The psychology of conspiracy theories

In this talk, Dr Daniel Jolley will showcase why people find conspiracy theories so appealing and debunk some of the misconceptions (e.g., are all conspiracy believer’s paranoid?). We will also consider how the consequences of conspiracy beliefs may impact you and me.

Tags: Conspiracy theories, Dr Daniel Jolley, psychology, Social Psychology

Psychology Postgraduate Open Day – 27 November

Join us for an overview of our Postgraduate psychology courses and facilities

Tags: open day, postgraduate, postgraduate study, psychology, School of Psychology

Keeping your body clock ticking

This lecture explores circadian rhythms and their affect on the body.

Tags: body clock, circadian rhythms, mitchell masterson, Pharmacy, psychology, Science Public Lecture, science public lecture series

Silver Scientist

A one-day engagement event specifically aimed at older adults and senior citizens.

Tags: engagement, psychology, senior citizens, Silver scientist

International Autism Month Seminar

This event is being offered by the School of Education to celebrate International Autism Month and to raise awareness of the needs of young people on the autism spectrum.

Tags: Autism spectrum, International Autism Month, psychology

The RAIDING project: Designing a mobile game to promote arithmetic fluency

A School of Education Seminar hosted by the Learning Sciences Research Institute

Tags: arithmatic, education, psychology

Remembering what and where: changes in visual memory across the lifespan

A lecture with Dr Simon Ferneyhough, Researcher — Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University.

Tags: Dr Simon Ferneyhough, psychology, social sciences

Participants needed for health perception study

The School of Psychology is currently participants for a study. The study looks at individuals’ perceptions […]

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Tags: health perception, psychology, study, well-being

Participants wanted for research study

The School of Psychology is currently looking for participants to take part in a behavioural experiment […]

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Tags: left handed, psychology, research study, School of Psychology

Being Sherlock Holmes: reading minds from clues in behaviour

This talk given by Professor Peter Mitchell summarises research into people’s ability to guess what happened to someone (a target) from clues in their reaction, something known as ‘retrodictive mindreading’.

Tags: psychology, retrodictive mindreading, sherlock, sherlock holmes