Morein Lab

Advancing Mental Health and Cognitive Research

Our Focus

The Morein Lab aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding of mental health difficulties relating to compulsivity and impulsivity. Our research integrates experimental psychology, psychiatry and cognitive neuroscience . To date, our research has focused in particular on Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD), Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and increasingly Hoarding Disorder (HD). The lab is led by Professor Sharon Morein (aka Morein-Zamir) and is based at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. For more information about hoarding please check out the dedicated site of the The ARU Possessions and Hoarding Collective

Current Research & News

Pleased our paper is now out on the OASM!

Excited to see Enes's first publication "Attitudes to possessions in emerging adults: Predictors of hoarding behaviours and beliefs", great work and an exciting milestone!

Welcome to Janka who will be joining Rachel for a some testing fun

Congratulations to Laura and Enes, both have done an excellent job presenting their research at EABCT in Glasgow

Recent Publications

The Object Attachment Security Measure: Assessing Convergent and Divergent Validity, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and Measurement Invariance Across Age, Gender, and Hoarding Severity (Yap et al., 2025). Details

Attitudes to possessions in emerging adults: Predictors of hoarding behaviours and beliefs (Kartal et al., 2025). Details

“Falling between the cracks”: Investigating the competing challenges experienced by professionals working with people who hoard (Kaminskiy et al., 2025). Details

Too much of a good thing? When empathy becomes associated with depression and anxiety in women (Belcher et al., 2025). Details

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