Category: Research

The observation that power tends to corrupt is accepted wisdom but now research from psychologists suggests that holding high positions might simultaneously have good and … Read more

This year the The School of Psychology’s Annual Lecture will be given by Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol.  The talk, which is open to … Read more

A new study of injured athletes carried out by the University found they can benefit from using mindfulness as part of the sport rehabilitation process … Read more

New research suggests that if people perceive the rise of vegetarianism as a threat to their way of life they are more likely to care … Read more

Professor Ayse Uskul and Dr Mehmet Elgin have been awarded a £99,000 Newton International Fellowship by the British Academy. This fellowship was established to support … Read more

New research from Professor David Williams and colleagues indicates that the ability to detect lies is diminished in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) – putting them … Read more

Dr Markus Bindemann has secured a prestigious BA Newton Visiting Fellowship worth £25,827​ for the School of Psychology. Professor Andrea Hildebrandt of the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald in Germany … Read more

New research by Kent Psychologist Dr Giovanni Travaglino and Dr Libby Drury, of Birkbeck, University of London, has indicated that masculine honour-related values among young Italian men strongly … Read more

When people read or listen to a conversation, their brains sometimes pro-actively predict which words come next. Research carried out in 2005 suggested that these … Read more

Dr Heather Ferguson has been awarded a three-year Leverhulme Trust Research Grant for a project entitled “Learning from Fiction: A Philosophical and Psychological Study”. The … Read more