Today is World Sleep Day, and this year’s focus is ‘Regular Sleep, Healthy Future’. Most of us have experienced the consequences of a bad night’s sleep at some point in our lives. It can make us grumpy and agitated, emotionally…
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The Role of Collective Psychological Empowerment in the Capitol Insurrection
By Carina Hoerst On January 6 this year, Trump supporters gather in front of the White House to attend Donald Trump’s rally to “Stop the Steal”. Confederate and USA flags, together with those bearing “Trump 2020” and “Jesus saves” mark…
Tagged with: collective empowerment, Crowd Behaviour, social identity, Social Psychology
Posted in PhD research
Posted in PhD research
Mitigating the new variant SARS-CoV-2 virus: How to support public adherence to physical distancing
By John Drury Journalists often ask me how the public will behave when the next set of Covid-19 restrictions begins. Will they accept the rules or ignore them? This matters crucially right now. With rising infections in many areas of…
Alcohol Addiction Research
By Dr Bryan Singer The Sussex Addiction Research and Intervention Centre (SARIC) is made up of a collection of investigators who are dedicated to understanding the biopsychosocial underpinnings of addiction and developing rational therapies for its treatment. Over the years,…
Tagged with: addiction, alcohol, Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience, Dry January, SARIC
Posted in Faculty research
Posted in Faculty research
The Privacy Mismatch: Evolved Intuitions in a Digital World
By Joe Green Imagine you’re on a busy train texting a friend when you notice a stranger sneakily reading your texts from over your shoulder. Your natural response would probably be to recoil as you realise your privacy is being…
Understanding collective fear responses to perceived terrorist threats
By Dr Dermot Barr The UK national threat level was raised to ‘Severe’, the second highest level, on the 3rd November 2020 after a series of terrorist attacks in France and Austria. This level means an attack is thought to…
Reducing patterns of brain hyperactivity in individuals at genetic risk of Alzheimer’s disease: an important avenue for early-life risk reduction?
By Dr Claire Lancaster Fifty million people live with dementia worldwide, the most common cause of which is Alzheimer’s – a progressive, neurodegenerative disease. Although the past 12-months have seen Aducanumab expediated for FDA approval – the first new drug…
Tagged with: Alzheimer's, Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience, Dementia, Neuroscience
Posted in Faculty research
Posted in Faculty research
Alzheimer type dementia
by Prof Jennifer Rusted Age is not synonymous with poor health, but Alzheimer type dementia (AD) is a disease of the brain for which age is the biggest risk factor – the older you are, the greater your risk of…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's, Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience, Dementia
Posted in Faculty research
Posted in Faculty research
Do Changes in Emotion Regulation Affect Decision-Making in People with Alzheimer’s Disease?
by Dr Rotem Perach, Prof Jennifer Rusted, Prof Pete Harris, Dr Eleanor Miles Ever felt so excited that you found yourself telling your life story to a stranger? Or so anxious about something that you could think about little else?…
Tagged with: Alzheimer's, Decision-Making, Dementia, Emotion
Posted in Faculty research, Uncategorized
Posted in Faculty research, Uncategorized
Do bad blood vessels trigger dementia?
By Dr Catherine Hall Dementia affects increasing numbers of people as they age (one in 14 people over the age of 65 suffer from dementia). It changes how the brain functions, gradually stopping brain cells and brain connections from working so…
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