Alice Gregory

Reader, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London

Alice Gregory is reader in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her work focuses on understanding the associations between sleep disturbances and a range of other difficulties.

Written by Alice Gregory

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The words that make an apology convincing

Research on the psychology of apologising finds that certain word choices are more convincing because of their mental cost

by Alice Gregory

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Sleep is important, but not that important

It’s good that we’re taking sleep more seriously than we used to, but the messaging about its importance has gone too far

by Alice Gregory