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Using electronic surveying to assess psychological distress within the UK university student population: a multi-site pilot investigation. (2008)
Journal Article
Bewick, B. M., Gill, J. S., Mulhern, B., Barkham, M., & Hill, A. J. (2008). Using electronic surveying to assess psychological distress within the UK university student population: a multi-site pilot investigation. E-journal of applied psychology clinical and social issues, 4, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.7790/ejap.v4i2.120

This paper describes the level of psychological distress within
university students participating in an evaluation of a web-based
intervention for alcohol use. Data was collected from 1129
students from four UK universities. Psychological distress... Read More about Using electronic surveying to assess psychological distress within the UK university student population: a multi-site pilot investigation..

Effecting an improvement to the fitness function. How to evolve a more identifiable face. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frowd, C., Park, J., McIntyre, A., Bruce, V., Pitchford, M., Fields, S., Kenirons, M., & Hancock, P. J. (2008, August). Effecting an improvement to the fitness function. How to evolve a more identifiable face. Presented at 2008 Bio-inspired, Learning and Intelligent Systems for Security

Constructing the face of a criminal from the selection of individual facial parts is a hard task. We have been working on a new system called EvoFIT that involves the selection and breeding of complete faces. The approach is theoretically better foun... Read More about Effecting an improvement to the fitness function. How to evolve a more identifiable face..

Severality: Beyond the Compression of the Cogito (2008)
Journal Article
Neill, C. (2008). Severality: Beyond the Compression of the Cogito. Subjectivity, 24(1), 325-339. https://doi.org/10.1057/sub.2008.21

This paper explores a Lacanian approach towards inter-subjectivity and a consideration of how such an approach might impact constructively on social psychology. Drawing largely on the work of Bracha Ettinger, the paper will consider questions of alte... Read More about Severality: Beyond the Compression of the Cogito.

Do children utilize motion when recognizing faces? (2008)
Journal Article
Skelton, F., & Hay, D. (2008). Do children utilize motion when recognizing faces?. Visual Cognition, 16(4), 419-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506280701577496

Previous research indicates that unfamiliar faces may be recognised better if they are viewed in motion. This study utilised a three trial learning paradigm to investigate whether unfamiliar faces are learnt more quickly from moving clips than from s... Read More about Do children utilize motion when recognizing faces?.

The role of trait anxiety in the recognition of emotional facial expressions (2007)
Journal Article
Cooper, R. M., Rowe, A. C., & Penton-Voak, I. S. (2008). The role of trait anxiety in the recognition of emotional facial expressions. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22(7), 1120-1127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.11.010

Previous work has suggested that elevated levels of trait anxiety are associated with an increased ability to accurately recognize the facial expression of fear. However, to date, recognition has only been assessed after viewing periods of 10s, despi... Read More about The role of trait anxiety in the recognition of emotional facial expressions.

An application of caricature: How to improve the recognition of facial composites (2007)
Journal Article
Frowd, C., Bruce, V., Ross, D., McIntyre, A., & Hancock, P. J. B. (2007). An application of caricature: How to improve the recognition of facial composites. Visual Cognition, 15(8), 954-984. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506280601058951

Facial caricatures exaggerate the distinctive features of a face and may elevate the recognition of a familiar face. We investigate whether the recognition of facial composites, or pictures of criminal faces, could be similarly enhanced. In this stud... Read More about An application of caricature: How to improve the recognition of facial composites.

Collaborative learning: comparison of outcomes for typically developing children and children with intellectual disabilities. (2007)
Journal Article
Wishart, J. G., Willis, D., Cebula, K. R., & Pitcairn, T. K. (2007). Collaborative learning: comparison of outcomes for typically developing children and children with intellectual disabilities. American journal of mental retardation : AJMR, 112, 361-374. https://doi.org/10.1352/0895-8017%282007%29112%5B0361%3ACLCOOF%5D2.0.CO%3B2%29

Collaborative learning is widely used in mainstream education but rarely utilized with children who have intellectual disabilities, possibly on the assumption that the metacognitive skills on which it capitalizes are less likely to be available. Effe... Read More about Collaborative learning: comparison of outcomes for typically developing children and children with intellectual disabilities..

Evolving the face of a criminal: How to search a face space more effectively. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frowd, C. D., Bruce, V., Gannon, C., Robinson, M., Tredoux, C., Park, J., Mcintyre, A., & Hancock, P. J. (2007, August). Evolving the face of a criminal: How to search a face space more effectively. Presented at 2007 ECSIS Symposium on Bio-inspired, Learning, and Intelligent Systems for Security (BLISS 2007)

Witnesses and victims of serious crime are often required to construct a facial composite, a visual likeness of a suspect's face. The traditional method is for them to select individual facial features to build a face, but often these images are of p... Read More about Evolving the face of a criminal: How to search a face space more effectively..

The effect of emotional faces on eye movements and attention (2007)
Journal Article
Hunt, A. R., Cooper, R. M., Hungr, C., & Kingstone, A. (2007). The effect of emotional faces on eye movements and attention. Visual Cognition, 15(5), 513-531. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506280600843346

The present study investigated the nature of attention to facial expressions using an oculomotor capture paradigm. Participants were required to make a speeded saccade toward a predefined target and ignore distractors. The valence (happy or angry) an... Read More about The effect of emotional faces on eye movements and attention.

Understanding of facial expressions of emotion by children with intellectual disabilities of differing aetiology (2007)
Journal Article
Wishart, J. G., Cebula, K. R., Willis, D. S., & Pitcairn, T. K. (2007). Understanding of facial expressions of emotion by children with intellectual disabilities of differing aetiology. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 51, 551-563. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00947.x

Background Interpreting emotional expressions is a socio-cognitive skill central to interpersonal interaction. Poor emotion recognition has been reported in autism but is less well understood in other kinds of intellectual disabilities (ID), with pr... Read More about Understanding of facial expressions of emotion by children with intellectual disabilities of differing aetiology.

Parallel approaches to composite production: interfaces that behave contrary to expectation. (2007)
Journal Article
Frowd, C. D., Bruce, V., Ness, H., Bowie, L., Paterson, J., Thomson-Bogner, C., McIntyre, A., & Hancock, P. J. B. (2007). Parallel approaches to composite production: interfaces that behave contrary to expectation. Ergonomics, 50(4), 562-585. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140130601154855

This paper examines two facial composite systems that present multiple faces during construction to more closely resemble natural face processing. A 'parallel' version of PRO-fit was evaluated, which presents facial features in sets of six or twelve,... Read More about Parallel approaches to composite production: interfaces that behave contrary to expectation..

The Lacanian subject. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2007, March). The Lacanian subject. Presented at Department of Social Psychology Seminar, LSE

The relative importance of external and internal features of facial composites (2007)
Journal Article
Frowd, C., Bruce, V., McIntyre, A., & Hancock, P. (2007). The relative importance of external and internal features of facial composites. British Journal of Psychology, 98(1), 61-77. https://doi.org/10.1348/000712606x104481

Three experiments are reported that compare the quality of external with internal regions within a set of facial composites using two matching-type tasks. Composites are constructed with the aim of triggering recognition from people familiar with the... Read More about The relative importance of external and internal features of facial composites.

Using assessment centre performance to predict subjective person‐organisation (P‐O) fit: A longitudinal study of graduates (2007)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N. (2007). Using assessment centre performance to predict subjective person‐organisation (P‐O) fit: A longitudinal study of graduates. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 22(2), 150-167. https://doi.org/10.1108/02683940710726410

Purpose – This research aims to contribute to the discussion of P‐O fit by examining the potential of assessment centre performance to predict graduate P‐O fit over time. Does assessment centre performance provide predictive value over and above tha... Read More about Using assessment centre performance to predict subjective person‐organisation (P‐O) fit: A longitudinal study of graduates.

Designing with blends: Conceptual foundations of human-computer interaction and software engineering methods. (2007)
Book
Imaz, M., & Benyon, D. (2007). Designing with blends: Conceptual foundations of human-computer interaction and software engineering methods. MIT Press

This work talks about how recent research in cognitive science offers new ways to understand the interaction of people and computers and develops a new literacy for well-informed, sensitive software design. The evolution of the concept of mind in cog... Read More about Designing with blends: Conceptual foundations of human-computer interaction and software engineering methods..

Driving as You Feel: A Psychological Investigation of the Novice Driver Problem. (2006)
Thesis
Kinnear, N. A. D. Driving as You Feel: A Psychological Investigation of the Novice Driver Problem. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2592

The current thesis aimed to explore the novice driver problem from a psychological perspective. The ultimate aim was to enhance knowledge and understanding which may advise how to improve novice driver safety. The novice driver problem is a worldwide... Read More about Driving as You Feel: A Psychological Investigation of the Novice Driver Problem..

The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments. (2006)
Journal Article
McCall, R., Benyon, D., Smyth, M., O'Neill, S., McCall, R., & Carroll, F. (2006). The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15(6), 668-687. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.15.6.668

This paper describes the design, application, and refinement of a qualitative tool designed to study sense of place. The Place Probe incorporates a range of stimuli and techniques aimed at articulating a person's sense of place. It has been developed... Read More about The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments..