Academic staff
Below is a list of current Academic Staff in the Department of Psychology. Each person's name links through to their personal profile.
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| Name | Research Topic | Email/Phone/Room | Research Area |
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| Barkham, Professor Michael | Outcome of Psychological therapies , in particular on practice based research as a compliment to trials methodology. | m.barkham@sheffield.ac.uk 26527 |
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| Beail, Professor Nigel A |
Psychodynamic theory & practice; intellectual disability. | N.Beail@sheffield.ac.uk 26575/WB C10 |
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| Berry, Dr Lisa-Marie | Cognitive processes of clinical disorders. | l.berry@sheffield.ac.uk 26577/WB C13 |
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| Blades, Dr Mark | Assessment of police interviews with abused children, children's eyewitness testimony and children's suggestibility during questioning. Children's understanding of media, in particular their understanding of advertising and marketing. | M.Blades@sheffield.ac.uk 26549/RM 2-18 |
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| Bracci, Dr Enrico | Neuromodulation of striatal networks, Excitatory GABA interactions, Presynaptic interactions between striatal neurons. | NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY |
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| Carroll, Dr Dan | Executive function and inhibitory control in preschool children; Children's rule use and symbolic understanding; Conflict monitoring and conflict resolution. | d.carroll@sheffield.ac.uk 26603/Rm LG-5 |
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| Connolly, Professor Emeritus | K.J.Connolly@sheffield.ac.uk | ||
| Crisp, Professor Richard | Social Cognition and Intergroup Relations; The Psychology of Social and Cultural Diversity; Innovation, Self-efficacy, and Cognitive Flexibility; Reducing Stereotype Threat. | r.crisp@sheffield.ac.uk 26506 Rm 3-12 |
SOCIAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY |
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| Dean, Professor Paul | Computational models of the cerebellum and its role in oculomotor function and classical conditioning. | P.Dean@sheffield.ac.uk 26521 |
COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE |
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| Eiser, Professor Christine | The psychological effects of chronic and life-threatening illness on children and their families; interventions to improve compliance and quality of life in diabetes; children’s understanding of health and illness; men’s attitudes towards health and health care; quality of life and response shift. | C.Eiser@sheffield.ac.uk 26621/Rm 1-16 |
SOCIAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY |
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| Freeth, Dr Megan | Autism Spectrum Disorders (including the broader autism phenotype), Visual attention, Eye movements, Gaze cues, Social cognition, Neural correlates of visual attention |
m.freeth@sheffield.ac.uk 26652 / 3-7 |
COGNITION AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE |
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| Gurney, Professor Kevin N | Computational and robotic models of action selection in the brain working at multiple levels of description including: conductance-based neuronal models, large scale spiking neural models and systems-wide network models. | K.Gurney@sheffield.ac.uk 26566/Rm 2-21 |
COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE |
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| Hardy, Professor Gillian |
Psychological treatments for depression: psychotherapy processes and outcomes; attachment theory; interpersonal processes. Psychological health in employment. | G.Hardy@sheffield.ac.uk 26571/Western Bank C5 |
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| Herbert, Dr Jane | The development of learning, memory, and the flexibility of knowledge. Brain maturation and cognitive functioning in infants and children. Episodic memory development. Children’s learning from media. | J.S.Herbert@sheffield.ac.uk 26512/Rm LG-6 |
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| Hockey, Professor Emeritus | Mental fatigue; human performance in complex tasks; brain markers of executive control and cognitive strain; adaptive automation. | G.R.J.Hockey@sheffield.ac.uk | COGNITION AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE |
| Hunkin, Dr Nikki | Human memory disorders; role of the hippocampus in recognition memory. | N.M.Hunkin@sheffield.ac.uk 26522/Rm 2-12; |
COGNITION AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE |
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| Jones , Dr Chris | Attitude formation through the exploration of novel environments. Public attitudes towards climate change and future energy choices (e.g. nuclear power and wind power). | c.r.jones@sheffield.ac.uk 26592/Rm 2-25 |
SOCIAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY |
| Jones, Dr Myles | The coupling between neural activity and the changes in blood flow, volume and oxygenation. | M.Jones@sheffield.ac.uk 26551/Rm 2-45 |
NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY |
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| Kellett, Dr Stephen | s.kellett@sheffield.ac.uk 26537/Rm WB C18 |
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
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| Lavda, Dr Anastasia | Reciprocal effects of cognitive processes and emotional disturbance; complex mental health problems; theoretical experimental psychology and clinical practice. | a.lavda@sheffield.ac.uk 26614 WB-C7 |
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| Levita, Dr Liat | Role of the fronto-striatal circuitry in emotion; anxiety and avoidance behaviours, structural and functional changes in the fronto-striatal circuitry in the transition from adolescence to adulthood. | l.levita@sheffield.ac.uk 26551 Rm 3-10 |
NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY |
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| Martin, Dr Chris | Meaning of functional brain imaging signals; science communication, both with respect to neuroscience and science in general | c.martin@sheffield.ac.uk 26590 Rm 1.15 |
NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY |
| Martin, Dr Jilly | Psychological behaviour change strategies to change health-risk behaviour in young people. | jilly.martin@sheffield.ac.uk 26513 Rm 2-41 |
SOCIAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY |
| Matthews, Dr Danielle | Developmental Psychology & Language Development. Particularly development in the domains of pragmatics, grammar and bilingualism. | danielle.matthews@sheffield.ac.uk 26548/LG 10 |
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| Milne, Dr Elizabeth | Developmental cognitive neuroscience. Visual perception in individuals with autistic spectrum disorders (using techniques such as psychophysical threshold measurement & EEG). The relationship between perceptual abnormalities in autism and atypical cognitive profiles. | E.Milne@sheffield.ac.uk 26558/Rm2-8 |
COGNITION AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE |
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| Nicolson, Professor Rod I | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience including event related potential and modelling of developmental and its disorders. Cerebellum, cognition and skill. | R.Nicolson@sheffield.ac.uk 26546/Rm 1-12 |
COGNITION AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE |
| Norman, Dr Paul |
Deputy Head of Department |
P.Norman@sheffield.ac.uk 26505/Rm WB C15 |
SOCIAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY |
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| Overton, Professor Paul G | Head of Department Dopamine; Neuropharmacology; Drugs of abuse; Basal ganglia function and dysfunction; Neurobiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
P.G.Overton@sheffield.ac.uk 26624/Rm 2-15 |
NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY |
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| Porrill, Dr John | Computational models of the cerebellum and its role in oculomotor function and classical conditioning. | J.Porrill@sheffield.ac.uk 26557/Rm G-15 |
COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE |
| Prescott, Professor Tony | Computational and robotic models of the vertebrate brain emphasising layered control architectures and sensorimotor co-ordination in active touch. Behavioural, neural, and computational analyses of whisking behaviour in freely moving rats. | T.J.Prescott@sheffield.ac.uk 26547/Rm 2-16 |
NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY |
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| Redgrave, Professor Peter | Sensorimotor control; Visual systems; Basal ganglia; Dopamine; Reinforcement. | P.Redgrave@sheffield.ac.uk 26562/Rm 3-7 |
NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY |
| Rowe, Dr Richard | The development of antisocial behaviour. Unintentional injury: Psychological risk factors for accidents in children and adolescents, driver behaviour. | r.rowe@sheffield.ac.uk 26606/Rm 2.44 |
SOCIAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY |
| Rowse, Dr Georgina |
Psychosis: early intervention in psychosis, sleep, cultural/religious and spiritual explanations of experiences, role of early experience and the continuum model of experiences (through the lifespan). Substance use: relationship with mental health difficulties and psychosis, psychological autopsy methodology. | G.Rowse@sheffield.ac.uk 26640/WB B13 |
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
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| Sheeran, Professor Paschal | Social psychology; determinants of intention-behaviour consistency; attitude theory; predicting health and social behaviours. | P.Sheeran@sheffield.ac.uk 26578/WB C14 |
SOCIAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY |
| Stafford, Dr Tom | Learning and decision making | T.Stafford@sheffield.ac.uk 26620/Rm 2-27 |
COGNITION AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE |
| Stone, Dr Jim V | Computational models of spontaneous recovery of memory. Bayesian models of visual perception. | J.V.Stone@sheffield.ac.uk 26522/Rm 2-12 |
COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE |
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| Thompson, Dr Andrew |
Clinical Health Psychology particularly in relation to adaptation to conditions that affect appearance; Adaptation to chronic illness; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | A.R.Thompson@sheffield.ac.uk 26637/WB B12a |
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| Totterdell, Professor Peter | Emotion regulation of others and self, especially in relation to work, social networks, well-being and performance |
p.totterdell@sheffield.ac.uk 23234 |
SOCIAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY |
| Turpin, Professor Graham | Clinical psychophysiology, cognitive processing in anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, early interventions for PTSD, psychotherapy evaluation and single case methods, workforce planning models, and diversity issues within applied psychology education and training, interventions for people who have been exposed to trauma and methods of preventing posttraumatic stress disorder. | g.turpin@sheffield.ac.uk | CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
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| Waller, Professor Glenn | Cognitive content and processes that underlie and maintain the eating disorders; The treatment of the eating disorders, with a particular focus on cognitive-behavioural approaches; The translation of evidence-based approaches into real-life clinical settings, and the clinician variables that enhance or impede that process | CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY | |
| Webb, Dr Thomas | Goal striving (particularly the role of intentions and planning); emotion regulation (including social anxiety); attitudes, stereotypes, and prejudice. | T.Webb@sheffield.ac.uk 26516 |
SOCIAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY |
| Wilson, Dr Stuart | Theoretical, computational, experimental, and robotic models of the development of brain function and the representation of physical spaces. | s.p.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk 26595 Rm 2-42 |
COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE |
| Wood, Dr Chantelle | Person perception (stereotyping, prejudice, category conjunction and social categorisation), with additional interests in social and health behaviour change. | chantelle.wood@sheffield.ac.uk 26615 Rm 3-9 |
SOCIAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY |
| Wu, Dr Yan Jing | Cognitive and language processing in bilinguals, emotional differences in bilingual and monolingual individuals, electrophysiology of mind, executive functions in bilinguals. |
yanjing.wu@sheffield.ac.uk |
COGNITION AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE |
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| Zheng, Dr Ying | Identification and analysis of spatial temporal systems; biophysical modelling in brain imaging. | Ying.Zheng@sheffield.ac.uk 26511/Rm 2-19 |
NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY |