
Why the clocks changing is great for your brain
October is a dismal time of year. The clocks go back, which accelerates the onset of darker evenings and the “shorter days” inevitably lead to calls for the tradition of putting clocks fo...
studied for my PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry in London and did post-doctoral studies at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London.
I trained in neuropharmacology, physiology and psychology and like to work at the interface of these disciplines. For my PhD (Institute of Psychiatry, London) I investigated the function of brain dopamine receptors and during my post-doctoral studies (Royal Postgraduate Medical School) I developed an interest in the biochemistry of stress. In 1989 I joined the University of Westminster where I became a founder member of the interdisciplinary Psychophysiology and Stress Research Group ( PSRG).