Choang-tsu’s butterfly: objects and the subjective function of fantasy. (2006)
Journal Article
Neill, C. (2006). Choang-tsu’s butterfly: objects and the subjective function of fantasy. Gramma: journal of theory and criticism, 14, 61-70

In the sixth chapter of the Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, Lacan refers to the taoist Choang-tsu's well known parable of the dream butterfly. Choang-tsu poses the question of how, after waking from a dream of being a butterfly, he can t... Read More about Choang-tsu’s butterfly: objects and the subjective function of fantasy..

Predicting treatment outcome on three measures for post-traumatic stress disorder (2006)
Journal Article
Karatzias, A., Power, K., McGoldrick, T., Brown, K., Buchanan, R., Sharp, D., & Swanson, V. (2007). Predicting treatment outcome on three measures for post-traumatic stress disorder. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 257(1), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-006-0682-2

The aim of the present study was to investigate predictors of treatment outcome for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after treatment completion and at 15-months follow-up (n = 48), in a trial of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR... Read More about Predicting treatment outcome on three measures for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Early intervention for relapse in schizophrenia: Impact of cognitive behavioural therapy on negative beliefs about psychosis and self-esteem (2006)
Journal Article
Gumley, A., Karatzias, A., Power, K., Reilly, J., McNay, L., & O'Grady, M. (2006). Early intervention for relapse in schizophrenia: Impact of cognitive behavioural therapy on negative beliefs about psychosis and self-esteem. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45(2), 247-260. https://doi.org/10.1348/014466505x49925

Objectives. The study aimed to test two hypotheses. Firstly, that participants who relapsed during the 12-month follow-up period of our randomized controlled trial, would show increased negative beliefs about their illness and reduced self-esteem, in... Read More about Early intervention for relapse in schizophrenia: Impact of cognitive behavioural therapy on negative beliefs about psychosis and self-esteem.

Career advancement of hotel managers since graduation: a comparative study (2006)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., O'Brien, F., & O'Hanlon, D. (2006). Career advancement of hotel managers since graduation: a comparative study. Personnel Review, 35(3), 252-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/00483480610656685

Purpose: To investigate the factors predicting the career progression of hotel managers working in international hotel chains in Ireland, Europe and Asia.

Design/methodology/approach: The study uses a cross‐sectional questionnaire design consistin... Read More about Career advancement of hotel managers since graduation: a comparative study.

Adding Holistic Dimensions to a Facial Composite System (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frowd, C., Bruce, V., McIntyre, A., & Hancock, P. (2006, April). Adding Holistic Dimensions to a Facial Composite System. Presented at 7th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FGR06)

Facial composites are typically constructed by witnesses to crime by describing a suspect?s face and then selecting facial features from a kit of parts. Unfortunately, when produced in this way, composites are very poorly identified. In contrast, the... Read More about Adding Holistic Dimensions to a Facial Composite System.

Place, Sense of Place, and Presence (2006)
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2006). Place, Sense of Place, and Presence. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15(2), 204-217. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.2006.15.2.204

Recreating real places--as distinct from virtual spaces or environments--using virtual reality technology raises a series of significant challenges. Fortunately there is a large body of existing research into the experience of place which might reaso... Read More about Place, Sense of Place, and Presence.

Over-Observed? What is the quality of CCTV in this new digital legal world? (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bromby, M., & Ness, H. (2006, April). Over-Observed? What is the quality of CCTV in this new digital legal world?. Presented at 20th BILETA Conference:

Much research and debate has focussed on the value of CCTV and the associated criminological
aspects such as whether crime is reduced, or simply displaced, by its use. The aim of this paper is
not to enter into this debate, but to examine the evide... Read More about Over-Observed? What is the quality of CCTV in this new digital legal world?.

Affordance as context (2005)
Journal Article
Turner, P. (2005). Affordance as context. Interacting with Computers, 17(6), 787-800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2005.04.003

The concept of affordance is relatively easy to define, but has proved to be remarkably difficult to engineer. This paradox has sparked numerous debates as to its true nature. The discussion presented here begins with a review of the use of the term... Read More about Affordance as context.

Attentional bias to angry faces using the dot-probe task? it depends when you look for it. (2005)
Journal Article
Cooper, R. M., & Langton, S. R. (2006). Attentional bias to angry faces using the dot-probe task? it depends when you look for it. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44(9), 1321-1329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2005.10.004

A number of studies using the dot-probe task now report the existence of an attentional bias to angry faces in participants who rate highly on scales of anxiety; however, no equivalent bias has been observed in non-anxious populations, despite eviden... Read More about Attentional bias to angry faces using the dot-probe task? it depends when you look for it..

Parenting a young person with mental health problems: temporal disruption and reconstruction (2005)
Journal Article
Harden, J. (2005). Parenting a young person with mental health problems: temporal disruption and reconstruction. Sociology of health and illness, 27(3), 351-371. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00446.x

The article explores the experiences of parents living with a young person with mental health problems. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 25 parents (18 mothers and 7 fathers) whose child had a diagnosed psychiatric condition. It is argued t... Read More about Parenting a young person with mental health problems: temporal disruption and reconstruction.

Only make believe : ways of playing (2005)
Exhibition / Performance
McMurdo, W., Jacobus, M., Stewart, S., & Warner, M. Only make believe : ways of playing. Exhibited at Compton Verney. 25 March 2005 - 5 June 2005

Only Make-Believe explores the innate relationship between play, make-believe and art, through the work of over thirty modern and contemporary artists. The link between play and creativity deepened during the twentieth-century and the exhibition focu... Read More about Only make believe : ways of playing.

“Uncharted waters”: The experience of parents of young people with mental health problems. (2005)
Journal Article
Harden, J. (2005). “Uncharted waters”: The experience of parents of young people with mental health problems. Qualitative Health Research, 15(2), 207-223. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732304269677

In this article, the author discusses the experiences of parents of young people with mental health problems and their relations with health care professionals. She conducted qualitative interviews with 25 parents whose teenage child had a diagnosed... Read More about “Uncharted waters”: The experience of parents of young people with mental health problems..

Contemporary composite techniques: the impact of a forensically-relevant target delay. (2005)
Journal Article
Baldwin, H., Hancock, P., Frowd, C. D., Carson, D., Ness, H., McQuiston-Surrett, D., & Richardson, J. (2005). Contemporary composite techniques: the impact of a forensically-relevant target delay. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 10(1), 63-81. https://doi.org/10.1348/135532504X15358

Purpose. Previous laoratory-based research suggests that facial composites, or pictures of suspected criminals, from UK computerized systems are named correctly about 20% of the time. The current work compares composites from several such systems fol... Read More about Contemporary composite techniques: the impact of a forensically-relevant target delay..

Responsive environments, place and presence. (2005)
Journal Article
McCall, R., O'Neill, S., Carroll, F., Benyon, D., & Smyth, M. (2005). Responsive environments, place and presence. PsychNology journal, 3, 34-74

This paper examines the effect that changing arena (i.e. an immersive CAVE or head mounted display) and adding an augmented barrier has on the sense of place and presence
in two photo-realistic virtual environments. Twenty eight subjects (17 male, 1... Read More about Responsive environments, place and presence..

An idiotic act: on the non-example Of Antigone. (2005)
Journal Article
Neill, C. (2005). An idiotic act: on the non-example Of Antigone. Janus head, 34, 1-28

Wendy McMurdo. (2004)
Exhibition / Performance
McMurdo, W., & Stathatos, J. Wendy McMurdo. Exhibited at Museum for Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. 2004 - 2004

A solo exhibition of work by Wendy McMurdo, widely regarded as one of Scotland's leading contemporary artists, working in the field of photography and digital media.The exhibition consists of images from her on-going series of images of children at p... Read More about Wendy McMurdo..

A question of realism. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hetherington, R., Crerar, A., & Turner, P. (2004, June). A question of realism

We present the results of an exploratory study investigating the feasibility of using multimedia software to teach life skills to adults with learning difficulties. As a precursor to determining whether the clients would benefit from the software, we... Read More about A question of realism..

An exploratory study of consumption emotion in services (2003)
Journal Article
Mudie, P., Cottam, A., & Raeside, R. (2003). An exploratory study of consumption emotion in services. Service Industries Journal, 23(5), 84-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642060308565625

This article addresses the significance of emotions in the consumption of services. There has been little investigation of emotions in services. This study attempts a general examination of consumers' emotional experiences across four quite distinct... Read More about An exploratory study of consumption emotion in services.

Supporting spatial learning in virtual environments. (2003)
Thesis
Sykes, J. R. Supporting spatial learning in virtual environments. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2786

This thesis explores the acquisition of spatial knowledge as a means to support wayfinding in virtual environments. Specifically, the thesis presents an investigation into
the potential benefits one might gain through the application of a variety of... Read More about Supporting spatial learning in virtual environments..

Evaluating soundscapes as a means of creating a sense of place (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., McGregor, I., Turner, S., & Carroll, F. (2003, July). Evaluating soundscapes as a means of creating a sense of place. Presented at International Conference on Auditory Display, ICAD 2003

We report an empirical study into the creation of, and
response to, a soundscape of a computer centre. We contrast
the use of presence questionnaires, as means of assessing the sense of being-there, against a more phenomenological
approach. We con... Read More about Evaluating soundscapes as a means of creating a sense of place.