My research interests

I’ve just updated my page on the Adaptive Behaviour Research Group webpages at the University of Sheffield (here). It seems that, like scars, i have accumulated a collection of interests within psychology. My A-level history teacher was right, I am an intellectual butterfly, flitting from topic to topc (I’m still hoping that she meant it in a nice way).

My (updated) research interests

The cognitive neuroscience of decisions; the interaction of cortical and subcortical sites of attentional and action selection; response selection in the stroop task

Learning theory approaches to attitude psychology

Social attitudes; social networks & social influence

Philosophy of science; especially the role(s) of computational modelling in psychology

Currently, i am working with SUBR:IM (Sustainable Urban Brownfield Regenation: Integrated Management, www.subrim.org.uk) looking at residents’ perceptions of risk from pollution, feelings of trust in government behaviour and their desires for the long-term management of brownfield sites.