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Are you paying attention?

Are you paying attention?

An outline of the collaboration between members of the School's ABC Lab and the Dundee Science Centre.

Without words

Without words

An outline of Dr Maggie Ellis' research with Adaptive Interaction, a method of communication for individuals with advanced dementia.

Common eyesight myth demystified

Common eyesight myth demystified

New research led by the University of St Andrews finds that a common eye condition has little or no impact on an aspect of a person’s 3-Dimensional perception.

ABC Lab - Netflix Babies

ABC Lab - Netflix Babies

Professor Malinda Carpenter discusses her research in the new Netflix series on babies.

The psychology of pandemics

The psychology of pandemics

Prof Stephen Reicher writes about two psychologies of relevance to the coronavirus pandemic for the British Psychological Society.

School away day 2020

School away day 2020

Academic and professional staff recently spent a day away from the School in order to discuss the School's long-term strategy plans.

Alzheimer's memory discovery

Alzheimer's memory discovery

Scientists at the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh have discovered the functions of the area of the brain in which Alzheimer’s begins, offering hope for the development of future treatments.

World-leading primate complex opens

World-leading primate complex opens

A new cutting-edge research facility for advancing scientific knowledge on chimpanzee cognition and behaviour officially launched today (Monday 7 October) at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo.

Apes possess human-like “theory of mind”

Apes possess human-like “theory of mind”

Apes understand what others see and believe, a skill previously believed to be unique to humans, according to new research from the University of St Andrews.