BIOGRAPHY
I completed my Bsc Psychology degree at Goldsmiths, University of London, graduating with first class honours. During the 3 years at Goldmiths I won several informal prizes for academic excellence. I was awarded a full scholarship by the University of Essex to start my Phd in 2012.
RESEARCH OVERVIEW
My primary area of interest lies in the field of cognitive psychology, more specifically attention and joint action. For my third-year undergraduate project I researched the effect of working memory (WM) load on the sustained attention to response task (SART) performance. The innovative combination between SART and WM yielded some interesting results, demonstrating that in particular situations a more challenging task might improve performance by increasing vigilance. My Phd project will explore the basis of a recently discovered phenomenon called social inhibition of return (SIOR). The latter will be permitted by studying the SIOR effect during conditions where attentional awareness is varied.
PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR Geoff Cole
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