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ERC Advanced Grant for Bernhard Hommel 31 March 2016
Prof. Bernhard Hommel has been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). With this grant of 2.5 million euros the cognitive ps...
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Bonobos’ attention attracted by emotions 14 March 2016
Bonobos – just like humans – pay more attention to pictures that show other members of their species displaying emotional behaviour than to neutral sc...
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Psychology student starts crowdfunding for cancer PhD research 11 March 2016
'We believe that developing a protocol to help people fight cancer is extremely valuable, given that cancer is such a prevalent and devastating diseas...
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Is this really my hand? 11 February 2016
A virtual hand that feels as if it is your own. Feeling happier because a virtual face is smiling with you. Cognitive Psychologist Ke Ma discovered us...
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Socially anxious people are interested in others 21 December 2015
The idea that socially anxious people avoid eye contact because they are not interested in other people needs to be changed. They take their informati...
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Interdisciplinary approach benefits brain research 30 September 2015
How do practice and theory reinforce one another in neuroscience? Professor Birte Forstmann’s inaugural lecture on 2 October will be about building in...