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Read more at: SDP AS Level Essay Competition 2012 winners

SDP AS Level Essay Competition 2012 winners

1 August 2012

Over 100 entries were received for this year’s AS Level Essay Competition, sent from schools across the country. This year we asked students to answer one of two questions, “Are gender differences fact or fiction? Discuss with respect to at least two distinct measures or traits.” or “What is meant by the term 'good-enough...


Read more at: Centre for Family Research: Wellcome Trust award announced

Centre for Family Research: Wellcome Trust award announced

1 August 2012

Professor Susan Golombok awarded major research grant


Read more at: Mathematics anxiety affects girls more than boys

Mathematics anxiety affects girls more than boys

11 July 2012

Research led by Dr Dénes Szűcs finds gender differences in mathematics anxiety


Read more at: Professor Nicola Clayton to deliver RI Discourse

Professor Nicola Clayton to deliver RI Discourse

26 June 2012

Professor Nicola Clayton has been invited to deliver a Friday Evening Discourse (FED) at the Royal Institution this autumn. FEDs, which are intended to promote science and facilitate the dissemination of useful knowledge, were introduced by Michael Faraday (pictured) 186 years ago and, in the intervening period, have been...


Read more at: On this day, one hundred years ago

On this day, one hundred years ago

3 June 2012

The centenary of an historic moment in the establishment of psychology in Cambridge


Read more at: Reading between the Lines

Reading between the Lines

29 May 2012

Tuesday 29th May 2012: "Reading between the Lines: Beyond the Reading Wars ". In the second of two programmes looking at how children learn to read, presenter and former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo explores how the contemporary debate has been informed by teaching methods of the recent past. In the programme...


Read more at: Qualitative psychology: A new satiric onslaught

Qualitative psychology: A new satiric onslaught

10 May 2012

Our Reader in Cognitive Development James Russell has recently published a satirical poem about so-called 'qualitative' psychology entitled 'Properly Nuanced: The Spirit of Raymond Roussel falls upon the New Psychology'. The publisher is the Knives, Forks and Spoons Press. It is purchasable from their website . Copies...


Read more at: Early- & Mid-Career Awards news

Early- & Mid-Career Awards news

9 May 2012

The department is delighted to announce that Professor Nicky Clayton has been selected to receive the Mid-Career Award of the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS). This award follows on from Dr Jon Simons being awarded the Early-Career Award. You can watch Dr Simons's award lecture on Memory and the Brain here . Or view...


Read more at: Abnormal brain structures - implications for stimulant drug addiction

Abnormal brain structures - implications for stimulant drug addiction

4 March 2012

New paper on stimulant drug addiction excites media interest.


Read more at: Professor Nicky Clayton on 'The Science Show' on Australia's ABC Radio.

Professor Nicky Clayton on 'The Science Show' on Australia's ABC Radio.

22 November 2011

Professor Nicky Clayton appears on 'The Science Show' discussing her role as the scientist in residence at the Rambert Dance Company.