Abby Pritchard and Lucy Calvert, spent July completing a paid internship with the Applied Cognition Group under the supervision of Dr Sam Gregory. Lucy and Abby have written the following piece describing their experience of the internship. For the month of July in 2025, we (Lucy and Abby) had the opportunity to complete an internship […]
ESRC Festival of Social Science event, October 2024 Back in October last year the Applied Cognition group were part of an event at the Salford Museum and Art gallery called “Our Digital Lives“. In the event we showcased our research into the ways in which the environment can impact how we process and engage with […]
On June 7th 2024 we are hosting the North West Visual Cognition Group at an all day research event. At the event we will share our current research and foster new collaborations. Please see the abstracts below. Using mobile eye tracking to investigate the psychological benefits of an urban green space in central Manchester Dr […]
Dr Simon Cassidy presented a paper at the BPS PoE annual conference examining the value of self-report threat appraisal as an indicator of future educational attainment, retention, and progression in students in higher education. Threat appraisal, involving cognitive appraisal and evaluation of situational task demands versus available personal resources in high-value motivated performance situations, is […]
The Salford Applied Cognition Research Group will be hosting an interactive event at the 2023 Festival of Social Science. The event will take place at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester on Friday 27th October from 12pm – 4pm. Activities, aimed at both children and adults, will encourage reflection on the properties that […]
Alishba Malik, who is about to commence their 3rd year studying BSc (Hons) Psychology with Criminology at University of Salford, spent July completing a paid internship with the Applied Cognition Group under the supervision of Dr Robert Bendall. Alishba has written the following piece describing their experience of the internship. During the summer of 2023 […]
Written by Draco Graham-Kevan, edited by Samantha Gregory Through the Salford Nature Environments Database (SNED) project we aim to provide a large selection of rated environmental images for research into nature restoration. Studies have shown that natural environments are restorative to both mental and physical health, and research has also shown that viewing images or […]
James Dodds, who graduated from University of Salford in 2022 with a BSc (Hons) in Psychology has spent the last 5 and a half months on a paid internship with the Applied Cognition Group, under the supervision of Dr Samantha Gregory. James has written the following piece describing his experience of the internship. After completing […]
The visual cognition group at The University of Salford is part of a wider group of visual cognition researchers in the North West, known as the North-West Visual Cognition Group (NWVC) From July 2022 until July 2023 the NWVC are hosting 4 research seminars across universities in the North West of England funded by the […]
Dr Robert Bendall has recently received funding for an exciting project through The Ideas Fund. Rob will be working with Oldham-based organisation Men Behaving Dadly to co-create a research project aimed at maximising the positive impact of play. Additional project partners are Oldham Play Action Group and Greenacres Community Centre. Read more about our project […]