Psychology of slot machine gambling and how the gaming industry uses psychology to get people gambling will be one of the topics discussed at the British Psychological Society’s student lecture on Wednesday 17 November, at Nottingham Trent University.
Pupils and students from all over the UK have been invited to attend to hear some of the UK’s top psychologists speak about their own areas of research.
These include:
Mark Griffiths, (Professor of Gambling Studies, Nottingham Trent University) will discuss psychology in the gaming industry in ‘Slots of fun’.
Brett Smith (School of Sport & Health Sciences, University of Loughborough) asks why, after suffering a traumatic event like spinal cord injury, do some people adapt more successfully than others in ‘The narrative shaping of lives: A qualitative study of traumatic spinal cord injury’
Carol Ireland, (MSc Forensic Psychology Director, Lead for Sex Offender Therapies and Crisis Negotiation, Mersey Care NHS Trust) will explain how crisis negotiation helps people who have been emotionally overwhelmed in ‘Crisis Negotiation and the role of the Crisis Negotiation Advisor.’
Catriona Morrison (Senior Lecturer in Experimental Psychology, University of Leeds) will discuss her research in cognitive psychology, specifically the mechanisms involved in language and memory in ‘Beyond Words and Images in Memory: Using Other Senses to Unlock Our Past and Plan Our Future’
Ruth Raven, Conference and Events Manager, The British Psychological Society said: “Psychology is relevant to everyone’s lives. The topics up for discussion at the Nottingham lectures are really exciting and at £15 (including lunch) per student it a real bargain.
We know from previous year’s that students find the lectures exciting and they leave with a better understanding of psychology and the types of careers it can lead to.”
Source: British Psychological Society