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• Do winners cheat more? New research refutes previous high-profile study

  Date: 3 Aug 2022

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  New large-scale research led by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ shows that winning does not cause people to cheat, in stark contrast to a previous...

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

  Date: 7 Jun 2022

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  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 May 2022

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

• Psychologists create first-ever body-maps of hallucinations

  Date: 27 Oct 2021

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  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 Oct 2021

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  Leading historians from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ have guest edited a special Centenary issue of the prestigious Howard Journal of Crime and...

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ receives grant from Movember to help develop peer support programme for senior leaders in UK Police Force

  Date: 26 Aug 2021

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  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: 2 Nov 2020

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  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: 7 May 2019

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  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 Apr 2019

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  Recommendations from Â鶹ÊÓƵ scientists could help reduce over-use of antibiotics.

• Mayor of Oadby and Wigston views world-class research at Â鶹ÊÓƵ

  Date: 7 Mar 2019

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