Last week for our weekly External Seminar series at the School of Psychology we had @nadinelavan.bsky.social from Queen Mary University of London. The talk traced the journey from the first few milliseconds of audio to the influence of "personal taste" and stereotypes on our judgments. 🧠✨

To celebrate World Sleep Day, with support from @bpsofficial.bsky.social and together with @sinea-sleep.bsky.social, we shared the latest research from our sleep community — from infant napping to intrusive thoughts — highlighting the vital role of sleep in wellbeing and academic performance.

In a recent interview with @psypost.bsky.social, Dr Anh Le discusses new research showing the bystander effect may extend to interactions with artificial agents. Read the study: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Prof. Lars Muckli (University of Glasgow) visited our School of Psychology to discuss his research: "The influence of experience on predictions in early visual cortex." Deeply grateful for the chance to explore the intersection of human fMRI and cross-species neuroscience with an expert in the field

Prof John Spencer from @psychologyuea.bsky.social has been the lead researcher on a study that has fund that the Covid pandemic disrupted children’s ability to self-regulate. Read more: https://bit.ly/4aMumAO #ResearchMatters #CovidPandemic #NewStudy

Dr Thomas Sambrook from @psychologyuea.bsky.social has been the lead researcher on a study that may finally explain why we still reach for the biscuit tin, even when we’re full. Read more: https://bit.ly/4bhqgRc #ResearchMatters #NewStudy

Our latest research by 𝐃𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤, shows that our brains continue to respond strongly to tempting foods even when we’re full. Using real-time brain scans, the study helps explain why resisting snacks can be difficult and highlights the role our environment plays in shaping eating behaviour.

Prof Teodora Gliga, from @psychologyuea.bsky.social has led a study that has found that babies with an increased likelihood of autism may struggle to settle into deep, restorative sleep. Read more: https://bit.ly/4kR5ETm #ResearchMatters #Academia #NewStudy

A groundbreaking pilot study is exploring nutrition's role in easing menopausal symptoms. Over 6 months, researchers will examine the 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐠𝐚-𝟑 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 by MRI. This could offer new alternative treatments for menopause other than HRT.

Dr Andrew Kolarik from @psychologyuea.bsky.social has been the lead researcher on a study that has found humans can use bat-like echolocation skills to judge the distance of objects. Read more: https://bit.ly/4tjssif #ResearchMatters #Academia #ThisIsUEA

Dr Kelsey Frewin, from @psychologyuea.bsky.social, is the lead researcher of a study revealing that by 10 months old, infants are already beginning to understand verbs, before they even say their first words. Read more: bit.ly/3ZwHfbT

Great start to this semester’s 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬! Thanks to 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐒𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐚, @sotarokita.bsky.social, from the University of Warwick, for a fascinating talk on 𝘐𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

We’re excited to kick off our Spring Research Seminar Series!

Site initiation visit complete for the 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 trial at the wonderful Norfolk Community Health Care (Norwich). Staff are now fully trained to deliver our AI-guided app intervention for stroke survivors with neglect! @neurolab.bsky.social

🚨 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Interested in how expectations shape what we see? Apply for a fully funded PhD at UEA, supervised by Dr George Malcolm and funded by the Leverhulme Trust. ⏰ Deadline: 18 Jan 2026 www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...

From psychedelic drugs to floating babies to paying people to look at poo: the 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 really had it all! Huge thanks to our brilliant speakers, hosts, and everyone who made it happen. A great reminder of UEA’s fantastic research culture!

A study from our @psychologyuea.bsky.social is helping scientists better understand how our brains remember past events - and how those memories can change over time. Read more on our website: https://bit.ly/4pUdrkz #ResearchMatters #Academia #Memory

𝐃𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭 @neurolab.bsky.social was invited by the 𝐍𝐈𝐇𝐑 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 @braininjuryhrc.bsky.social to speak about spatial neglect and Eyefocus, an app designed to support the many people living with this condition! Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0saV...

Time for another podcast. Hear about spatial neglect and an innovation from @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social which hopes to help. open.spotify.com/episode/0saV...

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 Sleep plays a crucial role in consolidating recently acquired memories and preparing the brain for learning new ones. Are these benefits of sleep causally linked, driven by a common underlying mechanism, or largely independent? Read the full paper in: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Do we perceive static vs dynamic emotions differently? New research finds both shared and unique patterns in how stimulus properties, recognised emotion, and perceived intensity jointly shape how we see facial emotions. doi.org/10.1080/0269... @psplabatuea.bsky.social

New research shows that even a simple, nonhumanoid robot can trigger an implicit sense of agency, but only if we first interact with it socially. Mechanistic interactions don’t have the same effect. Find out more in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40569722/

𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 and 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 at the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, exploring how qualitative research amplifies marginalised voices, captures the richness of lived experience, and fosters co-creative partnerships between academia and communities.

I am very pleased to share the final version (open access) of this work with @fnim-lab.bsky.social @cvlneuro.bsky.social ky.social @psychologyuea.bsky.social ychologyuea.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

🚨𝐏𝐇𝐃 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲! Interested in how children learn words and concepts? We're offering a 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐃 at UEA with 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧, studying how young children generalize new nouns and how this relates to early vocabulary development. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 𝐍𝐨𝐯 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓! www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...

We were delighted to welcome 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐢 𝐙𝐡𝐨𝐮, Professor of Psychology at Sun Yat-sen University (China) and research collaborator with UEA’s 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛 (𝐏𝐈: 𝐃𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐨 𝐙𝐡𝐚𝐨), for her fascinating talk “From Perception to Motivation: A Unified Model of Cross-Race Face Recognition”

𝐄𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐌𝐞𝐣𝐢𝐚 shares his experiences as a Deaf cognitive development researcher working on Prof. Teodora Gliga’s ESRC-funded 𝐁𝐋𝐨𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, which explores how language experiences influence deaf babies’ cognitive development. Available in English and BSL: limpingchicken.com/2025/10/03/e...

In this week’s Research Seminar, we are delighted to welcome 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 (Purdue University, Indiana). 🖥️ The seminar will take place online and is open to colleagues from other universities! 👉If you’d like to join, please complete this form to receive the link: forms.office.com/e/3Fvfb4RvEZ

4 a.m. alarm today 🚨 Off by train to King’s Cross → Brussels for 3 days of XR-for-neglect-rehab research, networking & the first meeting of our EU COST Action grant. @psychologyuea.bsky.social @neurolab.bsky.social Meeting: ppw.kuleuven.be/xrneglect Cost action: www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...

Don’t miss it! 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 Organised by the Diversity in Developmental Science Network, featuring 𝐃𝐫.𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐣𝐚 as a panellist. 📝 Registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

Want to explore our campus, our #HomeOfTheWonderful this autumn? Come and see us on: - Saturday 25 October - Saturday 29 November Book your place: www.uea.ac.uk/visit/uni-op...

The BLoCKS team (PI: Prof Teodora Gliga, Dr Nadja Althaus, Barbara Zapior, Jade Archer & Dr Kelsey Frewin) at the 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 @lcicd.bsky.social, sharing their latest work on how babies learn object categories www.gligalab.co.uk

Join us at the 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 - 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐍 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭 is representing the School of Psychology by sharing some of the latest work of the ‪@neurolab.bsky.social‬. Find out more: fesn-gnp2025.de/general-info...

Direct gaze sticks in memory! In a new Memory & Cognition paper, researchers show that when faces look straight at you — whether they are moving rigidly or elastically — you remember them better. rdcu.be/eAFfb

Our recent graduates, 𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧 and 𝐇𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧, have been awarded the 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 citation by the Qualitative Methods in Psychology (QMiP) Section of the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, including the exciting opportunity to contribute to the QMiP Bulletin. Congrats!

We had a fascinating conversation with Dr. Louis Renoult (@renoultlouis.bsky.social) about all things memory! Here’s a preview of what we discussed and stay tuned for the full release of the episode later this week!

🎙️ New Episode Alert! We had a fascinating conversation with Dr. Louis Renoult (@renoultlouis.bsky.social) about all things memory 🧠 The full episode is out now — don’t miss it! 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3Tox...

Excited to share our newly published paper! 👇 Massive thanks to @harrington-mo.bsky.social @sacairney.bsky.social @mggaskell.bsky.social

New research by 𝐃𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 (UEA) and 𝐃𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 á 𝐕á𝐥𝐢 𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧 (University of Oxford) confirms that sleep boosts memory consolidation, but the impact of overnight memory consolidation on next-day learning is more complex than expected. Find out more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

Thank you to Yidian Gao for your presentation at #OPSYRIS2025 on the SIGHT trial! An exciting RCT exploring grasp-based therapy for spatial neglect post-stroke. A valuable contribution to stroke rehab research! 🧠

New study for parents of deaf children at @psychologyuea.bsky.social - please share!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐄𝐀 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲! 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭 is chairing the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ‪@opsyris.bsky.social — bringing together researchers and clinicians to share the latest in psychological stroke research.

Prof. Teodora Gilga and RA Eryk Mejia are researching early interventions to help deaf babies of hearing parents develop strong language skills, ensuring that deaf children have the same opportunities to thrive in communication, learning, and social connection. @teeagliga.bsky.social

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩 Our student-led video series highlighting the latest in science at the 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, UEA! We interviewed 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 about her latest work: "When children get the gist: The development of rapid scene categorisation." Full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Once again, UEA Psychology research is on the international stage! 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 was recently invited to speak at Kyushu University in Japan.

Psychology’s EyeFocus project is a finalist for the “Partnership of the Year: UEA Innovation & Impact Award"!

The School of Psychology has been awarded funding through the 𝐍𝐈𝐇𝐑 𝐢𝟒𝐢 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 to assess the clinical feasibility of the 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩 (PI: Stephanie Rossit) designed to support attention rehabilitation in people with acquired brain injury. www.nihr.ac.uk/news/over-ps...

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩 Welcome to our student-led video series highlighting the latest in science at the 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, UEA! Huge thanks to 𝐋𝐢𝐯 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐲 for her fantastic work. 📖 Read the full article: academic.oup.com/scan/article...

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁🚨 Join a research team with Professor Andrew Bayliss to investigate how we process other people's reactions to our actions. This project uses experimental and neuroimaging approaches to study this important aspect of social cognition. vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/16...

We’re thrilled to announce that the 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 (Spatial Inattention Grasping Therapy for post-stroke neglect, PI Stephanie Rossit) has received 𝐇𝐑𝐀 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐂𝐑𝐖 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 — giving us the green light to begin recruitment! 🔗 Recruitment is now open: lnkd.in/dx6e3_uB www.uea.ac.uk/.../sight-tr...