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Congratulations to Timothy Behrens, who has been elected a new Fellow of the Royal Society. Tim's work has uncovered mechanisms used by the human brain to represent our world, make decisions, and control our behaviour.
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NHS England has announced a programme to provide NHS staff with evidence-based digital programmes to protect their mental health during the COVID-19 response. The apps are designed to help maintain healthy sleep, and reduce anxiety.
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Nervous system cells defined in unprecedented detail
28 May 2020
The collaborating groups of Professor Stephen Goodwin and Professor Scott Waddell based in The Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour (CNCB) are shedding new light on what precisely constitutes a neuronal cell type.
How has COVID-19 Impacted on People's Vulnerability to Mental Illness and Depression?
28 May 2020
The Oxford University COSIE study (COvid-19, Social Isolation and Emotion) is an online study which asked people about their experiences during the coronavirus lockdown in late April 2020, while also using objective tests of psychological function to measure vulnerability to mental illness such as depression.
New Oxford University Research Study Will Track What Helps or Harms Adolescents’ Mental Health during the COVID-19 Crisis
28 May 2020
A new research survey launches today from experts at the University of Oxford along with collaborators from the Universities of Cambridge, Glasgow, and New South Wales. It will track adolescents’ mental health during the COVID-19 crisis to find out what promotes or hinders their resilience.
Nuffield Early Language Intervention Found Highly Effective in Large-Scale Trial
28 May 2020
The Nuffield Early Language Intervention catch-up programme developed by Maggie Snowling and Charles Hulme – has been found to give a 3+ month boost to the language skills of 4-5 year-olds who are falling behind.