The Surrey Social Psychology Research Group held its first meeting, where members used Lego to creatively represent their research and get to know one another.

Ever wondered what it’s like to work at one of the world’s biggest tech companies while still at uni? 👩‍💻 Meet Ellica, a Psychology student on placement at #Adobe, gaining creativity, confidence & career-ready experience. 🎥 Watch: lnkd.in/etgGZ3HP #PlacementYear #Psychology

New paper just accepted in NBBR investigating the relationship between cardiac interoceptive accuracy and stress. Some relationships....but it’s complicated! One area where how we measure both interoception and stress really matters. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Investigating the relationship between cardiac interoceptive accuracy and stress: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Interoceptive accuracy, the ability to correctly perceive internal body signals such as heartbeats, has been empirically and theoretically linked to s…

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Lecture 1, week 1, completed. Nice to be back at a sunny @uniofsurrey.bsky.social with lovely, supportive, and engaging @surreypsychology.bsky.social students, even when teaching them statistics!

Our PT blog series is back! 🥳 #Dyspraxia affects more than movement it also impacts, education, employment, and overall wellbeing. 💚 In our latest Psychology Today blog, Emma Aitken, Dr Judith Gentle & Dr Marie Martel explain “Why Dyspraxia Is Often Misunderstood?” 👉 Read here: lnkd.in/enXNGP2t

🍂 Huge congratuations Prof Benjamin Gardner’s study “How habitual is everyday life?” is gaining major attention! 🥳 Featured in: 📰 The Conversation: lnkd.in/eZYFSvyB 🧠 BBC Science Focus: lnkd.in/erV97aR2 🧩 Psychology Today: lnkd.in/erQUU86q 🗞️ The Independent: lnkd.in/evVMNJrC

📚 #PsychologyToday blog series 🧠 #Schizophrenia and #BipolarDisorder may seem different, but research shows they share key biological roots. 🌍💚 Read our School's latest Psychology Today blog“How Biology Shapes Reality in Schizophrenia and Bipolar” by Aoife Coghlan 👉 lnkd.in/ei2bFrVx

🧠 Surrey researchers are recruiting 7–10-year-olds & parents for a study on children’s emotion learning (Mar 2025–Sept 2027). Participants get a £50 voucher + travel reimbursement. 🎁 Info & sign-up: bit.ly/3JeKfVg Email: UFOlab@surrey.ac.uk or j.kahkonen@surrey.ac.uk

📣 Just one month until Dyspraxia Awareness Day 2025! ✨ 🗓 Saturday 1 Nov | 🕛 12–5pm | 📍 Guildford Join us for a day exploring “Movement” — the science, experiences & strategies around #Dyspraxia / #DCD. 👉 Free registration: lnkd.in/dZQamXUP #Neurodiversity #Inclusion #Support

If you want to learn more about these design concepts, you can in our MSc environmental psychology @surreypsychology.bsky.social in our Psychology of Architecture module www.surrey.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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Housing designed to combat loneliness wins top UK architecture award -- just look at all that biophilic design and sociopetal space to encourage social interaction 😍 Loving the architectural psychology of this - designing homes for over-65s with people in mind www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

New findings just accepted! 🧠💓 Links between alexithymia and interoception questionnaires partly reflect overlapping questionnaire items - but not entirely. Even after removing sensation-related items, the connection remains. tinyurl.com/35hbwe87 #interoception #alexithymia

It has been suggested that emotion relates to interoceptive accuracy (IAc) and that this may differ by sex. In a new meta-analysis, we found no sex differences, and no overall link between IAc and emotion. Musings as to why in the paper below... doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

Such a brilliant time last week delivering a keynote at the 22nd World Congress of Psychophysiology in Poland. Fantastic to share new work on #interoception and catch up with colleagues from around the world. @surreypsychology.bsky.social

Had a great time at #ReadEmo25 yesterday—brilliant to catch up with colleagues and share new work. Especially proud to see new lab member Ren Palmer presenting the first findings from her PhD on measuring interoception!

New pre-print where we outline some updates to the PAT (PAT 2.0) - a measure of cardiac interoceptive accuracy! Check it out here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Refinements of the Phase Adjustment Task (PAT 2.0)

PDF | On May 9, 2025, Ren Palmer and others published Refinements of the Phase Adjustment Task (PAT 2.0) | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

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🌿 Excited to share Dr @melissamarselle.bsky.social's latest blog on the Royal Society’s #PairingScheme! From the House of Lords to shadowing civil servants at Defra, she shows how psychology can shape policy. 🧠🏛️ 🔗 Read it here: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/surr... #SciComm #SciPolicy #EnvPsych

My Week in Westminster at the Royal Society Pairing Scheme

Personal Perspective: Dr. Melissa Marselle spent the week in Westminster to learn first-hand how psychological science is used in government policy.

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Can prescriptions for bread support well-being? 🍞 🥐 Our school's latest Psychology Today blog explores how cutting prescriptions can affect well-being for people with hashtag#coeliac disease. Author: Dr Rose-Marie Satherley www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/surr...

Can Prescriptions for Bread Support Well-Being?

Imagine needing access to specialist food to stay well but only being able to get it in some parts of the country. What happens when access to safe food depends on your postcode?

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Looking forward to speaking at this event with @newscientist.com in a few weeks! If you'd like to come along, tickets are still available... newscientist.com/science-even...

Find out how our minds and bodies are inextricably linked

Join six world-leading experts to discover how our minds and bodies are inextricably linked, and how leading-edge neuroscience is revealing what this means for our future health and wellbeing.

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How does cardiac interoceptive accuracy training work? Musings on this now accepted in NBR: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #interoception #interoceptiveaccuracy

(PDF) How Might Interoceptive Accuracy Training Work?

PDF | With growing interest in interoceptive training to enhance the perception of internal bodily signals, there is a need to consider the mechanisms... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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We are thrilled to welcome @drjjmurphy.bsky.social to our school seminar series on March 4th, 2025. Dr Murphy will deliver an insightful talk on "Interoception - the emperor's new clothes?" Prof Mark Cropley will host the seminar, which will take place from 13:00 to 14:00 in room 35 AC 04.

Measuring cardiac interoceptive accuracy is hard in adults, let alone in infants! Such fun turning my brain to this alongside the wonderful Rosie Donaghy, Matteo Lisi and Jeanne Shinskey. Our musings on possible ways forward now accepted in psychophysiology: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Measuring cardiac interoceptive accuracy in infancy: lessons from the adult literature

PDF | Models of interoception, the processing of internal bodily signals, highlight infancy as a key period for interoceptive learning. Given the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...

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We're hiring! Three new Lecturer posts @surreypsychology.bsky.social including one dedicated to Social Psychology jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... (There's a list of Uni priorities but candidates in more traditional social psych areas also v encouraged!)

Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Lecturer in Social Psychology

Exciting Opportunity in Social Psychology in the School of Psychology, University of Surrey!Join a Top-20 UK University with Ground-breaking Research.We're seeking outstanding Lecturers (and, in excep...

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"Can babies feel their heartbeats?" 👶❤️ Curious about this fascinating question? Check out the latest blog on Psychology Today by Dr Rosie Donaghy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Psychology, University of Surrey! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/surr...

Can Babies Feel Their Heartbeats?

We often focus on how babies explore the world around them, but their first months are also a time of learning about their internal world...so how do we measure this?

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Welcome to our new @psychtoday.bsky.social blog about how to spot and support hashtag #highlysensitive children at school. Authors: Prof Michael Pluess & Cherry Hirst www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/su...

How to Spot and Support Highly Sensitive Children at School

About 30% of children in class will be highly sensitive to their environment. Teachers can use a questionnaire to identify these children and adapt their teaching accordingly.

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