Lincoln School of Psychology News
Dr. Bonaventura Majolo has successfully been awarded a prestigious Leakey Foundation Grant of $13,300. Scientists have long recognized the importance of research on inter-group competition in non-human primates for our understanding of human warfare. Competition between groups and warfare are considered two factors that have had a significant effect on the evolution of altruism, parochialism and group…
People make more rational economic decisions on behalf of strangers and distant relatives than they do for close family members or themselves, new psychology research has shown. The study, published in the online journal PLOS ONE, is the first to show that decisions taken on behalf of others are affected systematically by the closeness of…
Research by Emile van der Zee in the School of Psychology is making waves across the world! We will look out for more on this! http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2012/11/21/for-word-learning-size-matters-if-youre-a-dog/
Dr Simon Durrant’s research on sleep at the University of Lincoln was featured in last Sunday’s New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/opinion/sunday/rethinking-sleep.html?_r=2pagewanted%3Dall& on Rethinking Sleep. … Also remember that you can take part in Simon’s and other people’s research and contribute to newsworthy and groundbreaking advances in science! In Simon’s case whilst you’re napping. Win, win!