Did you know it was International Happiness Day this month? From the relationships between mothers with post natal depression and their babies, to the playground … Read more
Month: March 2023
Measuring How The Brain Learns About Pain
My PhD investigates the brain processes responsible for our pain and touch perception. I’m especially interested in how the brain learns about pain and stores … Read more
The Playground Project
Katie Goodbun has evaluated The Playground Project, a community-based initiative that aimed to bring the arts and creative play to very young children across Kent. the … Read more
First of its kind study reveals how facial transplant recipient recognises new appearance as their own
Ruben Azevedo is part of a team of researchers from the UK and USA, to have conducted the first ever investigation into how a facial … Read more
Leverhulme Studentship- “The cognitive constraints on children’s ability to manage a conversation topic”
Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship in the School of Psychology at the University of Kent, funded by the Leverhulme Trust (Principal Investigator: … Read more
How to make a happy school
For children’s mental health week, the School of Psychology helped Kent school children create their own happiness research projects! Pictured above is Hugo Bowles, a … Read more
CORE-FP training workshop
Do you work with adults who have set fires? Want to know more about evidence-based assessment and treatment? This online workshop offers training on best … Read more
Student profile: Emily Willis
Emily Willis spent her year in industry at Zircon. She talks us through what her days looked like and what advice she would give to … Read more
Postnatal depression and its multigenerational impact on relationships
New research led by Dr. Sarah Myers and supervised by Dr. Sarah Johns, at the School of Anthropology and Conservation has found that postnatal depression … Read more
February News RoundUp
The ability to consider other people’s perspectives, spreading joy in our community and supporting others is the theme of this month’s Round Up. Meaning in … Read more