Research Seminar Series, Spring 2017-18
Welcome to our Spring Seminar Series 2017-18
All seminars will take place on Fridays in the Lecture Theatre 6, The Diamond starting at 12.00pm and concluding by 12.50pm or shortly afterwards unless otherwise indicated.
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The seminar programme found below can be downloaded from this page (please see the 'Downloads' box to the right hand side) or by contacting Liz Carl (liz.carl@sheffield.ac.uk).
| Date |
Speaker | Institution | Title | Host | |
| 9.2.18 | Dr Motonori Yamaguchi | Edgehill University | "Tolp-down contributions to attention shifting and disengagement" | Dr Kat Zawadzka | |
| 16.2.18 | Dr Rasmus Petersen | University of Manchester | "Using high-density silicon probes to understand the neural basis of touch" | Dr Hannes Saal | |
| 23.2.18 | Professor Beatrice Kuhlmann | University of Mannhein, Germany | "Ready ...Set ... Test! Exploring Older Adults' Adaptation to the Expected Memory-Test Format" | Dr Kat Zawadzka | |
| 9.3.18 | Professor Terezinha Nunes | University of Oxford | "The development of quantitative reasoning" |
Dr Emma Blakey | |
| 16.3.18 | Dr Robert Becker | University of Zurich | "Alpha oscillations reduce temporal long-range dependence in spontaneous human brain activity" |
Dr Robert Schmidt | |
| 23.3.18 | Dr Richard Allen | University of Leeds | "Improving working memory" | Dr Claudia von Bastian | |
| 20.4.18 | Dr Ching Yu Huang | Bournemouth University | "Doubly vulnerable- Investigative interviewing with immigrant children" | Dr Claudia von Bastian | |
| 26.4.18 | Dr Camilla Gilmore | Loughborough University | "The role of executive functions in mathematics learning" **Special Seminar at 11.00am in G.06, Cathedral Court** |
Dr Emma Blakey | |
| 27.4.18 | Dr Jane Simpson | Lancaster University | "Psychological difficulties in adults with motor neurodegenerative conditions: why a psychological approach is useful" | Professor Paul Overton | |
| 4.5.18 | Dr James Reynolds | Cambridge University | "Increasing public support for public health interventions using evidence" | Dr Thomas Webb | |
| 8.5.18 | Profesor Avishai Henik | Ben-Gurion University, Israel | "Attention and Cognitive Control" **Special Seminar at 12.00pm in D.12, Cathedral Court** |
Dr Liat Levita | |
| 11.5.18 | Dr Ian Tucker | University of East London | "Ecologies of Mental Distress: Forensic psychiatric wards and digital peer support forums" | Dr Fuschia Sirois | |
| 18.5.18 | Dr David Frost | University College London | "Title TBC" | Dr Chantelle Wood |