It was great to host a student delegation led by the brilliant Chanki Moon yesterday, to hear about the exciting research at Jeonbuk National University and to discuss political trust and health inequalities. Loved the gift merch too! @uniwestpress.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Looking forward to talking about health communication in ICSIH7 in University of Exeter next week. @icsih7.bsky.social Hope to see you there, let's get a ☕

We asked people about their memories from lockdown. Many chose memories involving facemasks. These facemask memories reveal how people made sense of health guidance during the Covid-19 pandemic. See our findings visualised by Franziska Busch ⬇️ shorturl.at/22YDu @uniwestpress.bsky.social

Facemask Memories

I’m proud to share my poster presentation supporting the dissemination of research by Dr Rotem Perach, Dr Kyoko Murakami and Dr Catherine…

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What can memories from the Covid-19 pandemic tell us about following health guidance? 😷 Final version of our facemask memories paper now open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We asked people about their memories from lockdown. Many chose memories involving facemasks. These facemask memories reveal how people made sense of health guidance during the Covid-19 pandemic. See our findings visualised by Franziska Busch ⬇️ shorturl.at/22YDu @uniwestpress.bsky.social

Facemask Memories

I’m proud to share my poster presentation supporting the dissemination of research by Dr Rotem Perach, Dr Kyoko Murakami and Dr Catherine…

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Can we rely on the spirit of 'keep calm and carry on' in the next pandemic? Our new ERAP paper ⬇️ www.westminster.ac.uk/news/people-... @catherineloveday.bsky.social @uniwestpress.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

People willing to wear facemasks as an act of showing care for community, Westminster researchers find

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Can we rely on the spirit of 'keep calm and carry on' in the next pandemic? Our new ERAP paper ⬇️ www.westminster.ac.uk/news/people-... @catherineloveday.bsky.social @uniwestpress.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

People willing to wear facemasks as an act of showing care for community, Westminster researchers find

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Can the Brits ‘keep calm and carry on’? In our new paper, we analysed people’s facemask memories from lockdown to find out ⬇️😷 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Huge thanks to @catherineloveday.bsky.social and Kyoko Murakami @psychologyatuow.bsky.social @uniwestpress.bsky.social

Facemask memories: a qualitative approach to people’s construal of protective health behaviours

Understanding how people construe new health behaviours is important for public health policy and pandemic preparedness. Research suggests that people…

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Can the Brits ‘keep calm and carry on’? In our new paper, we analysed people’s facemask memories from lockdown to find out ⬇️😷 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Huge thanks to @catherineloveday.bsky.social and Kyoko Murakami @psychologyatuow.bsky.social @uniwestpress.bsky.social

Facemask memories: a qualitative approach to people’s construal of protective health behaviours

Understanding how people construe new health behaviours is important for public health policy and pandemic preparedness. Research suggests that people…

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Thank you Crowds & Identities for having us, what an excellent discussion! @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

John Drury@profjohndrury.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Crowds & Identities seminar, expertly convened by @samreenchhabra.bsky.social Presentation on their important work on Mpox and the social psych of face masks, from @drrotemperach.bsky.social and colleagues

Can NHS-branded facemasks save lives? Franziska Busch presents new research by Rotem Perach and team, which finds that facemasks bearing logos can help persuade some unvaccinated people to listen to health guidance: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Can NHS-branded facemasks save lives? | BPS

Franziska Busch presents new research by Rotem Perach and team, which finds that facemasks bearing logos can help persuade some unvaccinated people to listen to health guidance.

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Can NHS-branded #facemasks save lives? Our targetted messaging research now on BPS Research Digest: Huge thanks to Franziska Busch! @uniwestpress.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social #terrormanagement #covid #vaccine #NHS www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Can NHS-branded facemasks save lives? | BPS

Franziska Busch presents new research by Rotem Perach and team, which finds that facemasks bearing logos can help persuade some unvaccinated people to listen to health guidance.

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Can NHS-branded #facemasks save lives? Our targetted messaging research now on BPS Research Digest: Huge thanks to Franziska Busch! @uniwestpress.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social #terrormanagement #covid #vaccine #NHS www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Can NHS-branded facemasks save lives? | BPS

Franziska Busch presents new research by Rotem Perach and team, which finds that facemasks bearing logos can help persuade some unvaccinated people to listen to health guidance.

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Does mask-wearing decrease support for women politicians? Does the type of mask matter? Fascinating experimental research by Muroga and Crabtree: cup.org/49wQCNj Some of the research materials ⬇️

Do #facemasks present a unique ‘persuasion point’ to enhance public #health #communication? We manipulated exposure to the #NHS symbol in health messages in two online studies. Our new paper: shorturl.at/LOt6t @psychologyatuow.bsky.social #socialpsychology #appliedpsychology #behaviouralscience

Do #facemasks present a unique ‘persuasion point’ to enhance public #health #communication? We manipulated exposure to the #NHS symbol in health messages in two online studies. Our new paper: shorturl.at/LOt6t @psychologyatuow.bsky.social #socialpsychology #appliedpsychology #behaviouralscience

🔊 New paper 🔊 In two studies, our team tested a novel theory-grounded health messaging approach combining death reminders with exposure to an NHS prime on the spokesperson's facemask. 😷 + 💀 Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @psychologyatuow.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social

Evidence that #decision-making involvement is associated with quality of life in people with #dementia through the fulfilment of psychological needs. Read our new paper, led by Carmen Colclough ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @determindstudy.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Evidence that #decision-making involvement is associated with quality of life in people with #dementia through the fulfilment of psychological needs. Read our new paper, led by Carmen Colclough ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @determindstudy.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

"Trusted messengers played a critical role in public health response around vaccine confidence, engaging in a range of activities beyond “message amplifier.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Engaging trusted messengers in public health response: Key strategies to building community trust among CDC'S prevention research center's vaccine confidence network

As part of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Prevention Research Center (PRC) Vaccine Confidence Network (PRC VCN), 26 academic insti…

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Fascinating analysis on NHS hero framing and other elements in the UK Covid-19 narrative⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Great to see this agency-forward vision for behavioural science ⬇️

Shayoni Lynn@shayonislynn.bsky.social · last yr.

#BehaviouralScience is not always about nudging. The authors @susanmichie.bsky.social @robertjwest.bsky.social argue "tackling the challenges facing humanity requires a collective, capacity-building approach" that boosts competences, opportunities, & motivations for individuals to act together.

Great to see our paranormal beliefs article led by brilliant Betul Rauf is among top viewed in JSR @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Terror Management Theory Thorough and comprehensive analysis of the mortality salience literature by @benchill.bsky.social, @stevenheine.bsky.social and colleagues concludes genuine nonzero effects exist (r = .18) alongside some spurious effects. doi.org/10.1037/pspa...

Looking forward to talking about death, cultural facemasks, and public health messages, today in Lisbon at 12:25 #BCC2025

Excited for the upcoming Behaviour Change Conference 2025 #BCC2025 I'll be presenting our work on the use of facemasks with valued cultural symbols (Nicola Sturgeon wore one 👇) in public health communications on April 3rd. @ucl-cbc.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social

Huge thanks to Greenwich Social Psychology lab for the invitation to talk about cultural facemasks in public health messages today. It was a great sunny experience. Thank you @drsofiastathi.bsky.social and all lab members for the brilliant discussion. @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Had a great time presenting our work on cultural facemasks in public health messages in University of Sussex. Huge thanks to all social psychologists and students for the brilliant discussion and feedback, and thanks for the invite @seanfiggins.bsky.social @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

*Top cited* Great to see our 2023 paper on digital technology use in family carers of people with dementia led by Ben Hicks is a top cited article. Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @psychologyatuow.bsky.social

Great to see the co-design process of targeted health communications, and the final recommendations, by @melodytaba.bsky.social et al.👇 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...