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Details for Professor Bruce Hood
| Personal details | |
| Name | Professor Bruce Hood |
| Job title | Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society |
| Department | School of Psychological Science University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | M.A., M.Phil.(Dund.), Ph.D.(Cantab.) |
| Professional details | |
| Membership of professional bodies | British Psychological Society, Experimental Psychology Society and the American Psychology Association. |
| Keywords | cognitive development neuroscience supernatural beliefs spatial representation naïve theories face processing gaze processing |
| Areas of expertise | I am interested in cognitive development from a neuroscience perspective. My research interests include; face and gaze processing; inhibitory control of thoughts and actions; Spatial representation and action; naïve theories; The origin of adult magical reasoning from children’s natural intuitions. Many of my current interests in the origins of supernatural beliefs are contained in my forthcoming book, “SuperSense: Why We Believe the Unbelievable” which is to be published in April 2009 by HarperOne. http://www.brucemhood.com/ |