Professor Bruce Hood
M.A., M.Phil.(Dund.), Ph.D.(Cantab.)
Current positions
Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society
School of Psychological Science
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Research interests
My research interests include:
- Science of Happiness
- Cognitive development from a neuroscience perspective.
- Inhibitory control of thoughts and actions.
- Spatial representation and action.
- Naïve theories.
- The origin of adult magical reasoning from children’s natural intuitions.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
The Endowment Effect & Self in Children.
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
08/09/2014 to 07/09/2017
DEVELOPING DYNAMIC GAZE PROCESSING
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
01/01/2008 to 01/01/2011
CONCEPTUAL CHANGE AS THE COMBINATION OF COMAIN-SPECIFIC AND DOMAIN-GENERAL
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
01/10/2007 to 01/10/2010
THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES FOR SEARCHING AND NAVIGATING THROUGH SPACE
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
01/07/2005 to 01/07/2008
WHY DO CHILDREN FAIL EXPLICIT SEARCH TESTS?
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
03/11/2003 to 03/05/2007
Publications
Recent publications
03/04/2021Benefits of a psychoeducational happiness course on university student mental well-being both before and during a COVID-19 lockdown
Health Psychology Open
Investigating the Use of Electronic Well-being Diaries Completed Within a Psychoeducation Program for University Students: Longitudinal Text Analysis Study
JMIR
Putting your money where your self is
PLoS ONE
Considering self or others across two cultural contexts
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Thinking of me
PLoS ONE
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