The Cambridge view on memory
15 May 2025By tying together more than a century of memory research at Cambridge, the Memory Lab gives us tangible ways to improve, preserve and understand our memory.
News from the Department of Psychology.
Pondering artistic beauty encourages ‘big picture’ thinking
07 May 2025Psychological experiment suggests actively considering the beauty of art increases abstract thinking and “transformative” emotion – helping us escape the “mental trappings” of day-to-day living.
It takes parents a year to ‘tune in’ to their child’s feelings about school
30 Apr 2025Findings from a major Cambridge-led study inspired psychologists to co-produce a picture book that helps parents develop a deeper understanding of how their child is coping with the first year of school.
AI can be good for our health and wellbeing
07 Apr 2025Cambridge researchers are looking at ways that AI can transform everything from drug discovery to Alzheimer's diagnoses to GP consultations.
Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Professor Paul Bays
11 Mar 2025Paul Bays is a Professor of Computation and Cognition in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. He investigates the nature of the internal representations our brains construct and sustain to interact with the world and the computations performed on them to achieve...
Researchers celebrated at the Cambridge Awards for Research Impact and Engagement
04 Feb 2025From helping to inoculate the public against misinformation to tackling air pollution in rapidly urbanising African cities, researchers from across the University of Cambridge were honoured at the Cambridge Awards on 3 February.
The Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement
03 Feb 2025Meet the winner of the Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.
‘Manifest’ is Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year
20 Nov 2024The controversial global trend of manifesting has driven Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024.
Time alone heightens ‘threat alert’ in teenagers – even when connecting online
13 Nov 2024Scientists say the findings might shed light on the link between loneliness and mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders, which are on the rise in young people.
Trump voters believe American values and prosperity are ‘under threat’
11 Nov 2024Data also suggests that Democrat appeals to unity were popular across the board, but “politicians need to do more to understand why some people feel under threat”.
