Tag: Research

Professor Heather Ferguson has been awarded the Psychonomic Society’s 2019 Early Career Award. This recognises Heather’s outstanding contributions to scientific psychology early in her career. … Read more

New research by Kent Psychologists, Katie Goodbun and Professor Dominic Abrams, has shown that a school programme to teach young people about the life of … Read more

Saturday 22 June 2019, 1.30-5pm Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury Are you interested in how the mind and brain works and develops, and how … Read more

Professor of Forensic Psychology Theresa Gannon has been awarded the British Psychological Society (BPS) – Division of Forensic Psychology Lifetime Contribution to Forensic Psychology Award … Read more

Research by Dr Michael Wood and Dr Karen Douglas has found that people who argue in favour of conspiracy theories use different persuasive strategies from … Read more

Pioneering research from a team of forensic psychologists led by Professor Theresa Gannon and Dr Jane Wood into the increased disclosures made by sex offenders … Read more

New published research from psychologists at the universities of Kent and Witten/Herdecke has shown that mindfulness meditation has the ability to temporarily alter practitioners’ perceptions … Read more

In a new Lloyd’s emerging risk report, a team of experts from the University of Kent has shown how principles from behavioural science can be … Read more

Psychologists have shown that diversity promotes tolerance towards different groups if it catches people by surprise. In a paper published by PLoS ONE, Dr Milica … Read more

New research published by a team of international psychologists has shown that people can suppress incriminating memories and thereby avoid detection in brain activity guilt … Read more