Welcome to the Body, Mind, and Behaviour Laboratory (BMB Lab)! Explore this page to find out more about who we are and what we do. Find out what each lab member is interested in and researching here and check out the lab's publications here. For queries, feel free to get in touch with the lab manager here!
Professor Simone Schnall’s Work on Aesthetic Experience Receives Widespread Media Coverage
30 January 2026
Professor Simone Schnall’s recent paper on how aesthetic experiences shape higher-order thinking has received widespread media attention. The research was highlighted by BBC News , the Templeton Religion Trust , Nice News Science , and Cambridge University’s Research Stories .
Professor Simone Schnall Contributes to Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year 2025 on “Parasocial”
30 January 2026
Professor Simone Schnall contributed to the Cambridge Dictionary entry for “parasocial,” which has been named Word of the Year 2025 . She discusses how parasocial connections reflect evolving patterns of social interaction in the digital age in a video produced by Cambridge Dictionary.
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