Can you train your way to a smarter brain?

Experts such as chess masters and professional musicians possess superior cognitive ability compared to the general population. As such, some researchers have proposed that playing chess or learning music is an effective…

Liverpool PsycSoc

There are thousands of societies to available for you to join when you start University and there is a PsycSoc (Psychology society) available for all Psychology students. Firstly, you will get to…

The Student Eye App

Although the SLC gives us a decent amount of money for us to live, being students the only way to survive is to budget. One particularly good app to help…

Summer Internships

Work experience within University is a great way to gain experience in the field of academia. As well as experience you will more than likely make useful connections with staff…

A Guide To Networking

Being a student is great, then you realise you have to plan for life after your degree. A good way to keep your options open for life after learning is…

Scanning For Psychopaths

A recent finding by Dirk et al. (2016) used brain scans to show how a combination of individual traits function differently in criminals. Specifically, a strong focus on reward and…

Our Unhealthy Children

A recent pilot study by researchers in Liverpool, including the UoL’s Dr Jason Halford and Dr Joanne Harrold, suggests that migraine severity is associated with certain obesogenic eating behaviours. They…