New research by our Department of Psychology has determined that our perceptions of body image are shaped by what we see from as early as seven years old.

Professor Graham Towl has been appointed as the new chair of the Scottish Advisory Panel on Offender Rehabilitation (SAPOR) which is a key role to help reduce crime in Scotland.

New research has revealed 15,800-year-old engravings of catching fish in traps.

Using sex to manage social tension dates back over six million years to humans’ common ape ancestor, according to a new study.

A psychological phenomenon where people see meaningful forms in random patterns, such as seeing faces in clouds, may have stimulated early humans to make cave art.

Research Associate Jake Brooker from our Department of Psychology studies the social and emotional behaviour of great apes. He explains that social media needs to recognise that putting exotic animals in a human context isn't cute and reflects animal abuse.

Our closest living relatives could help us better understand how communication evolved in humans and how our own language skills emerge.

Congratulations to Professor Graham Towl who has been appointed the new Chair of a regional network of experts in prison and offender health and social care.

Professor Amanda Ellison from our Department of Psychology explains how neuromodulation therapy could be delivered at home as a promising treatment for some patients with depression.

New research reveals that talking to babies and toddlers helps shape their developing brain.

New research has found poor air quality could be causing cognitive deficits in babies and toddlers.

A new research study has revealed why some children may be slower to learn words than others.