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Suzanne Higgs' research into appetite featured in the New Scientist
Description
Research conducted by Suzanne Higgs into the link between memory and appetite has featured in a New Scientist article titled 'Memory: Lost in the here and now'.
Date:
24/10/2012
£450k ESRC grant to investigate children's and adult's making of tools
Description
An ESRC collaborative project brings together developmental psychologists Sarah Beck and Ian Apperly and bioscientist Jackie Chappell to explore human tool making. The project develops work funded by a College of Life and Environmental Sciences Cutting Edge grant and Nicola Cutting's PhD work.
Date:
24/10/2012
Book co-edited by Professor Anthony Beech 'Forensic Psychology: Crime, Justice, Law, Interventions' (2012) becomes No1 bestseller in Forensic Psychology
Description
'Forensic Psychology: Crime, Justice, Law and Interventions' has become the number one bestseller in Forensic Psychology on Amazon. The book is co-edited by Professor Anthony Beech (pictured right), Deputy Head of School and Head of the Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology at the University of Birmingham.
Date:
17/10/2012
£508k award from the the BBSRC to study the neural mechanisms of memory updating
Description
Jonathan Lee and Attila Sik (School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine) have been awarded a 3 year grant from the Biolotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council: "The neural mechanisms of memory updating".
Date:
17/10/2012
£80,000 award to fund 'Challenging behaviour and Autistic Spectrum Disorder in Tuberous Sclerosis'
Description
Lucy Wilde, from the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the School of Psychology, has been awarded one of the first postdoctoral research training fellowships from the UK support group charity the Tuberous Sclerosis Association.
Date:
15/10/2012
Chris Miall features in a Nature article and podcast to discuss brain activity in the resting state
Description
Chris Miall has featured in a news article and podcast for Nature titled 'Neuroscience: Idle minds' (19 September 2012), which discusses the activity of the brain while it is in a resting state.
Date:
10/10/2012
Joe McCleery and Supriya Malik awarded £103k to study early behavioural intervention for young children with autism
Description
Dr Joe McCleery and incoming overseas PhD student, Supriya Malik, from the School of Psychology have been awarded £103,272 from the UK charity, Autistica, and Fortis Healthcare (India) for a research project entitled 'The effects of gesture training on the neural processing of auditory and visual gestures in children with autism.'
Date:
24/09/2012
Dinesh Ramoo sponsored to represent the University at the British Science Festival
Description
Doctoral researcher Dinesh Ramoo (pictured) has been chosen as one of the six students sponsored by the British Science Association to represent the University at the British Science Festival in Aberdeen.
Date:
24/09/2012
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