This research uncovers the lives of ordinary medieval people through Lincoln Cathedral's church court records. By translating hundreds of ecclesiastical Latin cases and tracking repeat offenders over time, it reveals patterns of sexual behaviour, recidivism, and church justice, highlighting an overlooked source for understanding medieval social and legal history.

This research investigates how loneliness affects brain function across adulthood. Using brain imaging, it identifies age-related differences in activity within the caudate, a region involved in social reward processing. The findings suggest loneliness alters how people perceive social interactions, supporting the development of personalized, age-appropriate interventions to reduce chronic loneliness.