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Astrid Schepman @astridschep

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

Joined July 2010
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Astrid Schepman@astridschep
Jan 9
Our new article: Validation of the Short General Attitudes Towards Artificial Intelligence Scale: The Short GAAIS-10 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… Open Access

Validation of the Short General Attitudes Towards Artificial Intelligence Scale: The Short GAAIS-10

With Artificial Intelligence becoming ever more widespread, it is important to have instruments that measure people’s attitudes toward Artificial Intelligence efficiently. Providing such a tool was...

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Sebastian Ocklenburg@ocklenBLOG
Mar 15
New Insights on the Evolution of Right- and Left-Handedness | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

New Insights on the Evolution of Right- and Left-Handedness

Why are 90% of people right-handed and 10% left-handed? A modification of the well-known fighting hypothesis aims to explain this pattern.

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AI toys for children misread emotions and respond inappropriately, researchers warn bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyg…

AI toys for young children need tighter rules, researchers warn

In first study of its kind, Cambridge researchers found AI toys could misread some children's emotions.

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Our new article: The modified fighting hypothesis of handedness: Evidence from sharp force injuries and further considerations tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #oa #evolution #laterality @UoCPsych

The modified fighting hypothesis of handedness: Evidence from sharp force injuries and further...

The modified fighting hypothesis (MFH) proposes that most humans are right-handed because it conveyed an advantage during intraspecific fights with sharp weapons, due to the leftward location of th...

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Jobs: Psychology Lecturer / Senior Lecturer: 5 full-time posts @UoCPsych University of Chester jobs.chester.ac.uk/Vacancy.a…

Job Opportunity at University of Chester: Lecturer (x4) or Senior Lecturer (x1) in Psychology - FTC...

 FACULTY OF HEALTH MEDICINE AND SOCIETYDIVISION OF PSYCHOLOGY  LECTURER (4 POSTS AVAILABLE) OR SENIOR LECTURER (1 POST AVAILABLE) IN PSYCHOLOGY £39,906 - £ 43,482 OR £44,746 - £50,253 PER ANNUM 2-Y...

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Psychology Today
@PsychToday
22 Nov 2025
"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/…

Why We Dance

Ever wonder why humans can't resist moving to music? The answer connects dancing to speech in a surprising way—and explains why parrots are our unlikely partners in rhythm.

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Why are most people right-handed? By Clarissa Brincat popsci.com/science/why-are-m…

Why are most people right-handed?

A mix of biology, environment, and evolution helps explain our rightie-dominated world.

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@newscientist
8 Jun 2025
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…

Crafty cockatoos learn to use public drinking fountains

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

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Our new article: Side preferences in human dyads when walking: the influence of country, threat, handedness, and sex @uocpsych tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Side preferences in human dyads when walking: the influence of country, threat, handedness, and sex

In several species, lateral position preferences have been observed in pair mates, mother–infant dyads, and during agonistic interactions. This research examined side preferences in human dyads in ...

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University of Chester@uochester
25 Feb 2025
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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University of Chester@uochester
26 Feb 2025
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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Symmetry MDPI@Symmetry_MDPI
26 Feb 2025
#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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University of Chester@uochester
17 Feb 2025
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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Our new paper, with many other researchers from across the globe: #PLOSONE: Higher education students’ perceptions of ChatGPT: A global study of early reactions dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.… @UoCPsych

Higher education students’ perceptions of ChatGPT: A global study of early reactions

The paper presents the most comprehensive and large-scale global study to date on how higher education students perceived the use of ChatGPT in early 2024. With a sample of 23,218 students from 109...

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Accompanying press release: Students around the world find ChatGPT useful, but also express concerns , via @EurekAlert! eurekalert.org/news-releases… @UoCPsych

Students around the world find ChatGPT useful, but also express concerns

An international survey study involving more than 23,000 higher education students reveals trends in how they use and experience ChatGPT, highlighting both positive perceptions and awareness of the...

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#dogsatpollingstations Let me in! #glenofimaalterrier
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UoC Psychology@UoCPsych
19 Apr 2024
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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FHMS Chester@uocfhms
19 Apr 2024
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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FHMS Chester@uocfhms
19 Apr 2024
🎧 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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Trevor Branch (moved to Bluesky)@TrevorABranch
20 Mar 2024
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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