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Tag Archives: psychology
17th April 2023 – Coping with Stress
Postponed from October 2022, Dr Clare Jonas returns to describe her study of how we cope with stressful waiting. Clare last spoke to Knutsford SciBar in January 2020 when her topic was “Multisensory Perception and Synaesthesia”. Clare says “I was … Continue reading
Posted in monthly_meeting, 2023
Tagged psychology
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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
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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
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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
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
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?
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