Department of Psychology
We are a friendly, stimulating and supportive environment for students where science flourishes. We’re one of the world’s top psychology departments, excelling in both teaching and research.
Undergraduate study
Seminars
Working memory training: A quick-fix solution for enhancing cognition?
4.00PM, online seminar
Dr Claudia von Bastian, University of Sheffield
The limits of working memory: efficient use of a finite resource
4.00PM, online seminar
Dr Paul Bays, University of Cambridge
Biasing long-term memory in older people through dopamine during sleep (and relevance to dementia)
4.00PM, online seminar
Dr Liz Coulthard, University of Bristol
Postgraduate study
News
We’re 10th in the UK
Posted on Friday 18 September 2020
Psychology at York makes the top ten in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide.
Guardian University Guide 2021
Posted on Monday 7 September 2020
Department of Psychology maintains UK top 10 place.
Study gives new insights into facial recognition
Posted on Wednesday 29 July 2020
Student-led research has furthered our understanding of how strokes affect our ability to recognise faces.
