Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
We have research strengths across a range of areas including language and cognitive processes; vision and action; developmental science; computational modelling; cognitive and affective neuroscience; social psychology and intergroup processes. More information about staff research interests and indicative publications can be found below.
WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH, WITH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FOCUS
We organise research into three main groupings – the Cognition Action Perception group, the Developmental Science group, and the Social Cognition group. These groups meet regularly to discuss, present and plan research. In practice, Faculty often participate in more than one research group, consonant with the view that the future of psychological science lies in bridging between disciplines to yield deep understanding of the processes that underlie and organise human behaviour.
Our Psychologists also collaborate with a range of research centres and Schools across UEA, both within and between faculties. There is strong collaboration with psychologists in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in the Clinical Psychology Group.
ETHICS
All our research adheres to the policies of our research ethics committee. If you wish to get in touch with our ethics committee please send an email to [email protected].
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Nadja Althaus
- School of Psychology - Lecturer in Psychology
- Developmental Science - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Prerna Aneja
- School of Psychology - Lecturer in Psychology
- Developmental Science
- Social Cognition Research Group
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Scholarship
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Spatial communication and computational efficiency across languages and cultures
Economic and Social Research Council
1/07/25 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
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The system of shape representations in cognition, development and across languages
1/06/25 → 31/05/31
Project: Research
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Is cognitive segmentation a distinct higher-level process critical for problem solving?
1/05/25 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
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Breaking through suppression: Face expertise selectively modulates very early awareness of high level face properties
Papasavva, M., Ewing, L., Mares, I. & Smith, M. L., 3 May 2025, In: Neuropsychologia. 211, 109104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes in interpersonal distance modulate social attention engagement: Evidence from EEG alpha band suppression
Veranic, K., Ewing, L., Sambrook, T., Watson, E. A. G., Zhao, M. & Bayliss, A. P., 2025, In: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 20, 1, nsaf008.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changing the trajectories of mental health difficulties in Norfolk and Suffolk: a research-priority-setting project with patients, the public, clinicians, policymakers and other stakeholders—study protocol
Oduola, S., Morgan, C., Das-Munshi, J., Broomfield, N., Parretti, H., Sanderson, K., Notley, C., Zile, A., Morrissey, S., Khadjesari, Z. & Holmes, J., Jan 2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 1, e093980.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile41 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Reconsidering the role of attention in optic ataxia: A case report of optic ataxia in visual neglect and extinction
Knights, E. (Creator) & Rossit, S. (Creator), Open Science Framework, 6 Sept 2021
Dataset
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Air_Quality_VWM
Forbes, S. (Creator) & Spencer, J. (Creator), Open Science Framework, 14 Oct 2022
Dataset
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Evidence for separate backward recall and n-back working memory factors: A large-scale latent variable analysis
Byrne, E. (Creator), Gilbert, R. A. (Creator) & Kievit, R. A. (Creator), Open Science Framework, 22 Jul 2024
Dataset
Prizes
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Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Public and Community Engagement
Rossit, Stephanie (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in the area of developmental psychology,
Samuelson, Larissa (Recipient), 2010
Prize: National/international honour
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Angharad Dodds John Bursary in Mental Health and Neuropsychiatry
Vaghi, Matilde (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Cortex (Journal)
Stephanie Rossit (Peer reviewer)
Jan 2025 → …Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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UEA Learning and Teaching Day 2025
Tom Butt (Speaker), Vicki Mcdermott-Thompson (Speaker) & Jen Coleman (Speaker)
2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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UEA Student Experience Conference
Jen Coleman (Speaker), Alice Bush (Speaker) & Vicki Mcdermott-Thompson (Speaker)
2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Press/Media
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How a student-led research project can build belonging and agency
Jen Coleman & Vicki Mcdermott-Thompson
16/05/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Make social groups work for under-represented students
6/05/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Invited speaker on BBC Radio Norfolk Breakfast Show
16/04/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution