BIOGRAPHY

Took first degree in Psychology at Middlesex University. Then took PhD in Psychology at Middlesex and lectured throughout the completion of the PhD in four years part-time. Spend a year lecturing at Anglia Polytechnic University in Cambridge immediately after completing my PhD. Came to Essex September 2005.

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

The broad areas of emotion and sport psychology. The role of emotional perception and anxiety in attentional biases. The relationship between emotional perception, awareness and rationality. Perception of emotion through nonverbal channels, particularly facial expression and body posture. The role of emotion in sport.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Gilbert, T., & Coulson, M. (Submitted to Personality and Individual Differences). Development of a self-report measure of emotional perception: The Affective Perception Test (APT).

Gilbert, T., & Coulson, M. (Submitted to Journal of Nonverbal Behaviour.). The experience and perception of embarrassment: Contributions of emotional perception, expressivity and empathy.

Gilbert, T., & Coulson, M. (In preparation). Attentional biases for facial stimuli: Emotional perception effects are explained by an emotionality hypothesis, whereas anxiety effects are explained by a threat hypothesis.

Gilbert, T (In preparation). Aiming for the top: factors involved in successful competitive clay shooting.

Gilbert, T (In preparation). Choking under pressure: The influence of anxiety and confidence on individual performance.

Gilbert, T., Martin, R., & Coulson, M. (2011). Attentional biases using the body in the crowd task: Are angry body postures detected more rapidly? Cognition & Emotion, 25(4), 700-708. (download pdf)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Gilbert, T., & Coulson, M. Development of a self-report measure of emotional perception: The Affective Perception Test (APT). Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference, London, December, 2000.

Gilbert, T. The influence of anxiety and emotional perception on attentional bias for threat using the dotprobe paradigm. Paper presented at the Institute of Social Science Summer Conference, Middlesex University, June, 2001.

Gilbert, T., & Coulson, M. The influence of emotional perception on attentional bias for threat. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Centenary Conference, Glasgow, December, 2001.

Gilbert, T., & Coulson, M. The role of emotional perception in attentional bias for threat. Paper presented at the British
Psychological Society Annual Conference, Blackpool, March 2002.

Gilbert, T., & Coulson, M. Attentional biases for facial stimuli: Anxiety effects are explained by a threat hypothesis, but what explains the emotionality hypothesis? ISRE Conference, New York, July 2004.

Gilbert, T., & Coulson, M. The contribution of emotional perception, expression and empathy to embarrassment ratings during class-presentations. ISRE Conference, New York, July 2004.