The role of make-believe in Foley (2016)
Book Chapter
Carruthers, L., & Turner, P. (2016). The role of make-believe in Foley. In P. Turner, & J. T. Harviainen (Eds.), Digital Make-Believe (125-139). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29553-4_8

The acts of pretending and make-believe are almost exclusively studied in the context of child development and child psychology. This study was therefore an exploratory investigation of these functions in adulthood. Ten Foley artists were interviewed... Read More about The role of make-believe in Foley.

Lacan’s master-signifier revisited, or Mandela and repression. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Neill, C. (2016, April). Lacan’s master-signifier revisited, or Mandela and repression. Paper presented at LACK Conference 2106, Colorado College

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Executive Function Impairment: An Overview. (2016)
Journal Article
Carruthers, L. (2016). Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Executive Function Impairment: An Overview. the Quarterly, 98,

As with any cognitive ability, attention is vulnerable to dysfunction. The most common attentional problem is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This brief overview will highlight the symptoms and deficits associated with ADHD, its prev... Read More about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Executive Function Impairment: An Overview..

The effects of a recalled injustice on the experience of experimentally induced pain and anxiety in relation to just-world beliefs (2016)
Journal Article
McParland, J., Knussen, C., & Murray, J. (2016). The effects of a recalled injustice on the experience of experimentally induced pain and anxiety in relation to just-world beliefs. European Journal of Pain, 20(9), 1392-1401. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.862

Background: A growing field of investigation into social justice cognitions and pain suggests perceived injustice has a negative impact on pain, but little is known about individual variation in the impact of a perceived injustice. One published stud... Read More about The effects of a recalled injustice on the experience of experimentally induced pain and anxiety in relation to just-world beliefs.

Demonstrating the links between psychology and biology: the practical use of Biopac in undergraduate psychology teaching. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Murray, J., Shaw, M., & Willis, A. (2016, January). Demonstrating the links between psychology and biology: the practical use of Biopac in undergraduate psychology teaching. Paper presented at The Teaching Fellows' Conference: innovations in teaching and supporting student learning, Edinburgh Napier University

For those unfamiliar with psychology, there is often a perception that it is a subject that is all about the mind and ‘talking therapies. However, since the 1930s this has not been the case. Modern psychology seeks to build our knowledge base about h... Read More about Demonstrating the links between psychology and biology: the practical use of Biopac in undergraduate psychology teaching..

Alcohol brief intervention in a university setting: a small-scale experimental study. (2015)
Journal Article
Dombrowski, S. U., McClatchey, K., & Boyce, M. (2017). Alcohol brief intervention in a university setting: a small-scale experimental study. Journal of Health Psychology, 22(7), 886-895. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105315617331

Alcohol misuse among university students is commonplace. This study aimed to assess whether Alcohol Brief Intervention would be effective in reducing hazardous alcohol consumption in students compared to an alcohol information leaflet. Participants... Read More about Alcohol brief intervention in a university setting: a small-scale experimental study..

Mirror mirror on the ward, who’s the most narcissistic of them all? Pathologic personality traits in health care (2015)
Journal Article
Bucknall, V., Burwaiss, S., MacDonald, D., Charles, K., & Clement, R. (2015). Mirror mirror on the ward, who’s the most narcissistic of them all? Pathologic personality traits in health care. Canadian Medical Association journal, 187(18), 1359-1363. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.151135

Background: Stereotypes in medicine have become exaggerated for the purpose of workplace amusement. Our objective was to assess the levels of “dark triad” personality traits expressed by individuals working in different health care specialties in com... Read More about Mirror mirror on the ward, who’s the most narcissistic of them all? Pathologic personality traits in health care.

The benefit of context for facial-composite construction (2015)
Journal Article
Skelton, F. C., Frowd, C. D., & Speers, K. E. (2015). The benefit of context for facial-composite construction. British Journal of Forensic Practice, 17(4), 281-290. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-08-2014-0022

Purpose - The aim of this study was to investigate whether the presence of a whole-face context during facial composite production facilitates construction of facial composite images. Design/Methodology - In Experiment 1, constructors viewed a celeb... Read More about The benefit of context for facial-composite construction.

The impact of irrelevant auditory facial descriptions on memory for target faces: implications for eyewitness memory (2015)
Journal Article
Marsh, J. E., Demaine, J., Bell, R., Skelton, F. C., Frowd, C. D., Roer, J. P., & Buchner, A. (2015). The impact of irrelevant auditory facial descriptions on memory for target faces: implications for eyewitness memory. Journal of Forensic Practice, 17(4), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-08-2014-0029

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential susceptibility of eyewitness memory to the presence of extraneous background speech that comprises a description consistent with, or at odds with, a target face. Design/method... Read More about The impact of irrelevant auditory facial descriptions on memory for target faces: implications for eyewitness memory.

‘Not to Naught: Paul Celan and the necessary failure of the ever coming word’. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Neill, C. (2015, October). ‘Not to Naught: Paul Celan and the necessary failure of the ever coming word’. Presented at Memory and Counter-Memory, Psychoanalysis and Politics Symposium on the 70th Anniversary of the Holocaust, Institute of Psychoanalysis, London

Developing a theory-informed interactive animation to increase physical activity among young people with asthma. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Murray, J., Todoran, A., Williams, B., & Hoskins, G. (2015, September). Developing a theory-informed interactive animation to increase physical activity among young people with asthma

The current paper describes the development of a theory-informed interactive animation and which aims to increase levels of physical activity in young people with asthma. The project adopts a multi-disciplinary theoretical perspective, applying knowl... Read More about Developing a theory-informed interactive animation to increase physical activity among young people with asthma..

The mirror stage as formative of the I function as revealed in psychoanalytic experience (2015)
Book Chapter
Neill, C. (in press). The mirror stage as formative of the I function as revealed in psychoanalytic experience. In C. Neill, D. Hook, & S. Vanheule (Eds.), Reading Lacan's Ecrits: From 'Overture' to 'Variations on the Standard Treatment'. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780415707954

No abstract available.

Assessing the available and accessible evidence: how personal reputations are determined and managed online. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ryan, F., Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Lawson, A. (2015, June). Assessing the available and accessible evidence: how personal reputations are determined and managed online. Paper presented at Information: interactions and impact (i3) 2015

This paper is concerned with how online information contributes to the determination of personal reputations. The term “personal reputation” in this context means the reputation of private individuals, rather than corporate identity and brand. The pa... Read More about Assessing the available and accessible evidence: how personal reputations are determined and managed online..

Articulatory imaging implicates prediction during spoken language comprehension (2015)
Journal Article
Drake, E., & Corley, M. (2015). Articulatory imaging implicates prediction during spoken language comprehension. Memory and Cognition, 43(8), 1136-1147. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-015-0530-6

It has been suggested that the activation of speech-motor areas during speech comprehension may, in part, reflect the involvement of the speech production system in synthesising upcoming material at an articulatorily-specified level. In this study we... Read More about Articulatory imaging implicates prediction during spoken language comprehension.

Psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) for US mothers (2015)
Journal Article
Barbosa-Leiker, C., Hollins Martin, C. J., Martin, C. R., & Fleming, S. (2015). Psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) for US mothers. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 33(5), 504-511. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2015.1024211

Objective: The aims of this study were to continue the scale development process of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) by refining the scale to make it culturally relevant for US participants, examining the factor structure of the BSS-R, an... Read More about Psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) for US mothers.

A narrative review exploring the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy. (2015)
Journal Article
Beaumont, E., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2015). A narrative review exploring the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy. Counselling psychology review / the British Psychological Society, 30, 21-32

This narrative review summarises findings of research that has shown use of Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) to improve psychological outcomes in clinical populations. This article reviews the research studies that have utilised CFT to treat clients... Read More about A narrative review exploring the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy..

Theorizing the cultural borderlands: Imag(in)ing "them" and "us" (2015)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2015). Theorizing the cultural borderlands: Imag(in)ing "them" and "us". In J. Brown, & N. F. Johnson (Eds.), Children’s Images of Identity: Drawing the Self and the Other (1-13). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers

No abstract available.

Presence: Is it just pretending? (2015)
Journal Article
Turner, P. (2016). Presence: Is it just pretending?. AI & society, 31(2), 147-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-014-0579-y

Our sense of presence in the real world helps regulate our behaviour within it by telling us about the status and effectiveness of our actions. As such, this ability offers us practical advantages in dealing effectively with the world. It is also an... Read More about Presence: Is it just pretending?.

The act and the author. (2014)
Book Chapter
Neill, C. (2013). The act and the author. In I. Parker, & D. Pavón-Cuéllar (Eds.), Lacan, Discourse, Event: New Psychoanalytic Approaches to Textual Indeterminacy, 270-278. Routledge

Men's facial masculinity : when (body) size matters. (2014)
Journal Article
Holzleitner, I., Hunter, D., Tiddeman, B., Seck, A., Re, D., & Perrett, D. (2014). Men's facial masculinity : when (body) size matters. Perception, 43, 1191-1202. https://doi.org/10.1068/p7673

Recent studies suggest that judgments of facial masculinity reflect more than sexually dimorphic shape. Here, we investigated whether the perception of masculinity is influenced by facial cues to body height and weight. We used the average difference... Read More about Men's facial masculinity : when (body) size matters..