Department News
October 2020 News Bulletin
A round up of news across our department this month.
Transforming Our Understanding of Voice-Hearing
Durham University researchers are changing the way people think about experiences of hearing voices.
Helping stroke survivors with visual perception problems
A new 15-minute tool to screen stroke survivors for visual perception problems has been launched by researchers from Durham and Oxford universities.
Helping People With Partial Blindness
Award-winning research by psychologists at Durham University has led to the development of a new app to help with the rehabilitation of people with partial visual loss following brain injury.
New study highlights how friendly social behaviours are contagious for chimpanzees
Researchers from our top-rated Psychology department have discovered that social bonding behaviours in chimpanzees, like grooming and play, can spread through groups much like contagious yawns or laughter in humans.
Brain cells as traffic controllers
A groundbreaking study led by Dr Marco Bocchio in our Department of Psychology reveals how specific brain cells called interneurons can act as our in-built traffic controllers.
Leading the world in interdisciplinary research
We have been ranked third in the UK for interdisciplinary science research.