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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Katrina McDonough is a Lecturer in Psychology and Director of Admissions for Psychology, having joined UEA in 2023. Prior to this, Katrina completed her undergraduate Psychology degree and PhD in Psychology at the University of Plymouth, and has been a post-doc at UEA and the Univeristy of Aberdeen.
Key Research Interests
My research interests lie within the field of social cognition and perception. I am interested in how we attribute intentions to other people's actions to understand their behaviour. My research investigates how our prior expectations can shape how we visually perceive other people's actions, imbuing them with meaning and purpose. I am also interested in visual perspective-taking and how the mere presence of others can shape how we visually perceive the world.
Areas of Expertise
Social interaction; Action understanding; Social perception; Visual Perspective-taking
Administrative Posts
PSY Director of Admissions
External positions
Honorary Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen
2023 → 2026
Keywords
- Perception and action
- Social Interactions
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Joint Attention Grouping Effect: Perceptual Binding of Observed Social Interactions
McDonough, K. L., Edwards, S. G., Ewing, L. & Bayliss, A. P., Mar 2026, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 79, 4, p. 985-998 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Observers translate information about other agents’ higher-order goals into expectations about their forthcoming action kinematics
McDonough, K. L., Parrotta, E., Enwereuzor, C. U. & Bach, P., Jun 2025, In: Cognition. 259, 106112.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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More Than Meets the Eye? An Experimental Design to Test Robot Visual Perspective-Taking Facilitators Beyond Mere-Appearance
Currie, J., Mcdonough, K. L., Wykowska, A., Giannaccini, M. E. & Bach, P., 11 Mar 2024, HRI 2024 Companion - Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 359-363 5 p. (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Expectations of efficient actions bias social perception: A pre-registered online replication
McDonough, K. L. & Bach, P., 22 Feb 2023, In: Royal Society Open Science. 10, 2, 220889.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is implicit Level-2 visual perspective-taking embodied? Spontaneous perceptual simulation of others’ perspectives is not impaired by motor restriction
Ward, E., Ganis, G., McDonough, K. L. & Bach, P., Jul 2022, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 75, 7, p. 1244-1258 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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