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About The Applied Cognition and Individual Differences Cluster:
The Applied Cognition and Individual Differences (ACID) Group is an interdisciplinary team conducting research in cognitive psychology and individual differences that seeks to inform policy making, education, and to address societal challenges. The applied aspect of the group focuses on developing solutions to real world problems such as improving educational outcomes and work performance. We achieve this by considering the important role played by individual differences in personality, IQ, neurocognitive ability, and more. Our cross-disciplinary approach means we have strengths in developing research in learning, memory, language, interpersonal relationships, cognitive biases, and neuroscience. ACID is a vibrant group and its members continue to build a track record of publishing in a wide range of high quality, peer-reviewed journal articles in prestigious outlets that span the sub-discipline such as Cortex, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, Memory & Cognition and Personality and Individual Differences.
The group have been successful in attracting external research funds from sources such as the AHRC, Innovate UK and the Experimental Psychology Society. The future strategic objectives of ACID include the continued engagement with innovative and leading research in cognition and individual differences, while developing our profile in societally relevant research that has a strong emphasis on openness and reproducibility. Key target areas of future research include furthering our understanding of cognitive performance and biases as applied to the political sphere and isolating the impact of personality and ability on cognitive processes.
- Dr Manpal Bhogal (and see Dr Bhogal’s personal academic website here)
- Simrandeep Cheema
- Dr Claire Jones
- Dr Niall Galbraith
- Dr Tom Mercer
- Professor Maria Uther
- Emma Barker
- Anthony Byrne
- Stephanie Brady
- Oliver Haden
- Karleigh Jai
- David Martin
Luke Fisher (Aston University)
Emeritus Professor Ken Manktelow
Dr Dean Petters (Sheffield Hallam University)
- Bhogal, M. S., Tudor, C., & Hira, S. (2022). The role of mating-relevant factors in the perpetration of digital dating abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(15-16). 10.1177/08862605211004103
- Bhogal, M. S., & Wallace, D. (2022). Cost-inflicting mate retention tactics predict the perpetration of cyber dating abuse. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 8, 1-9.
- Mercer, T., & Fisher, L. P. (2022). Magnitude and sources of proactive interference in visual memory. Memory, 30(5), 591–609. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2022.2032179
- Mercer, T., Jarvis, R.-J., Lawton, R., & Walters, F. (2022). Tracking proactive interference in visual memory. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 896866. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.896866
- Groes, S., & Mercer, T. (2021). Proust in Transylvania: Smell and memory in Romania. American, British and Canadian Studies, 36, 154–174. https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2021-0009
- Groes, S., & Mercer, T. (2021). Smell and memory in the Black Country: The Snidge Scrumpin’ experiments. In S. Groes & R. M. Francis (Eds.), Smell, memory, and literature in the Black Country (pp. 59–80). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57212-9_7.
- Jones, C., Bhogal, M. S., & Byrne, A. (2022). The role of altruism versus self-interest in Covid-19 vaccination uptake in the UK. Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2022.10.006
- Junttila, K., Smolander, A. R., Karhila, R., Giannakopoulou, A., Uther, M., Kurimo, M., & Ylinen, S. (2022). Gaming enhances learning-induced plastic changes in the brain. Brain and Language, 230, 105124. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0093934X22000542
- Spicer, S. G., Nicklin, L. L., Uther, M., Lloyd, J., Lloyd, H., & Close, J. (2022). Loot boxes, problem gambling and problem video gaming: A systematic review and meta-synthesis. New Media & Society, 24(4), 1001-1022.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14614448211027175?casa_token=ram2xAcl1H0AAAAA%3A_3_z3HWGtEi6ouNUR1f2iCN70QWI6A6eVxAlM4w0LIBOTBMWxxsN0CmtMo0VW7wBeE_1jLuaCJRr
- Bhogal, M. S., & Bartlett, J. E. (2021). Further support for the role of heroism in human mate choice. Evolutionary Behavioral Science.,15(3), 299-304. 10.1037/ebs0000230
- Close, J., Spicer, S. G., Nicklin, L. L., Uther, M., Lloyd, J., & Lloyd, H. (2021). Secondary analysis of loot box data: Are high-spending “whales” wealthy gamers or problem gamblers?. Addictive Behaviors, 117, 106851.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460321000368?casa_token=xONxs2vBqmwAAAAA:zf0mItEaDKnRH6yO0GlSoun-PMSQZsFsmKO9I-TJx2rH_3-Y59KdSZ4SwCGKwtKeCd_N7zHYqQ
- Farrelly, D., & Bhogal, M. S. (2021) The value of pro-environmental behaviour in mate choice. Personality and Individual Differences, 179, 110964. 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110964
- Galbraith, N. (2021). Delusions and pathologies of belief: Making sense of conspiracy beliefs via the psychosis continuum. In V. Cardella, & A. Gangemi (Eds.), Psychopathology and philosophy of mind: What mental disorders can tell us about Our minds (pp. 117–144). Routledge. https://ebrary.net/178492/psychology/delusions_pathologies_belief_making_sense_conspiracy_beliefs_psychosis_continuum
- Groes, S., & Mercer, T. (2021). Proust in Transylvania: Smell and memory in Romania. American, British and Canadian Studies, 36, 154–174. https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2021-0009
- Groes, S., & Mercer, T. (2021). Smell and memory in the Black Country: The Snidge Scrumpin’ experiments. In S. Groes & R. M. Francis (Eds.), Smell, memory, and literature in the Black Country (pp. 59–80). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57212-9_7.
- Kangatharan, J., Giannakopoulou, A., & Uther, M. (2021). The effect of HVP training in vowel perception on bilingual speech production. https://uobrep.openrepository.com/handle/10547/624837
- Kangatharan, J., Uther, M., & Gobet, F. (2021). The effect of hyperarticulation on speech comprehension under adverse listening conditions. Psychological Research, 1-12. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00426-021-01595-2
- Lloyd, J., Nicklin, L. L., Spicer, S. G., Fullwood, C., Uther, M., Hinton, D. P., ... & Close, J. (2021). Development and Validation of the RAFFLE: A Measure of Reasons and Facilitators for Loot Box Engagement. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(24), 5949. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/24/5949
- Lloyd, J., Frost, S., Kuliesius, I., & Jones, C. (2019). Locus of control and involvement in videogaming. New Media & Society, 21(7), 1613-1635. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444819828308?casa_token=n9Nj7GZRLFgAAAAA:yKvf_HNCFIMREU72H7tF_fvwtn3JO7ISkJKEW9Wpyi0YrNNM7TD4FZ6HlnSIh-npwblRFc0q8TT4
- Galbraith, N., Moss, T., Galbraith, V., & Purewal, S. (2018). A systematic review of the traits and cognitions associated with use of and belief in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Psychology, Health & Medicine, 23(7), 854–869. https:// doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2018.1442010 https://wlv.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/2436/621281/P,%20H%20&%20M%20syst%20review_complete%20text.%20Revision%20brief.%20Main%20document.pdf?sequence=3