By Jane Elsley on December 6, 2011
Dr. Samuel Nyman of the Psychology Research Group has had his research into the psychosocial aspects of falls and their prevention in older people showcased on the BU Research Blog. To view the full article about Samuel’s work, please click here.
Posted in Psychology
By Jane Elsley on December 6, 2011
Congratulations are due to Dr. Jacqui Taylor of the Psychology Research Group who has just been appointed Editor of the BPS journal ‘Psychology Teaching Review’. The news comes as Jacqui stands down from a three year term as Chair of the BPS Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology. Well-done Jacqui!
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By Jane Elsley on November 22, 2011
As part of Mental Health Week at BU, Dr. Andrew Mayers recently had his mental health research and community program involvement featured on the Bournemouth University Research Blog. Dr. Mayers is involved with a variety of community groups including FirstPoint (Winton); Bournemouth and District Samaritans; Barnardo’s (and Bournemouth Borough Council); The Dorset HealthCare Univeristy NHS [...]
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By Jane Elsley on November 22, 2011
Dr. Simon Thompson, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology & Neuropsychology will be undertaking a sponsored visit to New York University early next year to study cortisol testing to inform his research on the neurology of yawning. The funding was awarded as the result of a successful bid to the Santander Scholarship Scheme. Dr. Thompson [...]
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By Jane Elsley on November 22, 2011
Dr. Sarah Bate and Dr. Ben Parris of the Psychology Research Group have been successful in their bid to the Research Development Fund to carry out a project entitled: ‘The use of intranasal inhalation of oxytocin to improve incidental eye-witness identification of perpetrators in a face recognition task’. They will receive £1,995 to conduct the [...]
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By Jane Elsley on November 22, 2011
Have you ever wondered which information in the environment is important to look at? Vision is not a passive process; rather we actively coordinate our eye movements such that we fixate the most “important” information to carry out our particular task. We make about two to four eye movements a second, incredibly totaling around 150,000 [...]
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By Tania Willis on October 19, 2011
Darren Jones, a BSC Hons Computer Aided Product Design graduate has won two prestigious prizes for fire safety product Freedor. The product won best mechanical product and young designer engineer of the year award at British Engineering Excellence Awards. Darren’s product Freedor also won best passive protection product at the Fire Excellence Awards 2011. Freedor [...]
Posted in Computing & Informatics, Creative Technology, Design, Sustainable Design, Uncategorized | Tagged BAHonsCAPD, Bournemouth University, British Engineering Excellence Awards, Darren Jones, Freedor
By Sally Gates on October 18, 2011
Prosopagnosia, or ‘face blindness’ is a little known condition affecting 1 in 50 people. As Bournemouth University psychology lecturer Dr Sarah Bate explains, it is ‘literally a loss of memory for faces’. Speaking to BBC Inside Out’s Jon Cuthill, Dr Bate said: “Prosopagnosia sufferers know what a face is. They know the basic configuration of [...]
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By Charles Elder on September 26, 2011
A team of academics from the Sustainable Design Research Centre at Bournemouth University have presented their research on the sustainable conservation of historic vehicles at the Institute of Physics conference ‘Cultural Heritage meets Science: The Interface’. The conference, held in Portsmouth, gave Professor Mark Hadfield and Dr Zulfiqar Khan from BU to participate as invited [...]
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By Caroline Farwell on August 18, 2011
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If you want to learn more about the techniques used for the development of games, animation and graphics then BU’s BSc (Hons) Games Technology could be for you. If you like what you see call BU’s Clearing hotline on 01202 524111 or 01202 966777.
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