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• Man vs. machine: New Leicester research to compare human eye-tracking with AI in first study of its kind

  Date: 07/06/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/eye-tracking

  The human brain’s ability to track and process hazards will be pitted against an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) tool in a new...

• Why the universal age-happiness ‘U-shape’ is a myth

  Date: 24/05/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/u-shape-happiness

  New research shows that happiness often does not increase as people get older.

• Psychologists create first-ever body-maps of hallucinations

  Date: 27/10/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/psychosis-hallucinations

  Leicester psychologists have, for the first time, created body-maps of the sensations which arise during hallucinations in people experiencing...

• Leicester historians guest edit Centenary journal edition

  Date: 12/10/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/howard-journal

  Leading historians from the University of Leicester have guest edited a special Centenary issue of the prestigious Howard Journal of Crime and...

• University of Leicester receives grant from Movember to help develop peer support programme for senior leaders in UK Police Force

  Date: 26/08/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/movember-police-support

  Up to 250 police superintendents across police forces in England and Wales will soon benefit from a peer support programme designed to support...

• Harnessing the ‘wisdom of crowds’ can help combat antibiotic over prescription

  Date: 02/11/2020 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/wisdom-of-crowds

  A new study has demonstrated that using  the ‘wisdom of crowds’ (also known as collective intelligence) of three or more medical prescribers, can...

• Two Leicester professors join prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship

  Date: 07/05/2019 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/08-academy-medical-sciences-fellows

  The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected Leicester’s Professor Chris Brightling and Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga to their esteemed...

• New research shows how to optimise antibiotic use and combat antibiotic resistance

  Date: 28/04/2019 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/29-antibiotic-resistance

  Recommendations from University of Leicester scientists could help reduce over-use of antibiotics.

• Mayor of Oadby and Wigston views world-class research at University of Leicester

  Date: 07/03/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/07-oadby-wigston-mayoral-visit

  The Mayor of Oadby and Wigston, Councillor David Carter, accompanied by his consort, Mrs Janet Carter, viewed first-hand the world-class research...

• The Power Threat Meaning Framework - Psychology Cultures seminars

  Date: 01/02/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/01-power-threat-meaning-framework

  University of Leicester Psychology Cultures Seminars to explore alternative ways of understanding mental health.