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Professor Brian Moore awarded ASA Gold Medal

9 December 2013

Professor Brian Moore has been selected to receive the Gold Medal of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). The prestigious Gold Medal is presented annually to an individual whose contributions to the field of acoustics and to the Acoustical Society have been unusually distinguished. Professor Moore will receive the...

CSLB research identifies differences in how the brain processes the meanings of words and objects

4 December 2013

New research from the Centre for Speech, Language and the Brain at the University of Cambridge reveals key differences in how the meanings of words and objects are processed in the brain. The study is published in this week’s issue of Journal of Neuroscience . When people view an object in the world (such as a hammer, or a...

AIHHP recognises Professor Brian Moore's contribution to audiology

2 December 2013

Professor Brian Moore was recently given a special award by the Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals (AIHHP) for "Outstanding Services to Audiology". AIHHP is a professional association dedicated to promoting excellence within the UK Hearing Care profession.

Prof. Claire Hughes wins the BPS Academic Monograph Award 2013

26 November 2013

The British Psychological Society has announced that Professor Claire Hughes is this year's winner of the Academic Monograph Award for her book Social understanding and social lives: from toddlerhood through to the transition to school (Psychology Press). The Academic Monograph Award recognises "a significant scholarly...

Dr Gonzalo Urcelay to give Extinction Learning Symposium lecture

25 November 2013

Dr Gonzalo Urcelay, who is a University Lecturer in the Department, has been invited to give a lecture at the symposium, Extinction Learning: Neural Mechanisms, Behavioral Manifestations and Clinical Implications , which is being held from 25th – 26th November 2013 at the Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany. The symposium...

Dr Jennifer Murray lecturing in USA

24 November 2013

Research Associate, Dr Jennifer Murray, has been invited to present two lectures in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Kentucky on 2 December. The lectures are entitled: The role of impulsivity in the transition to habitual or compulsive cocaine seeking. Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation...

Department members attend Neuroscience 2013

10 November 2013

The Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Neuroscience 2013 , is under way in San Diego and members of the Department are attending in force. Over the course of the Meeting, nine posters will be presented, and a mini-symposium chaired, by various members of the Department. Amongst those attending from the Department are...

Revealing words: what our language on Facebook says about us

17 October 2013

New research, which uses the myPersonality dataset , collected by David Stillwell of The Psychometrics Centre , has found that the words used by individuals on Facebook reveal rather a lot about their age, personality and, in particular, their sex. In a paper published this month, 700 million words, phrases and topic...

Professor Zoe Kourtzi and Dr Andrew Welchman join the Department

14 October 2013

The Department is pleased to welcome two new members of academic staff for the start of the academic year. Professor Zoe Kourtzi An expert in imaging neural processes of the human brain, Professor Zoe Kourtzi has been Chair in Brain Imaging at the University of Birmingham since 2005, and joins the Department as Professor...

AS-Level Essay Competition winner receives prize

14 October 2013

Rosalind McAlpine, a student at Trinity School, Croydon, received her £300 1st place prize for winning the 2013 Department of Psychology AS-Level Essay Competition. She and Miss Sara Ward, the Head of Psychology at Trinity School, met with the judges Prof Claire Hughes and Dr Jason Rentfrow for lunch at Newnham College...

Professor Brian Moore awarded ASA Gold Medal

CSLB research identifies differences in how the brain processes the meanings of words and objects

AIHHP recognises Professor Brian Moore's contribution to audiology

Prof. Claire Hughes wins the BPS Academic Monograph Award 2013

Dr Gonzalo Urcelay to give Extinction Learning Symposium lecture

Dr Jennifer Murray lecturing in USA

Department members attend Neuroscience 2013

Revealing words: what our language on Facebook says about us

Professor Zoe Kourtzi and Dr Andrew Welchman join the Department

AS-Level Essay Competition winner receives prize

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