Dr Jessica Dawson
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
- PGR training opportunities.
Biography
I previously received my BSc, MSc and PhD (funded by SeNSS, ESRC) from the University of Essex. My current role involves identifying the training needs of PGR students and their supervisors. I develop appropriate interventions, deliver these and evaluative their impact.
Qualifications
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Psychology (BSc) University of Essex (2015)
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Research Methods in Psychology (MSc) University of Essex (2016)
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PhD Psychology University of Essex (2021)
Research and professional activities
Thesis
Signalling cues in social conversation: an exploration using real world stimuli
Eye gaze during a social interaction is not only a mechanism for taking in information, but also a signal in which we can direct attention and influence others. This ‘dual function of gaze’ is often overlooked in controlled experiments, with a lack of research using real people. My research explores how the tendency to look at the speaker during a conversation changes with the visual and auditory information presented.
Supervisor: Tom Foulsham
