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Summer School "Advanced Scientific Programming in Python" (September 11-16, 2011) From September 11 to 16, 2011 the School of Psychology will host the Summer School "Advanced Scientific Programming in Python". The focus of the course will be the programming language Python and its application in scientific research.
The intelligence of beasts. Cognition researchers move past 'chimpocentric' theories, raising new questions about human uniqueness
You're paying, because I'm more attractive. People that think they’re more attractive are less likely to offer to pay, according to research.
Primate scream Female bonobos are noisy bi-sexual love-makers that call most when mating with higher ranking partners, according to new research.
The elderly to help researchers tackle "Big Brother" fears Researchers at the University of St Andrews are leading a project aiming to alleviate ‘Big Brother’ like fears experienced by older people when faced with new technology.
Fifty years of Animal Technology Let us take a moment to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the greatest take-down of human hubris. In November 1960, a 29-year-old British woman named Jane Goodall was wrapping up a long field season among the chimpanzees of Tanzania. She had won their trust, or at least their indifference, and so Goodall could observe the chimpanzees up close, discovering things about their behavior that no one had seen before....
Why it's all a blur CSI and the BBC's new Sherlock Holmes have something in common, and it's not crime-fighting. Both TV series have used camera trickery to create the illusion of miniature scenes, a phenomenon explained by scientists this month.
Growing Old Gracefully Shocking pictures showing what life as a couch potato can do to your looks...
Orangutans talk with their hands. A new study of gestural communication has shown orangutans use over 40 gestures to convey meanings to others.
Remembrance of things past People with dementia are to be given help to unlock their memories, thanks to academic research by teams at the Universities of St Andrews and Dundee.
Chimpanzee trend setters. Chimpanzees look up to those they consider to be more prestigious, echoing the way that young people admire celebrities such as David Beckham and Cheryl Cole, according to a new study.
Remembrance of things past People with dementia are to be given help to unlock their memories, thanks to academic research by teams at the Universities of St Andrews and Dundee.
An honest face Wider faced men are less trustworthy and our instincts know it, according to researchers at the University of St Andrews.
Equine visual laterality reinforces horse handling traditions. Horses generally prefer to scan people with their left eye.
The truth behind elephant brain power Are elephants so smart that they can spot the difference when they hear people speaking different languages?
Plump lips make you look younger Women who have plump full lips look younger than their years, scientists have said.
Santa Baby As Mr and Mrs Claus continue to enjoy the world's longest surviving marriage, a team of researchers at the University of St Andrews set out to uncover the secrets of Santa's enduring attractiveness.
Monkey calls give clues to language origins Scientists may be a step closer to understanding the origins of human language.
Monkey see, monkey do Following the latest trends is not just a human trait according to the latest research by psychologists at the University of St Andrews. Now similar social behaviour has been observed in capuchin monkeys.
£200,000 Alzheimer's research boost The UK's leading dementia research charity, the Alzheimer's Research Trust, has awarded over £200,000 for major new research into Alzheimer's disease at the University of St Andrews.
A golden glow improves your looks Researchers at the University of St Andrews have found that the colour of your skin affects how healthy - and attractive - you appear, and that eating fruit and vegetables is better than a suntan as a way to achieve the most desirable complexion.
Pigs Prove to Be Smart, if Not Vain In the current issue of Animal Behaviour, researchers present evidence that domestic pigs can quickly learn how mirrors work and will use their understanding of reflected images to scope out their surroundings and find their food.
The honest truth about man's ability to lie. Humans only got to the top of the evolutionary tree because of their gift for misrepresentation
Weight matters Researchers have found that despite the size zero trend, boys really do prefer 'normal' girls of an average weight and build.
Teenage Kicks The latest study carried out by the University of St Andrews helps show how judgments about what we find attractive in the faces and voices of the people around us change during our teenage years.
Familiarity breeds attraction Researchers have found that single-sex schools can have a 'significant impact' on what young people find attractive in a face.
Women are attracted to men who look like a masculine version of them, according to a new study. Revealing the secrets of what women find attractive in men
Here's one I made earlier: Chimps learn from watching videos Is making a tool from separate parts simply a stretch too far for a non-human species?
Over 65 and want to eat well and stay healthy? Then please volunteer. The NANA project, an exciting new three-year study in the School of Psychology, is looking at ways to help people to eat well and stay healthy as they grow older.
Red in the Face. People use the colour of your skin to judge your health.
Outreach project looks at how brain works. Researchers at the University of St Andrews are to examine the way in which we see faces as part of an outreach project this week.
Power of suggestion. Memories recovered using suggestive therapy techniques often lead to fictitious recollections, according to scientists.
How gorilla gestures point to evolution of human language. Innovative means of treating Parkinson's disease by stimulating the brain are to be investigated by an academic from the University of St Andrews.
Novel therapies for Parkinson's disease. Innovative means of treating Parkinson's disease by stimulating the brain are to be investigated by an academic from the University of St Andrews.
What are you looking at? Why do we look when another person looks? Are we looking for objects of interest or perhaps a warning of impending danger? Or are we just plain nosey?
Putting off the perfect putt? Thinking about your putting technique in between shots can make you play worse, not better, according to a new report by scientists.
Women know bonnie babies best St Andrews researchers may finally have found the reason why women are more likely to coo over babies than men.
RAE 2008 Success Psychology has maintained its position as one of the UK's top Psychology departments in the 2008 RAE:
This was a collective success which depended on academics, postgraduates, technicians and secretaries. To all those who were involved over the RAE period, many of whom have moved on the other institutions, our thanks.
£4M Euro grant for new studies on mental evolution How did humans evolve? Why did we evolve in the way that we did? And where did our extraordinary ability to construct complex thought and language come from? These are some of the questions that will be addressed by major new studies at the University of St Andrews on the evolution of learning and language in animals. Professor Kevin Laland and Dr Tecumseh Fitch have been awarded prestigious grants totalling four million euros from the newly formed European Research Council. For more details please see the link below:
Vacation Scholarships 2008: Psychology students win University prizes. The first annual Poster Evening for St. Andrews University Vacation Scholarship holders took place on Wed 8th October. Undergraduates from all over the University took part, all of whom had won funded vacation scholarships to conduct research. The evening was very successful showing top quality research from around the University. Psychology students came away with two out of the three prizes:
For more details please see the link below:
"It's enough to make you blush" An academic from the University of St Andrews is to delve into a series of embarrassing situations in an attempt to discover who makes us blush.
"Memory tricks may help fight fat"
Psychology ranked 3rd in The Times Good University Guide
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