Brain, Belief, and Behaviour Lab

16/04/2026

Do you do yoga? Do you have 10-15 minutes?

Please participate in our new survey and tells us how yoga makes you feel: https://brookeshls.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2oA0jtUcg7t0Q7A

Thanks very much!

10/04/2026

A new popular science article by BBB's Dr Valerie van Mulukom, on finding 'flow' in hobbies, including music, TTRPGs, videogames, and theatre. Openly accessible at:

Hobbies are a fun way to turn down the noise and increase focus.

13/03/2026

✨ New openly accessible article out by BBB's Dr Valerie van Mulukom ✨

What good is your imagination? How can an evolutionary framework help us understand this pivotal human ability better? What are some of its major functions? How can imagination contribute to psychological wellbeing?

Far from an idle pastime, using our imagination is a core evolutionary capacity; one that shapes how we plan for the future, regulate our emotions, bond with others, and construct our identities.

Read all about it in the magazine of the British Psychological Society, the Psychologist:

On the eve of World Imagination Day, Dr Valerie van Mulukom showcases a framework for understanding the importance of fiction and imagination.

26/01/2026

New research project is live! How do you perceive and relate to AI/LLMs? 🤖 If you want to explore how you relate to AI and want to help our research project, please participate. Thank you!

https://brookeshls.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9RmFsX79kgccD8G

18/12/2025

Hi, we're doing new research! 🎨 🖼️ This time we'd like to know how impressionist or expressionist paintings make you feel..

If you've got 8-13 minutes, and would be happy to take some time exploring your feelings in response to a painting, please click the link below! Thanks!

https://brookeshls.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1Fixa3gtwJFXK0S

24/09/2025

📚 We're preparing a popular science write-up of our research on how fiction relates to our personalities and engaging with the world...It will come out on Halloween! 🎃

https://brookeshls.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_82Ie4idBMbmRnue

In the meantime however, we are still looking for participants in our research. If you have 10-15 minutes spare, please consider participating. Thanks very much!

20/06/2025

Hi all, we promise to be posting some results again soon! But for now.. one more request. :>

🧙‍♂️ Do you play Dungeons and Dragons or another TTRPG? ⚔️

Would you be happy to fill out a 15-minute anonymous survey and contribute to research that examines which imaginative processes are involved in playing TTRPGs and what the effects are on social interactions and self-perception? If so, link in the comments!

We are super excited about this project, which adds to a growing field. :> We'll be sure to post the results here afterwards too!

Thanks all,
Valerie & William

21/05/2025

✨🧘Yoga 🧘‍♀️✨

Hi all, we're back with a new study! This time on how yoga impacts your way of feeling, perceiving, and understanding the world around you.

Participation is anonymous, and will take approximately 15 minutes. We will be reporting results of the study here in a few months.

Link to the survey in the first comment.

Thank you for your time! It is much appreciated. 🙏

18/03/2025

Hi all! We're running a new (very short!) survey, investigating what attracts people to different TV genres (URL in the first comment).

We're short on people for a number of genres, so would really appreciate people participating!

We promise to post the results back here when the data has been analysed. 😃 Thank you!!

08/10/2024

🧘‍♂️ Calling All Meditation Practitioners! 🧘‍♀️

We’re looking for meditators to participate in a research study exploring how different meditation styles impact our sense of self and wellbeing.

Your participation will greatly help contribute to an Oxford Brookes University MSc student's research project, which has received full ethical approval from the Psychology Research Ethics Committee at Oxford Brookes University.

✨ The survey takes just 10-15 minutes to complete! ✨

All responses are kept fully confidential and are anonymous.

Interested? Click here to participate: https://brookeshls.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0q7g4AkFRBf6HMW

Thank you for your support! 🙏

20/07/2024

https://theconversation.com/meditation-can-be-harmful-and-can-even-make-mental-health-problems-worse-230435

In some cases, people have experienced psychotic or delusional symptoms.