Our second candidate for the Psychology Q&A Series is Dr Dennis Nigbur, Chair of the Faculty Ethics Panel and Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, having been with the psychology department […]
The Smell of Yellow
Can we smell colour? What do yellow, green, purple, or brown smell like? For my dissertation I was keen to explore something that we may not notice or think about […]
Playing Out: What lockdown means for children’s outdoor play
Developmental Psychologist Dr Amanda Carr, Dr Philip Ulrich and research assistant Michelle England discuss their research on children’s outdoor play preferences and look to understand what life in lockdown means […]
Anosmia: The loss of smell and how it affects us
The majority of society knows the term for the loss of sight or the loss of hearing, but what about the loss of smell or taste? Well this week (18th […]
Keep calm, but don’t just carry on
Social psychologist Dennis Nigbur comments on the current nature of distancing and the importance of social connection.
Psychology at Christchurch Podcast – PsySoc
Psychology student Jessica Delo has created a podcast looking at ‘Psychology at Christ Church’. In her first podcast she interviews members of CCSU Psychology society ‘PsySoc’. Keep an ear out […]
Building community resilience to climate change: insights from the social psychology of groups
Dr. Evangelos Ntontis discusses shared social identity, the role of social groups during disasters and how they emerge and evolve in the post-disaster period.
The latest on Psychic Research
By Dr David Vernon I’ve just returned from the 43rd Annual International Conference of the Society for Psychical Research which was held this year in Leicester. Delegates were a mix […]
Psychology Q&A Series: Tom Prosser – PhD student and Instructor
Tom Prosser is a Ph.D. candidate in Health Psychology. He received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Canterbury Christ Church University. He is now going into his fifth year of […]