Genes play a greater role in forming character traits than was previously thought, new research suggests.

Dance medicine experts, dance companies and scientists from the University of Birmingham have joined together to open the National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science.

Human creativity and culture - What do we mean by creativity and can machines be creative? Does creativity depend on conscious processes? Does seeing the world differently lead to new creative insights? - These were some of the questions being discussed at the fifth Sussex Conversation - on Mind and Brain - which took place at the Royal Institution on Thursday (26 April).

The belief that all humans communicate six basic emotions through their facial expressions has been refuted by researchers at the University of Glasgow.

People's judgements about whether they are depressed depend on how they believe their own suffering “ranks” in relation to the suffering of friends and family and the wider world, according to a new study.

“If I let go of everything — my thoughts, my words, my feelings, my fears, everything —my body can do anything and my mind becomes completely and utterly still.” - The words of real athletes have been used in a compe

University of Sheffield academic helps design sports psychology study featuring Olympians - The BBC Lab UK´s biggest ever experiment featuring Olympic Gold Medallist Michael Johnson, which was designed with the help of a University of Sheffield psychologist, is being unveiled today (1 May 2012).

European partners in the University's £6million EU Framework 7 project – SATIN – SATiety INnovation -came to Liverpool to mark the launch of the project.