Professor Fuschia Sirois, a globally renowned expert in the psychology of procrastination in our Department of Psychology, has distilled her game-changing insights into a new book to help procrastinators understand the issue, and how to tackle it.

A new study by psychologists at Durham has found the answers to creating the best first impression in a virtual meeting, such as Teams or Zoom, is a visual background of house plants and books.

Dr Sheina Lew-Levy from our top-rated Psychology department has been awarded a highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant.

Dr Jake Brooker and Professor Zanna Clay of our Department of Psychology share their new research on the social role sex plays in bonobo and chimpanzee groups.

A research team including two Durham University academics have decoded the meaning of markings seen in Ice Age drawings, and in doing so found evidence of early writing dating back at least 14,000 years earlier than previously thought.

A unique study of brain activity in children born with upper limb difference has revealed the brain’s remarkable adaptability to compensate and to support daily life.

New research by our Department of Psychology has determined that our perceptions of body image are shaped by what we see from as early as seven years old.

New research has revealed 15,800-year-old engravings of catching fish in traps.

Using sex to manage social tension dates back over six million years to humans’ common ape ancestor, according to a new study.

Chimpanzees have been observed copying quirky social behaviours from one another – wearing grass in their ears and bottoms – despite these actions offering no apparent practical benefit.

A new tool to understand how people imagine differently when reading could have potential implications for the treatment of mental ill health.

New research is challenging long-standing assumptions about autism and physical activity, offering fresh insights into the experiences of autistic adults.