Over the last few years members of MTOUGH have been fortunate enough to conduct a series of research projects using samples of elite mountaineers. In particular we have published three papers in sport psychology journals that have primarily focused upon mental toughness in relation to decision-making, responses to natural disaster, and…Continue Reading Weather Work in Mountaineering
Category: Physical and Mental Well Being
HART Bingocize® research visit
HART and the School of Sport & Exercise Science were delighted recently to welcome to the Human Performance Centre Dr Matthew Shake, Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences in the Ogden College of Science and Engineering, West Kentucky University (WKU). Matthew’s research focuses on cognitive changes in older adulthood, particularly aspects of executive function and language…Continue Reading HART Bingocize® research visit
The visual cues that drive the self-assessment of body size: Dissociation between fixation patterns and the key areas of the body for accurate judgement
A modified version of the bubbles masking paradigm was used in three experiments to determine the key areas of the body that are used in self-estimates of body size. In this paradigm, parts of the stimuli are revealed by several randomly allocated Gaussian “windows” forcing judgements to be made based on…Continue Reading The visual cues that drive the self-assessment of body size: Dissociation between fixation patterns and the key areas of the body for accurate judgement
Competitive Swimming
Gareth McNarry, a HART PhD student undertaking a dual doctorate with the University of Lincoln and the University of Copenhagen, has recently had published, as lead author, an article on the importance of reflexivity and bracketing in sociological/phenomenological research. In the article, Gareth and his co-authors and supervisors, Prof Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson and Dr Adam Evans(Copenhagen), address the ‘thorny…Continue Reading Competitive Swimming
Independent Health Needs Assessment for People Living with Neurological Conditions
HARG were asked by Lincolnshire County Council to undertake an independent health needs assessment for people living with neurological conditions in the county. A health needs assessment is a way in reviewing the current resources available to meeting the needs of a specific population. The review looked at adults over the age of 18, and…Continue Reading Independent Health Needs Assessment for People Living with Neurological Conditions
Research by Professor Steve McKay Featured in Article About Mental Health in Children
Boys who have a close relationship with their mothers at 14 are 41 per cent less likely to have mental health problems and girls who are close to their fathers are 44 per cent less likely to suffer emotional problems or have trouble with their peers, the research found. Professor Steve McKay from Lincoln School of Social and Political…Continue Reading Research by Professor Steve McKay Featured in Article About Mental Health in Children
Mental health in Sexual Assault Referral Centres: A survey of forensic physicians
A national survey of Forensic Physicians (FPs) working in Sexual Assault Referral Centres was undertaken. The survey was advertised in the weekly bulletin sent out by the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Response was relatively low (n=45). It is estimated that this figures represents about 12% of the workforce. The aim of the survey…Continue Reading Mental health in Sexual Assault Referral Centres: A survey of forensic physicians
Lincoln Psychology Introduce New Computer Game For Children With Vision Loss
Researchers from the University of Lincoln have teamed up with the WESC Foundation to create a new browser-based game called Eyelander, which aims to help children and young people with vision-loss to lead more independent lives. The game was specifically designed for people with visual field loss caused by Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) – which is usually the…Continue Reading Lincoln Psychology Introduce New Computer Game For Children With Vision Loss
Lucid Dreaming: large data base analysis.
Lucid Dreaming is where, while dreaming people become aware that their current experience is in fact a dream. Support was sought to employ a research assistant to initiate the analyses of a pre-existing data-set of thousands of dream reports. Fundamental statistics were extracted e.g. on the time required to acquire lucidity, age, gender. The words…Continue Reading Lucid Dreaming: large data base analysis.