2012
Categories:: Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Description: It is often reported that the presentation of ASD characteristics in these genetic syndromes differs (in very subtle ways) to that observed in individuals with ASD. According to current diagnostic guidelines this might be classified as 'atypical autism'. Forthcoming changes to these guidelines may result in many individuals with genetic syndromes who currently meet diagnostic criteria for 'atypical autism' to be excluded, with inevitable consequences for access to appropriate resources and intervention.
Date:: 18/05/2012
Categories:: Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Description: The project will investigate how humans perceive the softness of an object while pressing their hand against it. The grant will be used to purchase a force-feedback device that simulates the haptic interaction with objects having different materials.
Date:: 18/05/2012
Categories:: Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Description: A large number of Staff and Postgraduate students, as well as the Chancellor and Vice Chancellors of the University, wore blue on the 2nd of April, 2012, in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day.
Date:: 05/04/2012
Categories:: Alumni, Life and Environmental Sciences, Research, Social Sciences, Students

Description: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) have awarded Dr Alex Balani £71K to investigate the interaction between working memory and selective attention.
Date:: 27/03/2012
Categories:: Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Description: The Leverhulme Trust has awarded the University of Birmingham a £125,634 Research Project Grant to examine Cortical hyperexcitability and the out-of-body experience (OBE).
Date:: 27/03/2012
Categories:: Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Description: From 15-17 March a group of staff and students from the School were at the Big Bang Fair at Birmingham's NEC. The annual event is aimed at young people across the UK and encourages them to get involved in science, maths and engineering.
Date:: 22/03/2012
Categories:: Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Description: Previous research on dual-tasks has shown that, under some circumstances actions impair the perception of action-consistent stimuli, while under other conditions actions facilitate their perception. This paper proposes a new model to reconcile these contrasting findings.
Date:: 20/03/2012
Categories:: Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

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