Thank you to everyone who made #ESSEM2024 in Athens such a wonderful experience! What could be better than a week of discussing #eyemovements within view of the Acropolis! 👀

After a summer of researching, writing, preparing for modules, and a little bit of relaxation, the #essexpsychology staff is ready to meet all of our new students and welcome back our returning students! Happy Autumn Term!

Work from sebastian korb and lab Research at Essex covered here...

There's still time to apply to begin your MSc in Psychology in January - and now with a part time option! Accredited by the British Psychological Society, get hands-on research experience and learn from highly skilled instructors!

Also, do you like humans, robots and pizza? If so, you should check out the special sessions at IAS-19 in Genoa... ias-19.org/special-sessio… I'm helping plan one with Dimitri Ognibene and others.

Essex is leading a £1.2m project to uncover if mental fatigue and lapses in concentration are reflected through your eyes. The revolutionary project will look to reveal how eye movements and pupil dilation reflect just how tired you really are. brnw.ch/21wR4d3

New article: 🔍Cognitive load affects gaze dynamics during real-world tasks 🧐 by Elena Geangu, Tom Foulsham, Gavrila and Mishra York Psychology EssexPsychology 1/n link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Association of autistic traits with inference generation in visual narratives nature.com/articles/s4159…

On gaze vs attention, autism-relevant, free cell.com/trends/cogniti… "in live situations, where the eyes signal information, people may naturally avert their gaze while covertly tracking others... with the eyes effectively sending a false signal as to where attention is directed"

We hope you've spotted the news that we're 12th in the UK in the new Guardian University Guide. Our Vice-Chancellor had the chance to tell The Guardian all about how our student-focused approach has helped us rise up the rankings. brnw.ch/21wVLFM