Psychology and technology
This interdisciplinary cluster researches the psychological processes underlying the application of modern technology on the lives of people including Internet behaviour.
Members
Group co-ordinator:
Members:
PhD students/postdoctoral researchers:
Collaborations
冈本视频 Collaborations:
UK Collaborations:
International Collaborations:
- (CNR-IFC), Pisa Italy.
- (CNR-ISTI), Pisa Italy.
- , University of Pisa.
- , Valencia, Spain.
- , Vienna, Austria.
- , Barcelona, Spain.
- Imaginary Srl, Milan, Italy.
- , Brussels, Belgium.
- SI4LIFE, Milan, Italy.
- Liam O Sullivan, , Ireland.
- Andrea Gerino, EveryWhere Technologies, Milan, Italy.
- Howell Istance, .
Selected outputs
Promoting Active Ageing in Older People
Enhancing wellbeing in the areas of social inclusion, cognition, healthy eating and exercise through gamification and serious games
€215,840 from EU Commission
2013-2016 冈本视频 (PI Mark Scase, CI Simon Coupland). 冈本视频 is one of 11 partners in a consortium led from CNR in Pisa, Italy
Cognition and Cyber Activities
Information processing of online content. How people process content; Online search strategies; The use of heuristics; Coping with degraded connections
2013 £33,499 from DSTL
PI Lee Hadlington, CI Mark Scase and Alison Attrill
User Reactions to Failures and Frustrations Within Cyber Environments
How people behave when faced with:
IT failures, Cyber attacks, Viruses, Trojans, Social Engineering, Online deception, Do people learn from mistakes? Does training help?
2013-2014 £20,434 from DSTL
PI Mark Scase, CI Jess Hall and Alison Attrill
Video Communication Online
Is video communication and interaction becoming more common? What are the psychological reactions to video communication? Does video interaction attract or deter people to dating web sites?
2013-2014 £32,335 from DSTL
PI Alison Attrill, CI Roshan Rai and Monica Whitty (Leicester University)
Gaze Tracking and Web Browsing
Eye movements whilst surfing the web. How advertising and pop‐ups can capture attention
2013-2014 £19,194 from RCIF2
PI Howell Istance, CI Mark Scase
Audio Tactile Maps
Helping blind people navigate through space with touch sensitive maps
2014-2015 £15,553 HEIF
PI Lorenzo Picinali, CI Mark Scase
Sensory Substitution
Enhancing the sensory experience in people with hearing loss by substituting sound with visual stimuli.
2014-2015 2 冈本视频 Graduate Champions
PI Lorenzo Picinali, CI Mark Scase
Exploring the Use of Gamification in a Cybersecurity Context
£35,000 from Airbus UK
PI Lee Hadlington
Experimental Design for Human Factors in Virtual Cyber Centre of Operations
£12,000 from Airbus UK
PI Lee Hadlington
Attitudes and Susceptibility to Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
£48,370 from EMPAC (East Midlands Police Academic Collaboration)
PI Lee Hadlington