Centre for Psychological Research (CfPR)
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Director(s): Dr Nayeli Gonzalez-Gomez, Professor Kate Wilmut
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The Centre for Psychological Research has a thriving community of research active staff and research scholars. Two themes infuse the research that we do:
- Developing resources to facilitate positive change.
- Advancing understanding of human thought, experience, and behaviour.
Our researchers work across the following groups, with the themes above running throughout all four groups:
- Applied Social and Cultural Psychology
- Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
- Developmental Psychology
- Health Behaviour and Wellbeing
We attract significant finding awards from various sources including industry, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Technology Strategy Board and the Leverhulme Trust. We work with health and education professionals as well as partners in industry to develop knowledge and understanding that informs policy and improves people’s lives.
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We work with health and education professionals as well as partners in industry to develop knowledge and understanding that informs policy and improves people’s lives.
The quality and impact of our research has been reflected in the UK government’s latest Research Excellence Framework, where the majority of our research was judged to be world leading or of international standing.
Groups
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience (C&CN)
Applied Social and Cultural Psychology
Health Behaviour and Wellbeing
Group's leadership
Professor Kate Wilmut
Professor in Psychology (Director of Centre)
Dr Nayeli Gonzalez-Gomez
Reader in Psychology (Director of the Centre)
Professor Anna Barnett
Professor in Psychology (Impact)
Dr Michael Pilling
Senior Lecturer in Psychology (Outputs)
Dr Clare Rathbone
Reader in Psychology (Public Engagement)
Dr Jennifer Seddon
Senior Lecturer in Psychology (Patient and Public Involvement)
Professor Luci Wiggs
Professor in Psychology (Knowledge Exchange)
Facilities
(Perception, Attention and Affective Cognition)
(Perception and Motion Analysis)
Knowledge exchange
Learning to ride a bike
Learning to ride a bike is an important milestone for most children. However, this is a complex skill that children with movement difficulties may struggle to master.
These sessions fuse our theoretical knowledge with our practical understanding of the experiences of children with movement difficulties. They involve progressive tasks that enhance the children’s skills, build their confidence, and ultimately result in them riding a bike proficiently. Riding a bike is more than just a physical skill, it gives a child a sense of freedom and enables them to connect with other people.
Science Bazaar
TheBrookes Science Bazaar, one of the Science Festival’s flagship events, attracts over 700 visitors in a single day and is hugely popular with children (and adults) of all ages. Psychology staff introduce visitors to the discipline through interactive sessions to demonstrate such things as reaction times and visual illusions.
Learn more about the Science Bazaar
Consultancy
We are experts in assessing and understanding attitudes, behaviours and the way that people process information. Our consultancy packages are tailored specifically to an organisation’s needs, and we have worked with a variety of industries, charities and public sectors.
Previous work has involved:
- assessing existing practice
- identifying obstacles and facilitators to future change
- gaining comprehensive feedback from service users
- designing interventions that are easy to understand and implement
- evaluating interventions and suggesting improvements where appropriate
- charting change over time
- recommending policy for improving practice
- providing professional training and development.
We bring a range of methodological and analytical expertise to each situation and have access to specialist equipment and software. Please contact us if you would like to discuss a project: ngonzalez-gomez@brookes.ac.uk or k.wilmut@brookes.ac.uk.