Kent Psychology

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Read about Prof David Wilkinson's work with patients in a minimally conscious state. https://www.thenational.ae/…/the-comple xity-of-comas-how-me…

Did you catch Prof Jane Wood on BBC's South East Today from 23/04 talking about gangs? Watch it again (07:26 onwards) https://www.bbc.co.uk/…/south-east-toda y-evening-news-23042…

PhD student Emma Denby's research with Professor David Wilkinson on neuropsychiatric outcomes in UK military veterans features in The Times, showing that dizziness caused by brain injury may be one cause of long-term depression.

Happy #EasterWeekend from us - bunnies ✅ daffodils ✅ sunshine ✅ and now the bluebells are starting to appear - we love Spring on University of Kent campus 💚 a white squirrel made an appearance for us too!

Congratulations Jane! The conference, Violence: Forensic Psychological Perspectives, is underway and there's a great turnout #ProfWoodGangs

It's Final Year Project deadline day! Well done everyone and enjoy your Kent Psychology memento mug ☕

There's still time to contribute to this excellent conference! 📨

Join the School of Psychology for its Annual Lecture, which is to be held on Wednesday, 22 May 2019. The talk will begin at 3pm in Keynes Lecture Theatre 4 (KLT4), Keynes College and will be followed by a drinks reception in Keynes Atrium Foyer at 4pm.
The title of the talk is “Rehearsal and the development of verbal short-term memory” and it will be given by Chris Jarrold, Professor in Cognitive Development, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol.
RSVP to p...sychannuallecture@kent.ac.uk by 15 May 2019.
Abstract
Verbal short-term memory (VSTM) undoubtedly improves across childhood and is thought to support children’s acquisition of vocabulary and other academic abilities. Understanding the causes of VSTM development is therefore of both theoretical and practical importance. An influential view is that apparent changes in VSTM capacity reflect change in the use of rehearsal to support performance. However, in this talk I critique that position, before putting forward a radical reassessment of the status of rehearsal. I focus in particular on the claim that children undergo a qualitative change in their use of rehearsal around the age of 7. Here I show that key evidence to support this view can instead be explained by general improvements in memory capacity, review data showing gradual improvements in the strategic use of rehearsal in children, and develop the implications of my account for neuropsychological cases where VSTM is compromised.
Brief biography
Chris Jarrold is Professor in Cognitive Development and Head of the School of Psychological Science at the University of Bristol (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/…/people/chri stopher-r-…/index.html). He is a world-leading expert on cognitive development, especially on the processes that support goal-directed behaviour and the maintenance of information in immediate memory, among both typically and atypically developing children. His work has been funded through numerous research grants, and has had a significant influence on both theory development and educational practice, leading to him receiving prestigious early- and mid-career awards from the British Psychological Society and Experimental Psychology Society.
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All postgraduate students are invited to take part in the 2019 Kent Researchers' Showcase on 30 May 2019. Showcase highlights include: -PG research presentations, displays and posters -Kent 3MT® competition final -Talks about 'Global Cultures at Kent', 'Scholarly Communications' and 'Academic CV Writing' -Awards ceremony https://www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/new s/pgfestival.html

ICYMI Congratulations to Professor Theresa Gannon and Drs Caoilte O Ciardha, Rebekah Doley and Emma Alleyne on their nomination for the 2020 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology based on their theoretical contribution to the psychology of adult deliberate firesetting. https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/news.ht ml?view=1762

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Congratulations also to Dr Emma Alleyne, who has been awarded a Leverhulme International Academic Fellowship, entitled ‘Understanding why adults abuse animals: Theory and evidence-based practice’. 📣

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