Oxford ExpPsychology

News from the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

[Oxford ExpPsychology @OxExpPsy]

Join us on 3 October for a day of discovery, curiosity, and hands-on science! 🌳🧠 We’re hosting a free science fair with

@biology.ox.ac.uk
where you can visit stalls, take part in activities, and hear about exciting research 👇 https://t.co/iMqKkuUwes

[Medical Sciences @OxfordMedSci]

NEWS: Brain imaging study reveals how we decide whether we are in control

The study led by @OxExpPsy has identified the brain mechanisms that help us work out whether outcomes result from our actions or circumstances beyond our control.

https://t.co/6RISwpGkVB

[Medical Sciences @OxfordMedSci]

NEWS: Fourteen @UniofOxford academics awarded major @ERC_Research Advanced Grants

Among the awarded researchers are four from @Oxford_NDPH, @MRC_WIMM & @OxExpPsy 

Congratulations to all the awardees! 🎉
https://t.co/RiKqCqpdIY

[Oxford ExpPsychology @OxExpPsy]

Do you support someone aged 16+ who suffers from a severe mental illness and wondered how to boost your wellbeing? Mark #CarersWeek2026 by helping us to find out: https://t.co/nAHmTPuj7s
@DrEilunedPearce @lihogg22 @ShamaElSalahi @psalkovskis

[Oxford ExpPsychology @OxExpPsy]

New article in Nature Mental Health by DPhil student Nora Skjerdingstad and Prof Eleanor Leigh “Reconceptualizing cognitive-behavioral processes in youth anxiety in the digital age” looks at how those with social anxiety may be vulnerable in digital spaces https://t.co/BWNtKmhKwD

[Medical Sciences @OxfordMedSci]

NEWS: Professor Asifa Majid awarded Humboldt Research

Congratulations to Prof Asifa Majid, @OxExpPsy

Prof Majid's research examines how language, culture, and cognition interact across diverse cultures and subcultures.

https://t.co/R3pxKy6nd3

[Oxford Population Health (OxPop) @Oxford_NDPH]

A new pathway for children's mental health 🏫

A new mental health pathway for primary schools could reduce the child anxiety treatment gap, enabling more children to get effective support more quickly

@OxExpPsy @NIHRresearch @TheLancet

Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/2iAiWM0MFq

[OxfordSparks @OxfordSparks]

🎙️ New podcast! A lot of us won’t think twice when it comes to #reading, but what #brain processes lie beneath this complex skill? We chat to @OleJensenOHBA about his research.

🎧 https://t.co/zo9VetRs3t 

 @OxPsychiatry @OxExpPsy @UniofOxford

[Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health @acamh]

Who made the #ACAMHawards2025 list? Have you caught up? Well done to Dr. Eleanor Leigh (@OxExpPsy) for winning the Digital Innovation Award for Digital Intervention, & to Prof. John Weisz (@Harvard) for being Highly Commended. Further congratulations go to all our shortlist nominees! https://t.co/spRdjFSp8l

[TheJCPPadvances @TheJCPPadvances]

In this #OpenAccess paper, Talia F. Mayerson (@OxExpPsy) et al. aim to extend our understanding of the phenomenology of hairpulling (HP) in adolescents, & examine the role of shame as a mechanism for the relationship between HP & co-occurring symptomology. https://t.co/jHD4XwLSWQ

[Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health @acamh]

Who made the #ACAMHawards2025 list? Have you caught up? Well done to Dr. Eleanor Leigh (@OxExpPsy) for winning the Digital Innovation Award for Digital Intervention, & to Prof. John Weisz (@Harvard) for being Highly Commended. Further congratulations go to all our shortlist nominees! https://t.co/spRdjFSp8l

[TheJCPPadvances @TheJCPPadvances]

In this #OpenAccess paper, Talia F. Mayerson (@OxExpPsy) et al. aim to extend our understanding of the phenomenology of hairpulling (HP) in adolescents, & examine the role of shame as a mechanism for the relationship between HP & co-occurring symptomology. https://t.co/jHD4XwLSWQ

[Medical Sciences @OxfordMedSci]

NEWS: Sir Paul Nurse officially opens the Life and Mind building

The Life and Mind building is one of the largest building projects in the University’s history, and home to @OxfordBiology and @OxExpPsy as well as the @IneosOxford.

https://t.co/2UutINTrDx

[NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) @NIHRARCs]

A parent-led digital programme, developed with @arc_oxtv support, has helped over 1,000 families tackle childhood anxiety whilst reducing clinician time by 40%!

Now rolling out across 20+ #NHS areas & expanding internationally to Chile.

https://t.co/DBwZDyC4x4

💫#ARCimpacts

[Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health @acamh]

Congratulations to Dr. Eleanor Leigh (@OxExpPsy) for winning the Digital Innovation Award for Digital Intervention, & to Prof. John Weisz (@Harvard) for being Highly Commended. Further congratulations goes to all our shortlist nominees! https://t.co/kb9876km85 #ACAMHawards2025

[Oxford ExpPsychology @OxExpPsy]

Find out more here: https://t.co/NyrrrtmiDi #DLDDay #YouCantSeeDLD #SupportiveEnvironmnets #Neurodiversity
@OxfordSparks

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[Oxford ExpPsychology @OxExpPsy]

Today is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Awareness Day #DLDDay

DLD is a hidden but common disability that affects 1 in 14 people causing difficulties understanding and using language for no known reason.

https://t.co/Htx96nuEc2

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[Oxford ExpPsychology @OxExpPsy]

Research from our department, led by Dr Sinziana Oncioiu, explored why some adolescents with DLD experience more bullying victimisation than their peers without DLD.

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[Medical Sciences @OxfordMedSci]

NEWS: Life and Mind building opens in Oxford

@UniofOxford has opened the world-class teaching and research facility with the potential to tackle global challenges of life and mind. The building will be home to @OxfordBiology, @OxExpPsy and @IneosOxford.

https://t.co/oBIXRPog6K

[Oxford Giving @OxfordGiving]

A research centre focused on young people’s mental health will be established at @UniofOxford, thanks to a £27 million gift from The Paul Foundation. The Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research will investigate how to promote good mental health and prevent emerging conditions.