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Gene variant linked to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and alcoholism

A rare gene variant discovered by UCL scientists is associated with an increased risk of developing schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and alcoholism, confirms new research.

Photo: Wellcome Images

UCL News

Partners of miscarriage sufferers ‘ignored’

The partners of women who miscarry often feel invisible, ignored and sidelined during and after miscarriage – and unable to talk about their own feelings of loss and pain – according to new findings from UCL and the Miscarriage Association.

Photo: The Miscarriage Association

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26 July 2014, 14:30 - 21:30
Psychedelics and Psychotherapy: a historical workshop
29 July 2014, 13:00 - 16:30
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Rosetta: chasing a time-capsule bigger than Mt. Fuji

“Comets can be thought of as the deep frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system,” said Dr Matt Taylor from the European Space Agency, opening his public lecture last week titled ‘The Rosetta Story: A comet, an amazing spacecraft and their journey around the Sun’, part of the Sixth Alfven Conference hosted by UCL.

Photo: ESA

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Malaysia Airlines crash: Political hostility threatens probe

Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) explains how the crash of Malaysia Airlines MH17 in Ukraine could constitute a war crime if it is proved that a missile was used to directly target the plane.

Read: FT (£)

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Mobile games used for psychology experiments

Initial findings from one of the largest cognitive science experiments ever conducted have shown that mobile games can be used to reliably address psychology questions, paving the way to a better understanding of how cognitive function differs across populations.

UCL Opinion

Germany – winning with no leaders

So we won the World Cup. Add that trophy to the country's current economic overachievement and we may have the start of an age of German dominance – and not just in world football. However, there is still one field in which Germans don't excel: in global politics, the country is a secondary power.

Read more from Dr Jochen Hung (UCL German) in The Guardian.

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Misheard lyrics: ‘Deep fry it’ Will Young

Professor Andrew Nevins (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) explains how song lyrics can be misunderstood. While slips of the tongue are well-known, slips of the ear have received far less attention. Looking into recurrent slips reveals that our expectations can bias what we mishear, but within limits: the actual utterance and the misheard message must be phonetically close enough to allow our ears to deceive us.

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