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Effects of processing load on speech segmentation

Dr Sven Mattys | Psychology | 12 February 2007

The goal of this research project is to improve our understanding of the perceptual and cognitive factors contributing to the segmentation of fluent speech. Speech-segmentation research investigates how listeners identify word boundaries in the ongoi ...

Sleep debt - a critical evaluation of laboratory evidence

Professor James Horne | Psychology | 01 April 2005

Research from the usa advocates that 7-7. 5 hours' nightly sleep, typical for most adults, is insufficient, and we are chronically sleep deprived.  it has wide social implications: apparently contributing to the 'metabolic syndrome' (a 'pre-diab ...

The nature of phonological representations in young children

Dr Julia Carroll | Psychology | 12 September 2005

The research investigates how children represent the sound structure of words. These representations are very important for predicting how well a child's spoken and written language should develop, but we know very little about them. This research fi ...

Social work and health inequalities research

Professor Paul Bywaters | Social Work | 01 January 2006

The aim of this seminar series is to create the basis for establishing national and international collaborative programmes of social work research on health inequalities. The series builds upon the international social work and health inequalities ne ...

Knowledge of the human body shape in early childhood

Dr Michelle Heron | Psychology | 01 May 2007

The proposed research with dr pascalis at the university of sheffield will take the first step in a much needed investigation of early knowledge of the human body shape. Infants' attention to different parts of the human body will be assessed using a ...

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