By Dr Joshua Moreton Picture this: Walking through a park on a pleasant day, you decide to stop and rest on a park bench. However, only two benches are available, and both already have someone sitting there: one with someone…
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Age is just a number: Cross-generational conversations are more positive than you expect
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Traumatic Experiences Among Late-diagnosed Autistic Women
By Sophie Longley, MSc Experimental Psychology student I was diagnosed with autism last year, at 28 years old. Strangely, the diagnosis was not a surprise. In fact, it finally provided answers for why I felt so out of place in…
Desserts of the World
By Saara Musadick, Graduate Associate ‘Desserts of the World’ returned to the Pevensey 1 building for One World Sussex Week! Hosted in the Bridge Café, the event celebrated our diverse student and staff population. Desserts were used as a way…
Make It Happen Events and Sussex Connect
By Louise Drake, Psychology Careers Connector The Make it Happen events are an amazing new set of panel events targeting several different job sectors and career types, where you can hear how graduates from the University of Sussex got into…
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Careers Advice – Where Do I Start?!
By Louise Drake, Psychology Careers Connector. Thinking about your career, at any point during your degree, can feel like a daunting prospect. In first year, it feels much too early, in second year your schedule is chock-full, and in third…
How Does Prior Knowledge Affect Learning of New Information?
By Petar Raykov, Psychology Research Fellow at Sussex. I am not one to enjoy promoting myself, yet I have been in Sussex for a while now and I quite like the research I have been doing here, so here it…
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A First Year Student’s Perspective of Studying Psychology at Sussex
By Eli Hooper As a person, I feel I have a pretty unique experience of first year psychology so, to begin with, let me introduce myself. Hi, my name is Eli. This is actually my second year studying at the…
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Interview with Professor Zoltan Dienes – leading researcher on hypnosis
University of Sussex professor, Zoltan Dienes talks cold control theory and phenomenological control with Psychology MRes student, Kev Sheldrake. I first heard of Zoltan Dienes (pronounced ‘dee-en-es’, or more correctly, ‘dee-en-esh’) when I devoured the theory section of the Oxford…
It’s 2021… and we are still dealing with misogyny in the name of open science
By Anonymous A few of you might have followed a very recent pile-on on Twitter. For those that have not, here is some context: a recent paper by Felig et al. (2021) investigated the notion of whether women that dress…
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Spirit of Sussex Award -Psychology Nominees: Shannon Plant
The Spirit of Sussex Award (SoSA) Connector team has been in contact with Psychology students to highlight their impressive extra-curricular activities. This month the SOSA Connector team wish to highlight the activities of Shannon Plant, a second-year Psychology with Neuroscience student. …
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