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Scientists from the University of Granada (UGR), the Distance Learning University of Madrid (UDIMA) and Temple University (United States) have analysed the brain response of supporters of Spain’s Popular Party (PP) and the Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) when exposed to information about corruption or positive news from the rival party.

The main objective of BAG, which is run by the Faculty of Fine Arts in collaboration with the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization, is to promote and publicise the artistic research carried out by students and teaching staff on national and international mobility programmes at the UGR in 2018-2019.

An international study involving researchers from the University of Granada (UGR), Spain, and the University of Krakow (Poland) has found that Spain’s current regulations on light pollution are inadequate, as they fail to take into account all the necessary factors—including the key factor of human vision itself.

A team of scientists from the University of Granada (UGR) has broken new ground in Chagas disease research. This is a serious parasitic disease that affects more than 8 million people worldwide and for which there is currently no treatment.

The University of Granada is pleased to announce that our 14th International Staff Training Week (STW) will take place from 6 to 10 May 2019. Over 160 officers and managers from our partner universities will take part in the STW through the Erasmus+ Programme. In total, they come from 49 countries in four continents.

Led by the University of Granada, the PREFIT project, in which ten Spanish universities are participating, has produced a resource manual to measure the physical fitness of pre-school children and the prevalence of obesity—which affects up to 35% of children in this age range—in a bid to correct risk factors.

The fourth session of the international lecture series ‘Narratives of Europe, Narratives for Europe’ will be screened live today Tuesday 23 April at the UGR’s Faculty of Law. This interactive lecture series brings together renowned experts and scholars from the Coimbra Group member universities, and aims to explore the master narratives accompanying each EU country’s stance within the European Union and their visions on European integration.

The University of Granada recently launched its massive open online course (MOOC) entitled ‘The Alhambra: History, Art and Heritage.’ This online course can be taken free of charge and is available in Spanish, English and Arabic.

UGR scientists have examined the ethnobotanical uses of stramonium – an essential plant in Pre-Columbian medicine which is now growing in popularity in recreational drugs.

An international study published recently in the prestigious journal Science traces the genetic map of the Iberian Peninsula, covering the last 8,000 years. The results show that, around 4,000 years ago, the arrival of groups descended from people originating from Central Asia effectively prompted the replacement of almost 100% of the male population.