Professor Nichola Raihani from UCL Psych & Lang Sci explores what it means to her to be Humanist. She said: “Humans have evolved to be an inordinately cooperative species”.

🎧Listen on BBC Radio 4 (from 30 min, 9 sec) here: buff.ly/4bfF1lb

Dr Jem Bhatt from the UCL Psych & Lang Sci Unit for Stigma Research, conducts psychosocial dementia research, and investigates the discrimination faced by dementia carers.

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Professor Uta Frith from UCL Psych & Lang Sci UCL ICN disputes the myth that dyslexic people are more creative.

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Research suggesting the sensation of touch brings benefits for the body & mind gives 'a bird’s-eye view' of the benefits of touch interventions on health, says Professor Katerina Fotopoulou from UCL Psych & Lang Sci.

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For the next @UCL_EP seminar on 14/05, Prof Heleen Slagter @haslagter.bsky.social invites us to reconsider how attention is typically approached: rather than as a mere sensory filter but as a relational process that optimizes agent-environment interactions based on priors.
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UCL's Advanced Research Computing Centre (ARC) is a new group at UCL that has been set up to help with all research computing questions. They can help advise on data storage, handling sensitive data, data management plans, and more!

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19 UCL alumni & students have earned a place in Forbes’ annual Top 30 Under 30 list of leading entrepreneurs & creatives in Europe, recognised for their achievements in fields such as artificial intelligence & child healthcare.

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Interested in applying behavioural science to your organisation? Join UCL’s Dr Alicia Melis in an online Q&A, 30 May @1pm. Find out how you can work with our brilliant students on pressing questions. To register: buff.ly/2PZeHaC or email [email protected]

UCL publishes its 2024 report on gender, ethnicity & disability pay gaps. Data from 2023 shows that we continue to make progress on our gender pay gap, while our overall ethnicity gap reduces by the median and increases by the mean.

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Body dysmorphia affects about two in every 100 teens (1.9%), with the disorder being six times more common in girls than in boys, according to a new report led by Dr Georgina Krebs from UCL PALS.

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Have you met Saptadeepta? 👋

Saptadeepta is a current Global Master's Scholarship recipient - learn more about why she chose to apply and how the scholarship has helped her!

Applications close on 7 May - apply now👇
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Festive fun at first UCL Campus Run: Nearly 400 runners of all abilities took part in UCL’s first Campus Run, hosted by Students’ Union UCL from our UCL East campus on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

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The new pedestrianised shared space on Gordon Square opens on Weds (8 May). UCL Estates are 'confident that this transformation will enhance the local area for our students, residents, and visitors.'

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Applications are now open for the @UCL_EP and Peking University (Peking University) Annual Summer School for Experimental, Methodological and Computational Design in Psychology!

Deadline : 12th May

More info : uclpkusummerschool.github.io/2024/index.html

New Research!

Read our latest research paper which considers how mental health and wellbeing programmes in schools can be sustained: orlo.uk/ZGOJI

Well done to the team Daniel Hayes, PhD Emily Stapley Jess
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Research England has announced they will support four of UCL’s museums and collections with £2.4 million of Higher Education Museums, Galleries and Collections (HEMG) funding over the coming five years.

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Come and hear UCL researchers talk about their research in the pub on 13–15 May – expect puns, discussions, games, demonstrations, and prizes. All tickets £5 and coming to a pub near you!

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Perimenopausal women are 40% more likely to experience depression than premenopausal women- underlining the need for effective support and screening, finds a new study by UCL Psych & Lang Sci researchers, including Prof Aimee Spector & Dr Roopal Desai Menopause Mind Lab ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/may/…