We are a vibrant research-intensive Division with expertise in cognitive and clinical neuroscience, culture & evolution, developmental and social psychology đź§
London, England
Joined August 2014
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A diagnosis isn't a support plan
Parents of children with rare genetic conditions described struggling to access mental health care. New research involving Brunel's Dr Jeanne Wolstencroft, @Unique_charity and @rarediseaseuk examines what needs to change
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"Eugenics making a comeback? @RebeccaSear would like a word 🎤
Her “The Return of Eugenics” talk at the British Science Festival got people talking 💬
Brilliant to see so much audience engagement, with people queuing to keep chatting to Rebecca afterwards  🙌
Brunel Psychology retweeted
When a meme looks like science', a new @journal_EHS blog by Sarah Rodriguez-Louette
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#Anthropology
ALT When a meme looks like science "From the Blog Cambridge Core."
Why do younger people love brain rot?
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Latest "ask a psychologist" podcast is out on the @Bruneluni psychology YouTube 📢
Today's star is Byron Creese whose research focuses on neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia đź§
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1/ Huge news for @Bruneluni Psychology 🎉
Professor Veena Kumari has been shortlisted for Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year at the THE Awards 2026, a national recognition of exceptional doctoral supervision.
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3/ It also notes that three of her four completed primary supervisees at Brunel have won the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Doctoral Research.
4/ The winners will be announced in November, but being shortlisted already places Veena among the very best research supervisors in the UK.
Huge congratulations Veena, Brunel Psychology is very lucky to have you đź’™
#BrunelPsychology #THEAwards
Great NSS news for psychology 🎉💙
We’re in the top 30% of psychology departments in the UK 💪
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1/ Great to see Dr Stanley O. Gaines, Jr. representing @Bruneluni Psychology at the International Association for Relationship Research đź’™
Stan converted his Past President’s Address into a collective session: Theory blitz: Understanding interdependence in close relationships
3/ The book explores how interdependence and mutual influence shape close relationships: the emotional, cognitive, behavioural and social processes through which people affect each other đź’™
4/ Congratulations to Stan and the full interdependence team đź‘Ź
A lovely example of Brunel Psychology contributing to big conversations in relationship science
#BrunelPsychology #IARR #RelationshipScience #CloseRelationships
1/ New paper from CCN’s Dr Matteo De Marco in Neuropsychologia đź§
It looks at category fluency: the classic “name as many animals as you can in one minute” task. But instead of only counting the words, the study looks at the order they appear in.
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3/ They found that people with aMCI showed a stronger pattern for word length As the task went on, their animal words tended to get longer, suggesting changes in lexical-semantic organisation. Tiny detail. Interesting cognitive signal
4/ A nice reminder that cognitive tests can tell us more than the headline score. Sometimes the useful information is not just how many words someone produces, but how their responses unfold over time. #BrunelPsychology #Neuropsychology #DementiaResearch
1/ Does your menstrual cycle affect how vaccines work? 🩸
New paper from Poppy Copper and colleagues, including @Bruneluni CCE’s @RebeccaSear, in njp Women’s Health asks "does menstrual cycle phase affect COVID-19 vaccine outcomes?"
Turns out, possibly yes... 👇
3/ Menstrual cycles are not a niche side issue. They shape immune function, pain, mood and much more. Medical research has spent far too long treating that as inconvenient background noise 🫨
4/ Poppy also wrote a very accessible blog for Clue explaining the findings and why menstrual cycle data matters for health research! 🩸
helloclue.com/articles/about…
#BrunelCCE #MenstrualHealth #Vaccines #Immunity
