We asked people about their memories from lockdown. Many chose memories involving facemasks. These facemask memories reveal how people made sense of health guidance during the Covid-19 pandemic. See our findings visualised by Franziska Busch ⬇️ shorturl.at/22YDu @uniwestpress.bsky.social

Can we rely on the spirit of 'keep calm and carry on' in the next pandemic? Our new ERAP paper ⬇️ www.westminster.ac.uk/news/people-... @catherineloveday.bsky.social @uniwestpress.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Can we rely on the spirit of 'keep calm and carry on' in the next pandemic? Our new ERAP paper ⬇️ www.westminster.ac.uk/news/people-... @catherineloveday.bsky.social @uniwestpress.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Can the Brits ‘keep calm and carry on’? In our new paper, we analysed people’s facemask memories from lockdown to find out ⬇️😷 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Huge thanks to @catherineloveday.bsky.social and Kyoko Murakami @psychologyatuow.bsky.social @uniwestpress.bsky.social

Can the Brits ‘keep calm and carry on’? In our new paper, we analysed people’s facemask memories from lockdown to find out ⬇️😷 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Huge thanks to @catherineloveday.bsky.social and Kyoko Murakami @psychologyatuow.bsky.social @uniwestpress.bsky.social

Thank you Crowds & Identities for having us, what an excellent discussion! @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Can NHS-branded facemasks save lives? Franziska Busch presents new research by Rotem Perach and team, which finds that facemasks bearing logos can help persuade some unvaccinated people to listen to health guidance: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Can NHS-branded #facemasks save lives? Our targetted messaging research now on BPS Research Digest: Huge thanks to Franziska Busch! @uniwestpress.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social #terrormanagement #covid #vaccine #NHS www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Can NHS-branded #facemasks save lives? Our targetted messaging research now on BPS Research Digest: Huge thanks to Franziska Busch! @uniwestpress.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social #terrormanagement #covid #vaccine #NHS www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Does mask-wearing decrease support for women politicians? Does the type of mask matter? Fascinating experimental research by Muroga and Crabtree: cup.org/49wQCNj Some of the research materials ⬇️

Do #facemasks present a unique ‘persuasion point’ to enhance public #health #communication? We manipulated exposure to the #NHS symbol in health messages in two online studies. Our new paper: shorturl.at/LOt6t @psychologyatuow.bsky.social #socialpsychology #appliedpsychology #behaviouralscience

Do #facemasks present a unique ‘persuasion point’ to enhance public #health #communication? We manipulated exposure to the #NHS symbol in health messages in two online studies. Our new paper: shorturl.at/LOt6t @psychologyatuow.bsky.social #socialpsychology #appliedpsychology #behaviouralscience

🔊 New paper 🔊 In two studies, our team tested a novel theory-grounded health messaging approach combining death reminders with exposure to an NHS prime on the spokesperson's facemask. 😷 + 💀 Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @psychologyatuow.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social

Evidence that #decision-making involvement is associated with quality of life in people with #dementia through the fulfilment of psychological needs. Read our new paper, led by Carmen Colclough ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @determindstudy.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Evidence that #decision-making involvement is associated with quality of life in people with #dementia through the fulfilment of psychological needs. Read our new paper, led by Carmen Colclough ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @determindstudy.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

"Trusted messengers played a critical role in public health response around vaccine confidence, engaging in a range of activities beyond “message amplifier.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fascinating analysis on NHS hero framing and other elements in the UK Covid-19 narrative⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Great to see this agency-forward vision for behavioural science ⬇️

Great to see our paranormal beliefs article led by brilliant Betul Rauf is among top viewed in JSR @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Terror Management Theory Thorough and comprehensive analysis of the mortality salience literature by @benchill.bsky.social, @stevenheine.bsky.social and colleagues concludes genuine nonzero effects exist (r = .18) alongside some spurious effects. doi.org/10.1037/pspa...

Looking forward to talking about death, cultural facemasks, and public health messages, today in Lisbon at 12:25 #BCC2025

Excited for the upcoming Behaviour Change Conference 2025 #BCC2025 I'll be presenting our work on the use of facemasks with valued cultural symbols (Nicola Sturgeon wore one 👇) in public health communications on April 3rd. @ucl-cbc.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social

Huge thanks to Greenwich Social Psychology lab for the invitation to talk about cultural facemasks in public health messages today. It was a great sunny experience. Thank you @drsofiastathi.bsky.social and all lab members for the brilliant discussion. @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Had a great time presenting our work on cultural facemasks in public health messages in University of Sussex. Huge thanks to all social psychologists and students for the brilliant discussion and feedback, and thanks for the invite @seanfiggins.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

*Top cited* Great to see our 2023 paper on digital technology use in family carers of people with dementia led by Ben Hicks is a top cited article. Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Great to see the co-design process of targeted health communications, and the final recommendations, by @melodytaba.bsky.social et al.👇 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Can group-based strategies increase community resilience? Longitudinal predictors of sustained participation in Covid-19 mutual aid and community support groups doi.org/10.1111/jasp...

Huge thanks to @profjohndrury.bsky.social for a fascinating talk yesterday @psychologyatuow.bsky.social about the role of meta-perceptions in how riots spread. Very inspiring!

Looking forward to this talk by John Drury at University of Westminster today! @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Going to talk about public health messaging @ Behaviour Change for Health and Sustainability Conference in April, in Lisbon. If you're joining, let's get a coffee.

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"...increasing U.S. public support for an evidence-based redistributive policy across racial/ethnic and partisan lines is possible with a well-designed and pretested message strategies that center shared values, describe policy efficacy, and include a call to collective action." Niederdeppe et al.👇

"But the expectation of easy and perfect replication of experimental findings from one context to the next is probably unrealistic. Rather, the experiment should be one tool within a toolkit containing other useful methods of inquiry: the survey, the interview, the case study, the simulation."

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Doing a PhD on social identity in health, organisational, political and social change, or sport and exercise? Join us next summer at the Social Identity Summer School. Lots of chances to learn & network. See details below on how to apply. 40 places available (10 per stream) 👇

❗2-year postdoc at the University of York❗ I am looking for a postdoc for my ERC-funded project “The many faces of prejudice: the “what”, the “why”, and the “how” of inferences we make from membership in social groups”. To learn more and apply (by Jan 13): jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... #psychjobs

Great to see this mixed methods participatory vaccine messaging research: "Although many unvaccinated individuals have been labeled vaccine hesitant, our assessment suggests that health conscious may be more accurate. "👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

PhD in social psychology/behavioral science 👇 Details on PhD funding for applicants here: www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgr... Please get in touch before you apply

Strong background in social psychology/behavioral science? Fresh ideas about public health messaging? Call for funded #PhD with me now live ⬇️

The #NHS symbol has "peculiar significance a shared national symbol". It "...was firmly established as the vessel, par excellence, of imagined community in and across the UK" (Wincott, 2020, see link) Our research looks at how we can use the NHS symbol to boost public health messages.

📣 Strong background in social psychology/behavioral science? Come do a PhD with me in on public health messaging. Competitive funding, Feb deadline: www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgr... Please RT

Great to see this paper (Alyeksyeyeva et al.) on the communicative functions of cultural #facemasks: mail.amazoniainvestiga.info/index.php/am...

Findings of this new scoping review (Majekodunmi et al.) "...highlight the importance of addressing deeper social and psychological factors, such as cultural relevance, trust in healthcare systems, and community engagement." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Why do people share false political information online? Our new paper 👇 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Why do people share false political information online? Our new paper 👇 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

For #VolunteersWeek, our new paper with NAVCA: 'Safeguarding concerns, practices, and resources in COVID-19 mutual aid groups' @drrotemperach.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Can you spare 15 minutes to take part in our study exploring the cultural influences on music and memory? We need big numbers so please share as widely as possible: tinyurl.com/MusicUoW #PsychSciSky #musicscience

Fantastic postdoc opportunity for someone working with the UK's leading 'social group' group @DrNiamhMcNamara www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFV830/r...

Now accepting PhD applications on public health messaging Guidance: westminster.ac.uk/research/gro... Funding: westminster.ac.uk/study/postgr... Please RT

Our new piece in The Conversation looks at people's reasons for sharing false stories and what this means for the battle against misinformation theconversation.com/some-people-... w Tom Buchanan, Deborah Husbands