Psychology Masters thesis collection
This collection contains a selection of recent Masters theses from the Psychology department. Please note that only the Title and Abstract will be available for dissertations from the current academic year. All other content from previous years is available on an Open Access basis.
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Recent Submissions
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The Effect of Semantic Constraint on Lexical Access in Bilingual Word Recognition
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-10-13)The current study investigated how a constraining sentence context affects processing times in second language (L2) word identification. We used eye-tracking to look at whether the cognate facilitation effect, a cue of ... -
On the fallibility of human memory for future actions
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-07-02)Human memory is a system that is inherently fallible and prone to distortion, and our memory for future actions is no exception. Prospective memory is defined either as remembering to carry out a task at a particular moment ... -
Relationship between co-worker satisfaction and personality traits
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The epigenetic clock is associated with white matter changes and cognitive decline in the eighth decade of life
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
The effect of increased cognitive load on implicit moral judgement: do we deliberately override our moral intuitions?
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Meta-analysis: Using Event-related Potentials to Identify Recollection and Familiarity
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
How do the regions of the visual field contribute to visual search in real?world scenes? An eye-tracking study comparing dynamic and static scenes.
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
Gratitude uniquely predicts well-being above the big-5 personality traits
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
Can Big Five Predict the Competitive Personality?
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
An Investigation of Speech and Language disturbances in Patients with Acute Delirium
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
Merging entropy and local boundaries
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
Personality, social networks, and learning performance in the common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
Predictors of Resilience in Older Age: The Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 and 1936
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
Assessing children's online behaviour and their experience of cyberbullying: a secondary analysis of the EU Kids Online II
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
An Investigation of Speech and Language Disturbances in Patients with Delirium
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
Working Memory Training: The Effect of RehaCom Software on Cognitive Skills in a Non-Clinical Sample
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
Animal Perception in Vegetarians and Meat-Eaters: An ERP study
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
The engagement of executive functions in 5-6 and 8-9-year-old children in cooperative and competitive situations
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The development of the P-factor through childhood and adolescence
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016) -
Class and Objectification: An Investigation into the Relationship between Women's Social Class and Self and Other-ﾭobjectification
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016)
