Dr Robert Bendall
School of Health & Society
Current positions
Associate Professor/Reader
Biography
Robert is an Associate Professor (Reader) in Psychology at Â׸£ÀûƬ where he is Co-Lead of the Applied Cognition Research Group and Co-Chair of Salford Open Science and Reproducibility Group. Robert is also the Programme Leader for MSc by Research in Psychology.
Robert completed a first degree in Psychology from the University of Glasgow and subsequently worked at the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Cambridge on a project funded by the High Q Foundation. Robert then completed an MPhil in Neuroscience at the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Manchester (BBSRC-funded) followed by a PhD in Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the Â׸£ÀûƬ.
Using a combination of behavioural and neuroimaging techniques, as well as psychometric questionnaires, Robert conducts research in affective science - an interdisciplinary field seeing to understand affective and emotional processes. Robert has published widely across affective science and cognitive psychology and contributes to international, multi site replication studies and open science initiatives. Robert's work has been supported by funding from the British Psychological Society, Economic and Social Research Council, British Science Association and Wellcome Trust.
Robert welcomes applications from students interested in pursuing MSc by Research and PhD research in affective science, visual attention, emotion regulation, cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience.
Areas of Research
Affective science, emotion regulation, emotion & cognition, mental health, visual attention, sleep, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive restoration, nature-based interventions and ecotherapy.
Areas of Supervision
Robert welcomes applications from postgraduate research students (MSc by Research and PhD) in affective science, emotion regulation, mental health, visual attention, cognitive psychology, sleep, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive restoration, nature-based interventions and ecotherapy.
Programme Leader MSc by Research in Psychology
Partnership Lead Psychology
Module Leader Psychology of Happiness
Biological Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
UG Dissertation
PGT Dissertation
MSc by Research supervision
PhD supervision
Qualifications
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Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
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Psychology
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Neuroscience