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1. Fracture and contact mechanics

   The Fracture and Contact Mechanics specialises in the development and use of finite element structural and multi-physics packages.

2. Materials development and processing

   MEMARC's members conduct research into materials development, as well as biological systems and sports engineering. Learn more about this research, the researchers who work in this area and the materials development and processing projects members have completed.

3. Wave propagation in lattices and microstructures

   Wave propagation in lattices and microstructures is one of MEMARC's key research specialisms. Researchers working in this area concentrate on invisibility, focusing and shielding.

4. PhD studies within the Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour

   PhD students within the Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour are working on interesting projects including: investigating pain in autism, the impact of taste, and pain mechanisms.

5. The Multisensory Mouth: An investigation into the Motivational, Cognitive and Emotional mechanisms, driving Oral behaviours

   This project focuses on the role olfactory and oral perception plays in shaping our consummatory experiences, preferences, and food seeking behaviours. Research into this area is important to health research, shaping understanding of individual differences in food selection, consumption, and other dietary behaviours.

6. Ethnic mental health inequalities: Understanding whether discrimination causes psychosis among people from ethnic minority backgrounds

   This study aims to understand the causal relationship between discrimination and psychosis in ethnic minority populations in the UK.

7. Suicide crisis and self-harm attendance at A&E in autistic CYP

   Research suggests that autistic people are at a higher risk of suicide than non-autistic people. Figures show that up to 66% of autistic adults had thought about suicide during their lifetime (compared to 20% of non-autistic adults), and up to 35% had planned or attempted suicide.

8. Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour research talks

   The research talks of the Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour (RCBB) showcases current work of researchers from all areas of brain and behavioural sciences.

9. Alcohol and Other Drugs

   The collective research activity of these LJMU staff spans experimental psychology, psychopharmacology, epidemiology, qualitative inquiry, and public health, with a strong shared focus on substance use, mental health, and health inequalities.

10. Somatosensory and Social Neuroscience

    These LJMU researchers collectively span psychology, neuroscience, and social behaviour.