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Tag Archives: psychology
6th January 2020 – Multisensory Perception and Synaesthesia
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
Posted in 2020, monthly_meeting
Tagged psychology
4th March 2019 – The Science of Civic Crime Prevention
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
Posted in 2019, Event Type, monthly_meeting, Year
Tagged criminology, psychology
7th March 2016 – The Hidden Science of How the Mind Really Works
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
Posted in 2016, monthly_meeting
Tagged psychology
5th November 2012 – I Like The Way We Talk
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
Posted in 2012, monthly_meeting
Tagged neurology, psychology
11th June 2012 – The Brain’s Roles in Memory
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?
Posted in 2012, monthly_meeting
Tagged neurology, psychology
5th December 2011 – Patterns and Randomness
What is randomness? Where is it? How can we spot it and should we care? Human beings generally think they have an intuitive grasp of randomness – or at least what isn’t random. But what should random actually look like … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, monthly_meeting
Tagged mathematics, psychology
