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Psychology is the scientific study of experience and behaviour – why we do what we do, how we interact with other people and the emotional significance we attach to this. These studies have gained increasing importance across a wide range of professional activities, including human resources, education, sport, social care and the creative industries.<\/strong><\/p>\n We have a growing number of PhD students who are conducting innovative and original research across a variety of topic areas, including message framing in various health contexts, workplace integration, using cognitive restructuring to improve school performance, and many more.<\/p>\n For research queries specific to the Department of Psychology please contact Dr Roy Spina on r.spina@chi.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our postgraduate researchers can take advantage of cutting-edge research equipment, across a wide-ranging suite of research labs.<\/p>\n We also boast an impressive range of specialist advanced research software, which we use for quantitative and qualitative data analysis, online surveys, and online experiments.<\/p>\n BA, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, CSci<\/strong><\/p>\n Children’s use and benefits of expressive devices to communicate through their drawings, factors which facilitate artistic development, and the influences of colour on children’s memory and learning.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n BSc (Eng), BSc (Pysch), DPhil, CPsych, AFBPS<\/strong><\/p>\n Psychology in the workplace, including the psychology of safety at work, job stress and work engagement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n BSc, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, FHEA, AFBPsS<\/strong><\/p>\n Neuropsychology and neuroscience, including memory, aging and the early neurodegenerative process, language, and cognition.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n BSc, MA, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n Individual and cultural differences in social cognition, including research on decision making, judgment, attention, curiosity, and other aspects of social cognition.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n BA, PhD <\/strong><\/p>\n Examining cognitive verbal processes that may underlie the development and maintenance of clinical anxiety disorders, such as Specific Phobia, from a behaviour-analytic perspective.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n Engagement in mindfulness-based interventions, effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions, measurement of engagement in psychological therapies and self-help versions of psychological interventions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n BSc, MSc, MSc. PhD, CPsychol, FHEA, AFBPsS<\/strong><\/p>\n I am interested in supervising projects that are in the broad areas of Forensic Psychology, Criminology, Quantitative Criminology, Children and Young People (CYP), Police Investigation and Rehabilitative culture in Prisons.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n BSc (Hons), PhD, CPsychol, SFHEA, FBPsS<\/strong><\/p>\n I am interested in supervising those who have completed their BPS accredited MSc Health Psychology and wish to combine their Health Psychology PhD with the independent BPS accredited Stage 2 qualification. My research focuses on qualitatively understanding how people cope with difficult physical health-related conditions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n BSc (Hons), PhD, CPsychol, FHEA <\/strong><\/p>\n I am interested in supervising projects in two broad areas: 1) non-verbal vocal communication, including voice cues eliciting stereotyping processes, and facilitating empathy and well-being; 2) sexual and domestic violence and abuse.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n BSc, MSc, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n Brain health and neurodegeneration, attentional processes involved in top-down control of goal directed behaviour, neuropsychology of functional impact and lesion neuroanatomy of impaired selective attention following stroke, experimental work examining goal neglect and dual task processing,<\/p>\n cognitive training for executive dysfunction following stroke, cognitive decline following deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease, interventions that can improve quality of life for individuals with cognitive difficulties through mechanisms of neuroplasticity and through improving assessment or standards of care.<\/p>\n \n Read more\n <\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n BSc, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n Social network analysis and the evolution of social groups, the connection between engaging with nature and wellbeing, visual perception, reading and maths comprehension in children, bullying behaviour in schools, theory of mind within literature, social networks in Shakespeare’s plays, and bumblebee communication and conservation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n We have an active and thriving research culture focused into a number of different research laboratories across various subdisciplines.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n The standard requirement for an MPhil\/PhD is a first or upper-second honours degree and usually a relevant research related Master’s degree. Candidates with other qualifications are considered on an individual basis.<\/p>\n Once you’ve decided on your topic\/area of interest, normally the first step is to identify a potential supervisor with expertise most related to your area of interest. You can contact them directly, asking if they would be available and interested in supervising your intended project.<\/p>\n We recommend checking individual staff profiles, including in our POWER Centre’s<\/a> Psychology and Criminology research labs, to see if their expertise matches your interests.<\/p>\n All students are interviewed by their potential supervisor(s) and a Research Degree Coordinator or nominated other.<\/p>\n\n\t\tFacilities\n\t<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\tProfessor Esther Burkitt\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\tProfessor Nik Chmiel\u200b\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\tProfessor Antonina Pereira\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\tDr Roy Spina\n\t<\/h4>\n
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