Developing a Sustainable Future for Guinea Fowl Farming
Guinea fowl are crucial to the food supply chain of Africa, and researchers are helping to improving the stability of guinea fowl farming as a source of income and nutrition.
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New Year Honours Recognise St Andrews Research Excellence
The achievements of three researchers at the University have been recognised in the 2022 New Years Honours list.
Hand in hand: a moment of connection in Public engagement
Dr Maggie Ellis is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of St Andrews, with a research focus on the psychology of dementia. Through developing the technique of Adaptive Interaction, Maggie and her…
Our Youngest Audience for Public Engagement
Gideon Salter is a PhD researcher with a passion for investigating social cognition, primarily in infants. Understanding how an infant progresses from engaging in face to face interactions to shared experiences with…
Communicating with people with advanced dementia
There are 850,000 individuals with a diagnosis of dementia in the UK, many of whom are likely to progress to a state of advanced dementia. Professional care places a considerable strain on NHS resources and the…
CIRCA: Conversation support for people with dementia and their carers
CIRCA, Computer Interactive Reminiscence and Conversation Aid, is a novel touchscreen computer system designed to support conversation between people with dementia and their caregivers.