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We're Hiring: Postdoctoral RA
We are seeking a creative and motivated postdoctoral researcher to work on an ESRC-funded project at the Emotional Cognition Lab at the...
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Feb 101 min read
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Assessment in the Age of AI
What value does human assessment of essay submissions still have in the age of AI? Our group leader, Professor Deborah Talmi, has...
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Jan 41 min read
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Scientists May Soon Be Able To Predict Your Memories
Article in The Conversation ( Read More )
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Jun 17, 20241 min read
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Busting Myths About Psychology
Youtube interviews ( Watch Interviews )
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Jun 17, 20241 min read
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Emotion As Information
TEDx talk, University of York ( Read More )
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Jun 17, 20241 min read
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Motivation To Learn
How does it actually work to improve memory? ( Read More )
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Jun 17, 20241 min read
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Science And Poetry Connection
Voyages of discovery with different methodologies ( Read More )
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Jun 17, 20241 min read
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Experimental Stimuli and Code
If you are interested in using any of the pictures from our database, please get in touch. Riberto, Paz, Pobric & Talmi (2021) picture set
Emotional Cognition Lab
Jun 13, 20241 min read
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Bayesian Model of Subjective Pain Experience
Pain expectations play a critical role in shaping the experience of pain and influence pain relief outcomes in patients with persistent...
Emotional Cognition Lab
Jun 11, 20243 min read
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The Emotional Context Maintenance and Retrieval Model (eCMR)
The most important experiences of our life are often emotionally intense – be they positive (successes, family celebrations) or negative...
Emotional Cognition Lab
Jun 11, 20242 min read
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Presenting at Symposium
Here's Deborah presenting at the symposium on the effect of emotion on relational memory, which was part of this year's Cognitive...
Emotional Cognition Lab
Jun 3, 20241 min read
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Professor David Sander Visits
With our charming Zangwill club speaker, Professor David Sander from the Swiss Centre of Affective Science.
Emotional Cognition Lab
Jun 3, 20241 min read
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Karaoke Night
Hanging out together and having fun with Karaoke!
Emotional Cognition Lab
Jun 3, 20241 min read
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Reflections on remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic
When I took responsibility for the move to teach remotely in my department, soon after lockdown was announced in March 2020, I knew that...
Deborah Talmi
Sep 22, 20224 min read
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Why me? The strange story of "Being or nothingness"
Deborah Talmi is a psychologist in the Emotional Cognition Laboratory at the University of Manchester. She received a mysterious book...
Deborah Talmi
Jan 29, 20214 min read
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