The CAPOD Eggheads have planned to egg-scape for a bit of spring fresh air on Monday 22^nd April. Rumour is they are planning to hide themselves in St Salvator’s Quad. As it is nearly exam season, we need all the stress heads we can get. For each egg returned there will be a chocolate reward.

To claim your reward, all you have to do is find one of the eggheads, bring them back to the CAPOD office and tell us about one of the services that CAPOD offers.

You can find out more about CAPOD on our webpages: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/capod/

Email us at capod@st-andrews.ac.uk

Pop by the office in St Salvator’s Quad

This study is being conducted as part of my (Guy Fincham) MSc research project in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews.

We invite you to participate in a research project examining how different types and durations of mindfulness meditation practice affect well-being. Participants should be 18+ years of age, living in the UK, and fluent in English. People currently experiencing low mood, any active mental health crises, untreated mental conditions or recent major adverse life events are advised not to participate in the study, as mindfulness meditation could increase the psychological distress.

The study includes four groups. Two will complete one type of meditation practice central to mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) but for two different durations (one shorter, one longer). The other two groups will complete another type of core MBCT meditation practice for two different durations (one shorter, one longer). All the meditations will be led and guided by Professor Mark Williams, co-founder of MBCT and Founding Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. All groups will be asked to practice daily for two weeks. All participants will be asked to complete questionnaires about well-being and any barriers or facilitators to practicing over the two weeks. Please be aware that participants are randomly allocated to the groups. Two of these will require participants to engage in movement (simple stretching). If you are interested in participating but have a physical condition, please consult your GP or physiotherapist beforehand.

The study will be online and information you provide will be anonymous and held confidentially by the researcher and supervisor involved in this project. Individuals who are interested in participating can go to:

https://standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5j49HmAQJZjaHzf

Ethics approval code: PS14205
Researcher: Guy Fincham gwf2@st-andrews.ac.uk

This study is being conducted as part of my (Guy Fincham) MSc research project in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews.

We invite you to participate in a research project examining how different types and durations of mindfulness meditation practice affect well-being. Participants should be 18+ years of age, living in the UK, and fluent in English. People currently experiencing low mood, any active mental health crises, untreated mental conditions or recent major adverse life events are advised not to participate in the study, as mindfulness meditation could increase the psychological distress.

The study includes four groups. Two will complete one type of meditation practice central to mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) but for two different durations (one shorter, one longer). The other two groups will complete another type of core MBCT meditation practice for two different durations (one shorter, one longer). All the meditations will be led and guided by Professor Mark Williams, co-founder of MBCT and Founding Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. All groups will be asked to practice daily for two weeks. All participants will be asked to complete questionnaires about well-being and any barriers or facilitators to practicing over the two weeks. Please be aware that participants are randomly allocated to the groups. Two of these will require participants to engage in movement (simple stretching). If you are interested in participating but have a physical condition, please consult your GP or physiotherapist beforehand.

The study will be online and information you provide will be anonymous and held confidentially by the researcher and supervisor involved in this project. Individuals who are interested in participating can go to:

https://standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5j49HmAQJZjaHzf

Ethics approval code: PS14205
Researcher: Guy Fincham gwf2@st-andrews.ac.uk

You are invited to participate in a laboratory experiment in economic decision making.

Several sessions for this experiment are expected to take place over the next two months.

The first session is scheduled for Monday 25th March at 2pm and will take place in the Experimental Economics Lab, located near School VI (in the Quad).

Every participant who shows up on time will be compensated with at least £2.
However, the expected earnings for each participant are significantly higher than this amount, and depend on his/her decisions during the experiment as well as on chance.

You can register for only ONE session.

Each session will typically last around 60 minutes, but might run slightly longer.

No method of deception of any kind will be used. You will be allowed to withdraw your participation at any point if you wish.

If you would like to participate, you can sign up by clicking on the following link so you can later receive an email invitation that will enable you to choose a session
(you must register using your University of St Andrews email address):

https://portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/orsee/internal/public/

UTREC approval code: EC14020