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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 👇 bit.ly/insidelam
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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.
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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! 🎉
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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: tinyurl.com/CaregiverSMIWell…
@DrEilunedPearce @lihogg22 @ShamaElSalahi @psalkovskis
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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 tinyurl.com/28npw5ae
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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.
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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 ➡️ buff.ly/mGxePsq
ALT Navy blue background with a photo of Mara Violato, Professor of Health Economics and study lead for economic evaluation Quote reads: In the intervention group, families who completed the main parts spent on average about 2½ hours with a therapist, although this varied between families. It is reassuring that this is similar to what we found in related studies, suggesting the programme can work with a relatively small amount of therapist time.
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🎙️ 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.
🎧 oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/podcas…
@OxPsychiatry @OxExpPsy @UniofOxford
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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! bit.ly/47tidiv
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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. bit.ly/4qHCMPB
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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! bit.ly/47tidiv
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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. bit.ly/4qHCMPB
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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.
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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.
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💫#ARCimpacts
ALT Mother and child looking at a laptop screen together. #ARCimpacts logo
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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! acamh.org/blog/acamh-awards-… #ACAMHawards2025
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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.
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Find out more here: piped.video/KDp7NrhuJrs #DLDDay #YouCantSeeDLD #SupportiveEnvironmnets #Neurodiversity
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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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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.
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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.
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