283 datasets found

This project will establish an interdisciplinary network in order to develop strategies for technology-enhanced teaching and learning of 'threshold concepts' in higher...

There is a large body of evidence showing that a child's speech processing skills are vitally important for language and literacy development. Difficulties in speech processing...

Visual information from a talker's mouth and face plays an important role in the perception and understanding of spoken language. Despite the importance of speechreading,...

This research sought to examine whether adult participants in workplace learning programmes demonstrate substantive changes in measured basic skills and other life course...

A project on worker identity transformation in a South Wales town, which has lost its major employer, a steel works, undertaken by the applicants, revealed that while some young...

The twentieth century saw significant educational expansion and reform in all Western societies. Within this context, sociological interest has focussed on the determinants of...

The sustainability of communities will be closely associated with their use of water. In particular, people will need to have a well-informed relationship with their local...

Respect for people has often been considered a fundamental aspect of our dealings in the social world. One indication of its importance is the frequent demand for respect made...

Gambling is a popular recreational pastime that becomes excessive in a minority of the population. Problem gamblers typically display a number of distorted cognitive beliefs...

"Suggestibility" is the extent to which misleading information is incorporated into reports of a witnessed event, and is typically measured using a three-stage paradigm....

One of the major tasks facing cognitive psychologists is to understand how humans recognise words. Models of word recognition are influenced heavily by experimental research,...

When deciding whether to blame someone for causing a harmful outcome, it is important to take into account their intentions, and the extent to which they might have foreseen the...

Little research has been conducted on how internal migration of different ethnic groups, in and out of areas, contributes to population patterns. Research that has explored...

Many studies have described a condition called 'prosopagnosia', in which individuals have specific difficulties recognising the faces of familiar people. Despite poor...

We interact with people everyday and much of this interaction requires easy access to information about those people. Particularly important in current research is the influence...

Interruptions are a common feature of the modern task environment leading to a loss of accuracy and efficiency. The project examines two facets of interruption '...

This project considers major forms of external leadership development support which are sought and experienced by present and aspiring leaders of organisations providing...

This project examines perceptions of working for the NHS held by qualified allied health professionals (AHPs) in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, radiography and speech and...

Dr Babajanian's post-doctoral work programme addresses the issue of the effectiveness, accountability and legitimacy of community-based actors in delivering social welfare...

Working memory is the part of the cognitive system that holds the information we are currently thinking about. Thinking often involves the mental manipulation of one mental...