UCL in the media
What side do you dress on?
Professor Chris McManus (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) has discovered that just a fifth of 21st-century men claim to follow the trouser seam precisely. Of the others, by a ratio of two to one, they hang to the left.
Evidence and education: It's not about Gove vs Marx
If Gove says he wants evidence, his challenge should be taken up. He should get it. And he should accept that some of it might not confirm his prejudices, writes Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy).
Second cyber security institute launched
Teams from six universities, including UCL, will make up the UK's second cyber security research institute. The academic research institute, which will be hosted by Imperial College London, will investigate new ways of reducing computer software's vulnerability to cyber threats. The first academic research institute in cyber security, based at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË, opened in October last year.
Neuroaesthetics is killing your soul
Professor Semir Zeki (UCL Institute of Neuroesthetics) says: "It is only by understanding the neural laws that dictate human activity in all spheres - in law, morality, religion and even economics and politics, no less than in art - that we can ever hope to achieve a more proper understanding of the nature of man."
UCL Professor shortlisted for the Asian Women of Achievement Award
Professor Usha Menon (UCL Women's Cancer) is shortlisted for the Asian Women of Achievement Award. She is one of Britain's foremost specialists in gynaecological cancer.
Parkinson's drug 'helps' the elderly think younger
Dr Rumana Chowdhury (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience), who led the study, said: "We found that when we treated older people who were particularly bad at making decisions with a drug that increases dopamine in the brain, their ability to learn from rewards improved to a level comparable to somebody in their twenties and enabled them to make better decisions."
Welcome to Friday frolics, team building at its best
We need to take under-performing teams and sprinkle some magic dust on them so that they become happy, healthy and productive, writes Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology).
Immigration Phone-in
"There is no single immigration problem, immigration comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes," says Professor John Salt (UCL Geography).
Binaural beats EP designed to send listeners into 'altered states of consciousness'
Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) comments on a new EP that aims to send listeners into a trance state: "Rhythm seems to be very strongly associated with sensory motor processing in the brain. So going from a sound and reacting to that sound, it's still a motor system."
Calorie Counting does a fat lot of good, scientists say
"Rather than populations failing to heed governments' public health advice, governments are currently failing the public," says Professor Jonathan Wells (UCL Institute of Child Health).