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.
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Rethinking Dementia with Adaptive Interaction
Adaptive Interaction provides an entirely new way for dementia sufferers to connect with their loved ones.
Woven Communities: interweaving basketry, memory, and mind
The project Woven Communities, led by Dr Stephanie Bunn of the Department of Social Anthropology, has expanded awareness of Scottish social history and heritage through a focus on its basket-weaving, while showing how…
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…
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
The University will mark the UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science this week with an inaugural lecture by renowned British geneticist Dame Professor Linda Partridge.
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.