Lincoln School of Psychology News
Professor Kerstin Meints from the School of Psychology has been chosen to deliver a talk on the relationship between children and dogs at the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ), taking place in Austria’s capital between 19th July and 22nd July. The theme of the conference is Animals and Humans Together: Integration in Society. It has…
Zamira Noh, PhD student in Psychology, has scooped one of the top awards for ‘best student paper’ at the prestigious International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) held at the Palais des Congres, Paris from 8th – 13th July. Zamira’s work examines something she calls a neighbour effect that suggests we are more likely to be…
PhD student Craig Harper’s presentation at the BPS Annual Conference 2014 (held at the ICC, Birmingham), “Representations of Sexual Crime in the British National Press” was picked up by The Psychologist magazine in its reporting of the conference. Craig’s talk looked at press representations of crime rates and the linguistic processes used by the national…
Dr David Ellis delivers a talk as part of a Continuing Professional Development session at The Scottish Government. David presents insights from his research on the costly issue of missed NHS appointments to policy makers and statisticians in the government in his talk on ‘Serial missed appointments in the NHS: evidence from practice, research and…
Single men are perceived to be significantly more competent than their married counterparts, according to new research by PhD student Mariana Pinho. The revealing study was conducted to shed light on the gender belief system and its implications for the social judgement of individuals, based on their marital status and sexual orientation. The results revealed…