Press Releases
Sleep is key to curing chronic pain
‘I won’t be able to cope with my pain if I don’t sleep well’ – research from the University of Warwick reveals that the way chronic pain patients think about pain and sleep leads to insomnia and poor management of pain.
Getting digital line-ups wrong can put innocents behind bars
Not altering distinguishing marks in police line-ups can affect witnesses’ ability to distinguish between innocent and guilty suspects. New research from the University of Warwick highlights why it’s vital for police to disguise distinctive features in line-ups.
Children fail to learn value of turn-taking until age five
It takes children until they are five-years-old to learn to take turns according to research from Warwick Business School academic Alicia Melis.
Psychoactive supper shines a light on blanket substance ban
Last night researchers at the University of Warwick hosted a ‘Psychoactive Supper’ to stimulate discussion about the concept of psycho-activity, central to The Psychoactive Substances Act (2016), a new piece of UK legislation that seeks to ban ‘legal highs’ by instituting a blanket ban on all psychoactive substances.
Parents think life quality is worse for teens and adults born very premature
Parents of very premature babies are more worried about their grown up children’s lives than mothers and fathers whose babies were born full term.
Children born prematurely are disadvantaged at school and into adulthood but delaying school entry may not be the answer
Children born before 34 weeks gestation have poorer reading and maths skills than those born at full term, and the difficulties they experience at school continue to have effects into adulthood: by the age of 42, adults who were born prematurely have lower incomes and are less likely to own their own home than those born at full term.