Experimental Psychologist, Associate Professor, neuropsychology, brain, laterality, mind, emotion, speech, prosody, aesthetics, artificial intelligence

Joined July 2010
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"It turns out that our ability to dance to music may be intimately connected to something seemingly unrelated: our capacity for complex speech," explains @GregoryHickok psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
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Sulphur-crested cockatoos are waiting in line at public drinking fountains in Sydney to have their daily drinks of water in the latest example of cultural evolution in urban birds newscientist.com/article/248…
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The University has been shortlisted for a national @UCISA award celebrating excellence in digital innovation. 🎉 More 👉 bit.ly/3D3Y4mM #UCISA25 #highereducation #dx #digitaltransformation #transformation #codesign #collaboration @uocshoutout
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A global research project into #ChatGPT, which received valuable input from the University of Chester, has found students have a positive view of the AI tool overall – albeit with concerns over its use. 👉 Read more here: bit.ly/4kcYHv1 @UoCPsych
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#mdpisymmetry #EditorsChoice Check paper: "Exploring Footedness, Throwing Arm, and Handedness as Predictors of Eyedness Using Cluster Analysis and Machine Learning: Implications for the Origins of Behavioural Asymmetries", by @astridschep et al. Link: brnw.ch/21wQX9B
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The role of a football coach and how they can support players with mental health and wellbeing was the focus of research by a soon-to-be Master’s graduate from the University of Chester. @UoCPsych #masters #psychology #chester Read more bit.ly/4gKDdm0
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We had a fantastic time at the Faculty Postgraduate Research Conference #PGR2024 @uocfhms Our PG community really IS a community, and it was great to see students, past and present, turning up to support their peers who presented today. Well done everyone!
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Back for session 3! 🎧 Starting with Cheryl Wharton, PhD Student with Psychology presenting for us: Attitudes towards menopausal women #PGR2024 #UniversityofChester #FHMS
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🎧 Listening to our final student of session 3 Saiyeda Asha, PhD Student with Psychology and their presentation of: The lateralisation of social behaviours from a developmental perspective #PGR2024 #UniversityofChester #FHMS
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Does tweeting increase citations? We conducted an experiment with 110 tweeted papers and 440 controls, waited 3 years for citations to accumulate... and found no significant increase in citations journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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