UCL in the media
How does our audio environment affect the way we think and behave.
Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) explains how our brains process sounds.
What Americans really think about Jan. 6
Professor Julie Norman (UCL Political Science) said: “Even nearly three years on, many Americans perceive that polarization and political divides are just as deep, if not deeper, than they were in the last election."
What legacy for Paris 2024? The exemplary conversion of the London 2012 Olympic Park
UCL’s Jane Bolger (UCL East) comments on the legacy of the 2012 Olympic games and why UCL chose Stratford as the site for the UCL East Campus.
Why Trump’s 2024 re-election bid will probably fail
Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) said: “If there is one lesson we can take from recent history, not only from Trump but also Clinton, it’s that the approval ratings of presidents tends to actually improve during impeachment proceedings."
Hearing aid use linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests
Professor Gill Livingston (UCL Psychiatry) said: “Prevention is more important than cure and being able to hear also improves functioning and quality of life without toxic effects which drugs may have.”
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'If more people are identifying as transgender, then care must catch up'
Dr Doug McKechnie (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) said: “We do not know why more individuals from deprived areas had a transgender code in their records, and if this really means that there are more transgender people in those areas"
UCL academic to front new BBC Radio 4 environmental series
Dr Helen Czerski (UCL Mechanical Engineering) is set to join BBC environmental journalist Tom Heap as a presenter of Rare Earth - a new weekly hour-long podcast and radio show from BBC Radio 4 which will tackle major stories about the environment and the natural world.
Warning 100,000 could develop long Covid after hospital cases surge
Professor Christina Pagel (UCL Mathematics) predicts how many people will develop long Covid as a result of the current wave, saying: “I think it will be tens of thousands certainly, but it’s quite possible it will be one to two hundred thousand.”
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Is dry January good for you? The benefits of a sober new year
Dr Gautam Mehta (UCL Medicine) suggests dry January does "lead to tangible health benefits by the end of the month".
Identifying personality traits that determine your dementia risk
"Someone who has done lots of education has exercised their memory more, they’ve learned more language skills and they’re likely to have better resilience so they can cope with damage to their brain for longer," says Dr Andrew Sommerlad (UCL Division of Psychiatry).