Psychology News
Sugar improves memory in over-60s - helping them work smarter
A small dose of sugar can improve memory in older adults, motivate them to work harder and puts them in a good mood when performing difficult tasks, according to new research from Psychology
Congratulations to Devon Allcoat: runner-up out of the 11 finalists in the Warwick 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) Competition
On 20 June, Devon gave an engaging and informative talk about her doctoral research in the finals of the 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) Competition to come runner-up out of the 11 finalists. Congratulations!
Great News: Suzanne Aussems has been awarded the Faculty of Science PhD Thesis Prize 2018
Suzanne’s PhD project examined how children’s word learning and memory of events are affected by seeing adults’ hand gestures that depict the referent of words or events to be remembered. Suzanne was nominated by her supervisor, Professor Sotaro Kita, who expects the theoretical depth of Suzanne’s studies to become very influential in the field and in whose words Suzanne “is thinking about communicative functions of gestures in a very innovative way, going beyond the state-of-the-art understanding that gesture simply encode information and convey it to the recipient.” The judging panel was very impressed by the originality and quality of Suzanne’s PhD research as well as by the high level of Suzanne’s publications that have resulted from her PhD work.