News and events
Latest news and forthcoming events and seminars from the School of Psychology.
Latest news
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- Older adults may be slower to learn actions and behaviours that benefit themselves, but new research shows they are just as capable as younger people of learning behaviours that benefit others.
- Date:
- 22/07/2021
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- A pilot programme designed to work with students in recovery from addiction to alcohol, drugs, gambling or other behavioural addiction could provide a template approach to supporting student recovery nationwide.
- Date:
- 19/07/2021
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- Eyewitnesses can identify perpetrators more accurately when they are able to manipulate 3D images of suspects, according to a new study.
- Date:
- 09/07/2021
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- The Institute for Mental Health at the University of Birmingham has been awarded £1.5M from the Wolfson Foundation to fund a research centre focused on supporting youth mental health.
- Date:
- 07/07/2021
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- Attention training in young people with autism can lead to significant improvements in academic performance, according to a new study.
- Date:
- 06/07/2021
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- A fund has been set up at The University of Birmingham to provide an annual award of £250 to reward excellence in final year UK undergraduate or Masters students in psychology and/or music.
- Date:
- 28/06/2021
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- Autistic people's ability to accurately identify facial expressions is affected by the speed at which the expression is produced and its intensity, according to new research at the University of Birmingham.
- Date:
- 02/06/2021
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- Experts in virtual reality locomotion have developed a new resource that analyses all the different possibilities of locomotion currently available.
- Date:
- 13/05/2021