Psychology

Psychology emerged at Brunel in the 1960's under the scholarship of Marie Jahoda.
Today, there are 27 academic staff members in the department.
Psychology is one of the most popular subject areas for undergraduate,
masters and PhD study
PhD funding opportunities
Recent Notable Journal Publications and Books
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Myers, LB (in press).
The importance of the repressive coping style: Findings from 30 years of research.
Anxiety, Stress and Coping
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Myers, LB (in press).
An exploratory study investigating factors associated with adherence to chest physiotherapy and exercise in adults with cystic fibrosis.
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
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Frank Bauer, Samuel W. Cheadle, Andrew Parton, Hermann J. Müller, and Marius Usher (2009)
Gamma flicker triggers attentional selection without awareness
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
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Pound, N., Penton-Voak, I.S., & Surridge, A.K. (2009).
Testosterone responses to competition in men are related to facial masculinity.
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Goodwin, R (2008). Social Support and the Wealthy Porcupine: Pain, Social Support, Money and Culture.
Psychological Inquiry, 19, 179-185.
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Goodwin, R (2008). Changing Relations: Achieving Intimacy in a Time of Social Transition.
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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Rasle, K., Havelka, J., Wydell, T.N., Coltheart, M., & Besner, D. (in press).
The cross-script length effect: Further evidence challenging
PDP models of reading aloud.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition.
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Bilalić, M., McLeod, P., & Gobet, F. (in press).
Why good thoughts block better ones: The mechanism of the pernicious Einstellung (set) effect.
Cognition.
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Brown, W.M., Price, M.E., Kang, J., Pound, N., Zhao, Y., Yu, H. (2008).
Fluctuating asymmetry and preferences for sex-typical bodily characteristics.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105: 12938-12943.
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Bunce, D., Tzur, M., Ramchurn, A., Gain, F., & Bond, F.W. (in press).
Mental health and cognitive function in adults aged 18 to 92 years.
Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.
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Bunce, D, Handley, R., Gaines, S.O. Jr. (in press).
Depression, anxiety, and within-person variability in adults aged 18 to 85 years.
Psychology and Aging.
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Campitelli, G., & Gobet, F. (in press).
The role of practice in chess: A longitudinal study.
Learning and Individual Differences. Preprint
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Gobet, F. (in press).
Using a cognitive architecture for addressing the question of cognitive universals in cross-cultural psychology: The example of awalé.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
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Jones, G., Gobet, F., & Pine, J. M. (in press).
Computer simulations of developmental change: The contributions of working memory capacity and long-term knowledge.
Cognitive Science. Preprint
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Jamison, J., & Myers, L.B. (2008).
Peer-group and price influence students drinking along with planned behaviour.
Alcohol & Alcoholism, 43, 492-497.
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Schützwohl, A.(2008).
The intentional object of romantic jealousy.
Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 92-99.
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Schützwohl, A.(2008).
The crux of cognitive load: constraining deliberate and effortful decision processes in romantic jealousy.
Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 127-132.
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Unoa, A., Wydell, T.N., Katoc, M., Itohd, K., and Yoshinoe, F. (in press).
Cognitive neuropsychological and regional cerebral blood flow study of a Japanese–English bilingual girl with specific language impairment (SLI).
Cortex
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Uno, A., Wydell, T.N., Haruhara, N., Kaneko, M., & Shinya, N. (in press)
Relationship between reading/writing skills and cognitive abilities among Japanese primary-school children: Normal readers versus poor readers (dyslexics)
Reading & Writing
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Waters, A. J., & Gobet, F. (in press).
Mental imagery and chunks: Empirical and computational findings.
Memory & Cognition.
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