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 […]
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 […]
UK Creativity Researchers Conference 2018 – Conference Report: Creative Sides
Senior Lecturer and creativity researcher Dr. Ian Hocking reflects on the 2nd UK Creativity Researchers Conference, hosted here at CCCU.
Are people conscious of Scopaesthesia? Do the number of starers and the introduction of Acoustathesia effect hit rates? – A pilot investigation
(Image from Shutterstock) Hello, my name is Rebecca O’Connell and I am a third year combined honours psychology student and this is my final research project and submission to the […]
International Symposium on Performance Science 2017 (or What I did with my summer)
Dr. Kate Gee, Senior Lecturer at CCCU, describes her recent experience of presenting at the renowned symposium on Performance Science, this year held in Reykjavik.
Virtual reality – A Brief History, Current Trends and Future Directions
Technological advances mean virtual reality has gone from a clunky gimmick to the next stage of human-computer interaction and social engagement. Whole worlds can be explored without leaving the room […]
How can psychology help you win the lottery?
So, how do you win the lottery? …Well, you pick the winning numbers, of course. OK so how do you go about picking the winning numbers? Well, perhaps what you […]
Multimedia Extravaganza
We’re still in the process of building up our research and knowledge exchange mini-sites (check out the widget on the right), but we wanted to flag up two videos to […]