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😆 What actually is joy, and how is it different from happiness?
Professor @sophiescott (@UCL_ICN) joins Dr @xandvt and @DoctorChrisVT to untangle the science, psychology and meaning of joy.
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Do you want to build a career in children and young people's mental health?
Join us on 14 January to find out more about our three in-person UCL Master’s programmes taught and based at @annafreuduk in London.
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🎉 Congratulations to Emeritus Professor David Kemp, @UCLEarInstitute, who has been made a CBE for services to auditory sciences and public health. Read more: ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/dec/ucl-…
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AI has, for the first time, identified two biologically distinct types of multiple sclerosis—using a simple blood test and standard brain scans. @UCLIoN
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PhD candidate Raafiah Mussa (@UCLIoN) writes with Siobhan McLernon of South Bank University about the many challenges stroke survivors face and calls for increased ongoing NHS care and psychological support.
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An evening celebrating @IonSynapse collaborations. Our team marked the launch of UK DRI Parkinsons Disease Research Centre under Prof Henry Houlden’s leadership @UCLIoN, bringing researchers, clinicians, charity and industry to advance equitable discovery worldwide.@UCLTRO
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Six particular depressive symptoms when experienced in midlife predict dementia risk more than two decades later, finds a new study led by @UCLPsychiatry researchers.
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We're looking back on just some of the incredible scientific breakthroughs that came out of our Faculty in 2025!
💬 The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at @UCLIoN.
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ALT Parts of the brain that are needed to remember words identified by UCL team of neurologists and neurosurgeons
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31 Dec 2025
On the last day of 2025, join us in reflecting on some of the incredible breakthroughs from the Faculty this year!
🧠 In October, @UCLIoN & @UKDRI researchers found the time to carry out diagnostic MRI scans for dementia can be cut by a third.
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ALT UCL researchers develop ultra-fast MRI scans for dementia, cutting scan time from 30 minutes to under seven
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29 Dec 2025
We're looking back on just some of the incredible scientific breakthroughs that came out of our Faculty this year.
👁️ Pioneering eye device in trial involving a @ucleye.bsky.social researcher restores reading vision to blind eyes.
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ALT Life-changing microchip helps blind patients read again
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27 Dec 2025
So many incredible stories came out from our Faculty this year.
🩸 In September, a major @UCLIoN -led clinical trial, aiming to transform the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease through a simple blood test, welcomed its first participants.
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ALT UCL led trial aims to transform Alzheimer’s diagnosis with simple blood test
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24 Dec 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, join us in reflecting on some of the incredible breakthroughs from the Faculty this year!
🧠 In November, a new brain atlas offering unprecedented detail in MRI scans was developed by @UCLIoN researchers.
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ALT UCL researchers develop a new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualise the human brain in unprecedented detail
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23 Dec 2025
🎄 The @UCLPsychiatry has produced the 12 Papers of Christmas; a snapshot of the incredible work published by the division throughout 2025.
Access them here: ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/new…
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22 Dec 2025
We're looking back on just some of the incredible scientific breakthroughs that came out of our Faculty this year.
👃 At the @UCLEarInstitute, new research demonstrated that a surgical procedure may help patients regain their sense of smell following Covid-19 infection.
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ALT Long Covid patients who lost sense of smell can be helped with surgery find UCL researchers
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20 Dec 2025
Six particular depressive symptoms when experienced in midlife predict dementia risk more than two decades later, finds a new study led by @UCLPsychiatry researchers.
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19 Dec 2025
Teenagers who are unhappy with their bodies are more likely to develop symptoms of eating disorders and depression in early adulthood, according to a new study led by @UCLPsychiatry researchers.
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18 Dec 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, join us in reflecting on some of the incredible breakthroughs from the Faculty this year!
👁️ In February, a procedure developed by researchers from @UCLeye gave infants life-changing improvements in sight.
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ALT Genetic therapy gives infants life-changing improvements in sight
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17 Dec 2025
What's it like to study Psychology at UCL?
Beth, a third year MSci Psychology student gives us a glimpse of what it’s like to study here and where she hopes her degree will take her next.
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16 Dec 2025
We're looking back on just some of the incredible scientific breakthroughs that came out of our Faculty this year.
First up... Researchers at @UCLIoN & @UCLHD made global headlines by successfully treating Huntington’s disease for the first time.
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ALT UCL researchers slow the progression of Huntington’s disease for the first time with a groundbreaking new treatment
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15 Dec 2025
🎓🤖🧠 Fully funded 4-year PhD in Computational Linguistics
@ucl - @UCLBrainScience - Division of Psychology & Language Sciences
New lab launching. Open topic. Strong computational focus.
🗓 Apply by 7 January
🇬🇧 UK home-rate students only (unfortunately)
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