Tag Archives: psychology

17th April 2023 – Coping with Stress

Posted on September 30, 2022 by jrsee

Please note the date for this session. As Easter Monday falls on the 2nd Monday in April, the SciBar session will be on the 3rd Monday. Postponed from October 2022, Dr Clare Jonas returns to describe her study of how … Continue reading →

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6th January 2020 – Multisensory Perception and Synaesthesia

Posted on May 25, 2019 by TerryG

Dr Clare Jonas has a PhD in psychology and used to be an academic who researched human perception. She is now a Science Communicator which she describes as “taking the complicated world of academic science and making it accessible to … Continue reading →

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4th March 2019 – The Science of Civic Crime Prevention

Posted on October 14, 2018 by kscibar

Chris MacKenzie will give a wide overview on crime reduction in society. This is not a talk about security of premises or personal safety; it’s about the old and new theories of why people commit crime. Only when we understand … Continue reading →

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7th March 2016 – The Hidden Science of How the Mind Really Works

Posted on March 7, 2016 by DaveT

This talk is by Dr Warren Mansell about a scientific theory that has been ignored or misunderstood for over 50 years – Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) – see http://www.pctweb.org. The theory provides a whole new perspective on the mind and society. … Continue reading →

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5th November 2012 – I Like The Way We Talk

Posted on November 5, 2012 by DaveT

I like the way we talk: the effect of accent imitation on speech perception Dr Patti Adank describes her topic: “The UK has many regional accents, from Cockney spoken in London to Geordie in Newcastle, to Scottish accents such as … Continue reading →

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11th June 2012 – The Brain’s Roles in Memory

Posted on June 11, 2012 by DaveT

Dr. Penny Lewis from Manchester NARU (Neuroscience of Aphasia Research Unit) will talk about memory and the brain. What role does sleep play and what does the brain do when it is neither storing nor retrieving memories?     

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