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🧠 Welcome to the School of Psychology’s official BlueSky account! Dive into cutting-edge research, meet our brilliant academics, and explore new opportunities to connect, collaborate, and grow.
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫
Sleep plays a crucial role in consolidating recently acquired memories and preparing the brain for learning new ones. Are these benefits of sleep causally linked, driven by a common underlying mechanism, or largely independent?
Read the full paper in:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Do we perceive static vs dynamic emotions differently?
New research finds both shared and unique patterns in how stimulus properties, recognised emotion, and perceived intensity jointly shape how we see facial emotions.
doi.org/10.1080/0269...
@psplabatuea.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
New research shows that even a simple, nonhumanoid robot can trigger an implicit sense of agency, but only if we first interact with it socially. Mechanistic interactions don’t have the same effect.
Find out more in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40569722/
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 and 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 at the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, exploring how qualitative research amplifies marginalised voices, captures the richness of lived experience, and fosters co-creative partnerships between academia and communities.
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We were delighted to welcome 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐢 𝐙𝐡𝐨𝐮, Professor of Psychology at Sun Yat-sen University (China) and research collaborator with UEA’s 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛 (𝐏𝐈: 𝐃𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐨 𝐙𝐡𝐚𝐨), for her fascinating talk
“From Perception to Motivation: A Unified Model of Cross-Race Face Recognition”
October 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
In this week’s Research Seminar, we are delighted to welcome 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 (Purdue University, Indiana).
🖥️ The seminar will take place online and is open to colleagues from other universities!
👉If you’d like to join, please complete this form to receive the link: forms.office.com/e/3Fvfb4RvEZ
September 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Don’t miss it!
𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
Organised by the Diversity in Developmental Science Network, featuring 𝐃𝐫.𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐣𝐚 as a panellist.
📝 Registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
September 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The BLoCKS team (PI: Prof Teodora Gliga, Dr Nadja Althaus, Barbara Zapior, Jade Archer & Dr Kelsey Frewin) at the 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 @lcicd.bsky.social, sharing their latest work on how babies learn object categories
www.gligalab.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Direct gaze sticks in memory!
In a new Memory & Cognition paper, researchers show that when faces look straight at you — whether they are moving rigidly or elastically — you remember them better. rdcu.be/eAFfb
August 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Our recent graduates, 𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧 and 𝐇𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧, have been awarded the 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 citation by the Qualitative Methods in Psychology (QMiP) Section of the 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, including the exciting opportunity to contribute to the QMiP Bulletin.
Congrats!
August 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New research by 𝐃𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 (UEA) and 𝐃𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 á 𝐕á𝐥𝐢 𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧 (University of Oxford) confirms that sleep boosts memory consolidation, but the impact of overnight memory consolidation on next-day learning is more complex than expected. Find out more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
July 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐄𝐀 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!
𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭 is chairing the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ‪@opsyris.bsky.social — bringing together researchers and clinicians to share the latest in psychological stroke research.
July 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Prof. Teodora Gilga and RA Eryk Mejia are researching early interventions to help deaf babies of hearing parents develop strong language skills, ensuring that deaf children have the same opportunities to thrive in communication, learning, and social connection. @teeagliga.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩
Our student-led video series highlighting the latest in science at the 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, UEA!

We interviewed 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 about her latest work: "When children get the gist: The development of rapid scene categorisation."

Full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Once again, UEA Psychology research is on the international stage! 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 was recently invited to speak at Kyushu University in Japan.
July 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Psychology’s EyeFocus project is a finalist for the “Partnership of the Year: UEA Innovation & Impact Award"!
June 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The School of Psychology has been awarded funding through the 𝐍𝐈𝐇𝐑 𝐢𝟒𝐢 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 to assess the clinical feasibility of the 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩 (PI: Stephanie Rossit) designed to support attention rehabilitation in people with acquired brain injury.
www.nihr.ac.uk/news/over-ps...
June 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩
Welcome to our student-led video series highlighting the latest in science at the 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, UEA!
Huge thanks to 𝐋𝐢𝐯 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐲 for her fantastic work.

📖 Read the full article: academic.oup.com/scan/article...
June 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that the 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 (Spatial Inattention Grasping Therapy for post-stroke neglect, PI Stephanie Rossit) has received 𝐇𝐑𝐀 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐂𝐑𝐖 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 — giving us the green light to begin recruitment!

🔗 Recruitment is now open: lnkd.in/dx6e3_uB

www.uea.ac.uk/.../sight-tr...
June 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 (UEA, School of Psychology) was recently featured in an interview with CBS – and it's gone global!
His new findings challenge long-held beliefs about perception – and show how expertise can literally change what we see.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐔𝐄𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞!
𝐃𝐫. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 was recently invited as a visiting professor at CIMeC, Università di Trento (Italy), where he delivered a seminar titled “Using brain decoding and neuroimaging to reveal how high-level influences shape sensory processing.”
June 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐧𝐞
UEA Psychology has launched a £1M project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, led by Prof. @teeagliga.bsky.social, to study how early language access affects brain development in deaf babies born to hearing parents.
www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
June 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Dr. @stephanierossit.bsky.social represented UEA Psychology and showcased our contribution to the future of health innovation! In her talk, she introduced a cutting-edge approach that uses eye-tracking to tailor therapy for stroke survivors.
June 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🍻 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩!
Over three amazing nights, the School of Psychology’s “Beautiful Mind” team brought science to the pub in Norwich —
A massive thank you to all our speakers, our dedicated team, and our partners for making #Pint25 unforgettable! 💫
May 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM