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
01/05/2024Stylometric Comparison between ChatGPT and Human Essays
Long-term analysis of a psychoeducational course on university students’ mental well-being
Higher Education
Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts
PLoS ONE
Evaluation of a credit-bearing online administered happiness course on undergraduates' mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic
PLoS ONE
A systematic review of the effect of university positive psychology courses on student psychological wellbeing
Frontiers in Psychology
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