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 Dr 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


If you are free Sept 12th and in Cambridge, come to the Cambridge Wellness Festival where we will be talking and holding discussions and activities about hoarding. 

Congratulations to Hannah and Nora on: Gender bias in autism screening: Measurement invariance of different model frameworks of the Autism Quotient

Pleased to begin research in collaboration with Emma Kaminskiy, Oonagh Corrigan and Stuart Brown on the Hoarding Forum initiative. 

If you are in Cambridge and interested in taking part in Emily's studies we are offering Amazon Vouchers - contact via email HERE.  

The ARU Hoarding Conference: Understanding Hoarding Disorder: supporting those living with the condition was a great day, look at our website HERE if you are interested in learning more on hoarding and becoming involved.


Recent Publications

Hoarding Disorder: evidence and best practice in primary care. British Journal of General Practice (Morein-Zamir & Ahluwalia, 2023). Details

Cognitive flexibility: neurobehavioural correlates of changing one's mind (Zühlsdorff et al., 2022). Details

Shining a light on a hidden population: Social functioning and mental health in women reporting autistic traits but lacking diagnosis (Belcher et al., 2022 ) Details

Elevated levels of hoarding in ADHD: a special link with inattention. (Morein-Zamir et al., 2022). Details