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Prof Sine McDougall - Director
MA, PhD

Interests: children's reading, dyslexia, learning to read in different languages; human-computer interaction; use of signs, symbols and icons

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smcdougall@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Dr Simon Thompson - Acting Head of Academic Group of Psychology
BA (Hons), MPhil, PhD (stroke), PhD (dementia), PGD IS, PGC LTHE, PGC RDS

Interests: clinical psychology (Alzheimer's disease; stroke); neuropsychology (memory); psychologist in court (medico-legal; compensation)

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simont@bournemouth.ac.uk


 

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Staff
Prof Roger Baker

Interests: clinical psychology; emotional processing

rbaker@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Sarah Bate
BA (Hons), MSc, PhD

Interests: face recognition in healthy and impaired perceivers with a focus on developmental prosopagnosia

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sbate@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Sally Bigham
BSc (Hons), PhD

Interests: developmental psychology; autism spectrum disorders; memory and language in autism; development of pretence

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sbigham@bournemouth.ac.uk


Ron Burns (part-time)
BSc (Hons), MSc

Interests: visual function and colour vision; psychophysics; assistive technology

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ronburns@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Jane Elsley
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD

Interests: working memory; binding; attention

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jelsley@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Judith de Groot
BSc, MSc, PhD

Interests: values, beliefs and environmental behaviour; environmental attitudes, transport & reducing car use.

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jdgroot@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Gerry Griffin (part-time)

Interests: language

ggriffin@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr John Hallam
BSc, MSc, PhD, CPsychol

Interests: Occupational psychology; human-computer interaction; psychological design of working and sporting environments

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jhallam@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr David Heathcote
BSc (Hons), PhD, MBCS

Interests: working memory and attention; face recognition

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dheathco@bournemouth.ac.uk


Becky House
BSc, PG Dip, PGCE, FHEA

Interests: well-being and lifestyle planning in old age; widening participation in education; use of the Internet by older adults

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bhouse@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Andy Johnson
BSc (Hons), PhD, PG Cert

Interests: working memory; modularity in short-term memory; chemical senses; voting; cognitive facilitation

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andjohnson@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Julie Kirkby
BSc (Hons), PhD

Interests: Cognitive development; reading and dyslexia; autism; eye movements

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jkirkby@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Andrew Mayers
PhD

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amayers@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Samuel Nyman
BSc, PhD

Interests: psychological and social issues around falls and their prevention; emotional support needs of adults with acquired visual impairment

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snyman@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Ben Parris
BSc, PhD

Interests: the cognitive and neural mechanisms of willed action; freewill; unconscious control; face recognition

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bparris@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Paul Stevens
BSc (Hons), PhD

Interests: restorative environments; ecological intelligence; links between wellbeing and the natural environment; psychophysiology

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pstevens@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Jacqui Taylor
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, FHEA, AFBPS, CPsychol

Interests: e-learning; online deception; use of the Internet by older adults

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jtaylor@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Kevin Thomas
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD

Interests: thinking and reasoning; bias in judgement and decision-making; interplay between cognition and different dimensions of emotion; risk information communication

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kthomas@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Jan Wiener
Dr. rer. nat.

Interests: spatial cognition; navigation & wayfinding; visual attention

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jwiener@bournemouth.ac.uk


Dr Sarah Williams
BA (Hons), PhD

Interests: e-health, online support, online interventions, e-research, eating disorders, eating behaviours

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swilliams@bournemouth.ac.uk


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Visiting Professors
Prof Michael Eysenck
BA, PhD
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London

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m.eysenck@rhul.ac.uk


Dr John Hall

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Researchers
Olivier De Condappa
BSc (Hons), MSc
PhD Researcher

Oli works with Jan Wiener to investigate cognitive strategies in spatial learning and memory

odcondappa@bournemouth.ac.uk


Carrie-Leigh Garson
BA (Hons), PGCE
PhD Researcher

Carrie is working with Judith de Groot and Sally Bigham to explore pro-environmental behaviours in children

clgarson@bournemouth.ac.uk


Hana Kmecova
PhD Researcher

Hana works with Jan Wiener and Siné McDougall to investigate the design of complex wayfinding signage systems

hkmecova@bournemouth.ac.uk


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