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…
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Reducing patterns of brain hyperactivity in individuals at genetic risk of Alzheimer’s disease: an important avenue for early-life risk reduction?
Tagged with: Alzheimer's, Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience, Dementia, Neuroscience
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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…
Keep calm and manage impulsivity
By Aleksandra Herman Have you ever gone grocery shopping to get some bread and milk, and you found yourself leaving the shop with a bag full of items that you never intended (and needed) to buy? Or maybe you’ve committed…
My Time on Work Experience in the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex
By Toby Killeen Hi! I am Toby and I’m a 15 year old schoolboy doing work experience in the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex. During the week I have worked all around the School. Here is a…
Tagged with: Animal behaviour, Autism, Child Anxiety, Child development, CISC, Neuroscience, Synaesthesia, Transferable skills, Work Experience
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Dan Goodwin: Junior Research Assistant
Before applying for the JRA award I knew that becoming a researcher in Psychology was what I wanted to do, but deciding what I wanted to study seemed almost impossible given the sheer number of options available. When I saw…
Tagged with: Alzheimer's, JRA, Neuroscience, Research, Student Experience, Undergrad
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The Bird Lab in the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
By Christiane Oedekoven In the Episodic Memory Group (also known as the Bird lab, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/psychology/memory), we are interested in how people remember events and how that is reflected in underlying brain functions. During our recent visit to the annual meeting…
Tagged with: Academic Writing, Conference, Memory, Neuroscience, PhD students, Research, Student Experience
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