Have you ever wondered how your brain adapts to different situations, such as driving on the left or right side of the road depending on the country you are in? Do our brains solve these context-dependent tasks in the same way or is there individual variability? Dr Marino Pagan recently gave a seminar at SWC on his work uncovering the neural sources of individual variability in cognitive behaviour. Read the Q&A.

“One of the most stupid debates in psychology, is the nature-nurture debate,” Professor Stephen Reicher said as he opened the 2023 SWC Lecture. In this Q&A, he details what first sparked his interest in crowd behaviour and his experiences from the Bristol riots in 1980 through to the Covid-19 pandemic. He touches on the importance of leaders and the implications of his research for society.