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Dr Alex McIntyre

Lecturer
School of Applied Sciences

A.McIntyre@napier.ac.uk

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Prof Amir Hussain

Professor
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

A.Hussain@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Barbara Piotrowska

Lecturer
School of Applied Sciences

B.Piotrowska@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Duncan Carmichael

Lecturer
School of Applied Sciences

D.Carmichael@napier.ac.uk

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Miss Emily Spencer

Student Experience
School of Applied Sciences

E.Spencer@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Faye Skelton SFHEA

Lecturer
School of Applied Sciences

F.Skelton@napier.ac.uk

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Iyad Sawaftah

School of Applied Sciences

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Dr Jennifer Murray AFBPsP, CPsychol, FHEA, PgC, PhD, BSc(Hons) First Class

Associate Professor
School of Health and Social Care

J.Murray2@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Lindsey Carruthers PhD, FHEA, BSc (Hons)

Lecturer
School of Applied Sciences

L.Carruthers@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Marina Wimmer PhD, FHEA, MA

Associate Professor
School of Applied Sciences

M.Wimmer@napier.ac.uk

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The effects of a recalled injustice on the experience of experimentally induced pain and anxiety in relation to just-world beliefs

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McParland, J., Knussen, C., & Murray, J. (2016)

The effects of a recalled injustice on the experience of experimentally induced pain and anxiety in relation to just-world beliefs. European Journal of Pain, 20(9), 1392-1401. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.862

Background: A growing field of investigation into social justice cognitions and pain suggests perceived injustice has a negative impact on pain, but little is known about indi...

Visual-spatial-motor integration in a cross-section of primary-aged children: implications for assessing risk of Dyslexia

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Piotrowska, B., Willis, A., MacLean, R., Murray, J., & Kerridge, J. (2015)

Visual-spatial-motor integration in a cross-section of primary-aged children: implications for assessing risk of Dyslexia. In Proceedings European Conference on Visual Perception ECVP 2015

Dyslexia is a common condition characterized by difficulties with reading and writing despite adequate intelligence, education and motivation. Many individuals with dyslexia a...

Impact of lifespan on nursing interventions

Tait, D. (2013)

Impact of lifespan on nursing interventions. In C. Brooker, & A. Waugh (Eds.), Foundations of Nursing Practice (159-192). (2nd). Elsevier

Abstract not available.

Preliminary evidence that glucose ingestion facilitates prospective memory performance

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Riby, L., Law, A., McLaughlin, J., & Murray, J. (2011)

Preliminary evidence that glucose ingestion facilitates prospective memory performance. Nutrition Research, 31, 370-377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2011.04.003

Previous research has found that the ingestion of glucose boosts task performance in the memory domain (including tasks tapping episodic, semantic, and working memory). The pr...

Age-related differences on cognitive overload in an audio-visual memory task

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Murray, J., & Thomson, M. E. (2011)

Age-related differences on cognitive overload in an audio-visual memory task. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 26(1), 129-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-010-0032-7

The present study aimed to provide evidence outlining whether the type of stimuli used in teaching would provoke differing levels of recall across three different academic age...

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False webs: Network to address the misinformation pandemic

Fake news (inaccurate information) peaked during the pandemic with around 46 000 daily Twitter posts containing false information (Lupi, 2020). In Europe over 70% people regularly encounter fake news ...

Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £19,931

Cross-lingual Audio-visual Speech Enhancement based on Deep Multimodal Learning

Speech enhancement and separation techniques are often used to improve the quality and intelligibility of speech degraded by background distractions, including speech and non-speech noises. We aim to ...

Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £12,000

Novel Methods of Sensory Analysis for Whisky Flavour

Reviewing and trialling sensory analysis methods that are new or used in other industries to help create more accurate and rapid methods for the Scotch Whisky industry.

Funder: The Scotch Whisky Research Institute | Value: £54,072

Exploring judgement and decision making noise in arboricultural risk assessment: What information do people use when making risk judgements, how does this influence decisions, and is this consistent a...

Aim: To explore the effect of “noise” on judgements that underpin tree risk assessment and how these affect decisions, to inform the development of a holistic tree risk assessment tool/measure/guideli...

Funder: Arboricultural Association | Value: £2,500

Investigating the Effect of Alcohol Concentration on the Perception of Flavour in Spirits and Reduced Alcohol Beverages

This project is an MRes project jointly supervised by ENU and the Scotch Whisky Research Institute (SWRI). The project will investigate how reducing alcohol concentration influences the perception of ...

Funder: The Scotch Whisky Research Institute | Value: £2,537

Law enforcement and public health: Assessing risk and vulnerability

The aim of the project is to conduct a systematic review and host round-table discussions to explore the use of police discretion when making decisions in relation to individuals' vulnerability.

Funder: Scottish Institute for Policing Research | Value: £7,986

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Digital twins and virtual reality: Assessing environmental impact on cognitive flexibility and creativity

Iyad Sawaftah | Director of Studies: Dr Marina Wimmer | Second Supervisor: Dr Suha Jaradat

Developing a multisensory smell retraining programme

Miss Emily Spencer | Director of Studies: Dr Duncan Carmichael | Second Supervisor: Dr Eleanor Drake

Trust, Time, and Bias: What is the effect upon correcting false memories with a fact check?

Ted Carlson Webster | Director of Studies: Dr Marina Wimmer | Second Supervisor: Dr Faye Skelton

Is the jury still out? the decision making processes of jurors

My PhD compared the decision making processes and outcomes of jurors in a three-verdict system (where jurors can give a guilty, a not guil...

Dr Lee Curley | Director of Studies: Dr Rory MacLean | Second Supervisor: Dr Jennifer Murray

Investigating the performance and underlying mechanisms of a novel screening measure for developmental dyslexia: implications for early identification

This PhD focuses on the sensorimotor theory of dev...

Dr Barbara Piotrowska | Director of Studies: Dr Jennifer Murray | Second Supervisor: Dr Rory MacLean

Creativity and attention: a multi-method investigation

Dr Lindsey Carruthers | Director of Studies: Dr Alex Willis | Second Supervisor: Dr Rory MacLean

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Suspect Confessions

The Stand's New Town Theatre (Venue 7), Studio George Street Edinburgh

When Innocent becomes Guilty: Psychology of False Confessions

The Banshee Labyrinth, Niddrie Street, Edinburgh, EL1 1LG

Proof or Lies

Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Summerhall, Edinburgh

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