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Research highlights
Report warns of jury service 'trauma'
A new report by researchers from the School of Psychology, Dr Noelle Robertson, Professor Emeritus Graham Davies and graduate student Alice Nettleingham warns of the dangers of jurors facing trauma because of their exposure to harrowing and gruesome evidence. (Added 10/09)
Confidence in interactive decisions
Dr Andrew Colman, Dr Briony Pulford and Dr Fergus Bolger tackled a number of interlinked questions about confidence in interactive decisions. Their findings have potential implications for training commercial and political decision makers and advising regarding the most effective ways of framing public information on issues such as vaccination and environmental protection. (Added 9/09)
Taking and giving advice: The role of certain/uncertain language
Dr Briony Pulford examined how confident people feel in the advice that they’re giving. She found that confidence is dependent on the status and gender of the advisor, and the reward value of the advice. (Added 6/09)
How the visual system maintains accurate 3D perception
Dr Phil Duke, in collaboration with researchers at University of Pennsylvania, found that the visual system uses vertical disparities to modify our eye positions, thereby maintain accuracy of 3D perception. (Added 1/07)
It's what's on the outside that matters
Dr John Beech with colleagues Dr Tessa Webb and Dr Kate Mayall showed that, when reading a word, the outer features of the word are more important than the inner features. (Added 1/07)
Disappearing text reveals what controls eye movements in reading
When reading, people make a series of eye movements separated by fixations. Dr White and colleagues demonstrate that it is the cognitive processes needed to understand a word that determine when the eyes move in reading, rather than visual/oculomotor-control processes. (Added 1/07)
Are life circumstances and behaviour of women offenders linked to their offending behaviour?
Professor Clive Hollin and Dr Emma Palmer investigated whether there might be women-specific criminogenic needs. They found that there were some common needs shared by male and female offenders, but there were other needs, whose causal role or importance differed for men and women. (Added 1/07)
