School of Psychology

Many congratulations to Rachel Jones and her committee for driving PsyCardiff to new levels of success. They now officially have a Gold Status; the highest recognition of society excellence that the Students' Union offers - Well done!!

Dylan Jones and Andy Smith of the School of Psychology Cardiff University take part in the programme Mind Changers on Radio 4 in which Claudia Hammond builds a picture of the man and his ground-breaking work, learning that sound has a far greater impact on our efficiency at work than we realise. Listen to the programme here.

Dr Adam Corner, School of Psychology, writes about personal carbon allowances. (Guardian online 30.4.12)

Congratulations to Professor John Aggleton who has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society, widely regarded in the UK as second only to a Nobel Prize in prestige. 

A level students tour CUBRIC.

Congratulations to Andy Smith and Paul Allen on winning the Best Paper Award of 2012 for their paper - "Seafarers' Fatigue - the impact of the Cardiff research programme and film".

Dr Adam Corner, School of Psychology, writes for the Guardian on social attitudes to climate change. (Guardian online 30.3.12  ) 

PhD's awarded to psychology postgraduate students during 2012.

Staff events and activities during 2012.

Molly receives the Summa Cum Laude award (given to abstracts scoring in the top 3% of all abstracts submitted) for her abstract "Anticorrelated fMRI signal changes of hemodynamic origin in large cerebral vessels."

Sonya receives the Magna Cum Laude award (for abstracts scoring in the top 15% of all abstracts) for her abstract "On the Stability of Skeleton-Based Analyses of Diffusion Tensor MRI-based Measures".

People across South Wales are being offered the chance to live slimmer, healthier lifestyles just by looking at their mobile phones. Researchers from Cardiff and Swansea are developing the web-based health programme. Professor Greg Maio, is quoted (South Wales Echo, 22.03.12, Pg 12; Western Mail, 22.03.12, Pg 17).

Building the relationship between scientists and journalists. Dr Chris Chambers, School of Psychology, will take part in a public debate at the Royal Institution in London about the reporting of science in the media.

The Welsh Government has pledged £50m to lure the world’s leading scientists to Wales. Professor Patrick Minford, Cardiff Business School, is quoted. The article goes on to refer to high-level research in Wales such as that of Cardiff University President Professor Sir Martin Evans and Professor Chris McGuigan, School of Pharmacy. Professor McGuigan and two other Cardiff academics – Dr Haley Gomez and Professor Krish Singh – are cited as “the type of scientist Wales needs more of”. (Western Mail, 12.03.12, front page and p.4-5); (Financial Times Online, 11.03.12)

Dr Chris Chambers, Dr Petroc Sumner, Dr Fred Boy and Professor Jacky Boivin give their take on science journalism. (Guardian online 7.3.12)

Dr Molly Bright (CUBRIC) joins the University's Chamber Choir. The Choir will be heard live on BBC Radio 4's Sunday Worship programme.

The School of Psychology proudly presents a public conversation about Science and Society with speakers Camila Batmanghelidjh and Sara Jaffee.
Details: 5.30pm Wine Reception in Cybercafe and 6pm Talk in Stanley Parris Lecture Theatre. Find out more information.

Professor Greg Maio, School of Psychology writes about how to move consumer behaviour towards sustainability [guardian] 

Applications are invited for inter-school PhD studentships under Cardiff University’s prestigious President’s Research Scholarship Scheme: CRANIUM – Cardiff Research into Advanced Neuroimaging Methods. This year we wish to recruit students to begin in or before October 2012. For further information click here.

What will you do when you finish your degree? Come and discover what a PhD in psychology involves. Register your interest by email Strabella@cardiff.ac.uk [more details].

Michael Lewis reports in the January issue of Cardiff News: Is beauty really only skin deep? >> read more

Infants can understand the difference between intentional and accidental actions from tone of voice alone, new research by the School of Psychology has shown. Led by Dr Merideth Gattis, the year-long research involved 84 babies aged 14 to 18 months who took part in two studies – one using English language and one using Greek language [read more].