Dr David George

Dr David George

Senior Lecturer

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • School of Psychology and Social Work

Qualifications

  • BSc (University of York)
  • PhD / DPhil (Cardiff University)

Summary

David George is a senior lecturer in psychology who joined the University in January 2011.

He was previously a Royal Society University Research Fellow at Cardiff University and held the position of Visiting Research Fellow at UNSW Sydney in Australia from 2010 to 2017.

Brain and behaviour 2

Understanding animal minds

Neuroscience techniques

Final year research project

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Attentional bias in psoriasis: The role of processing time and emotional valence

Etty, S., George, D. N., van Laarhoven, A., Kleyn, C. E., Walton, S., & Holle, H. (in press). Attentional bias in psoriasis: The role of processing time and emotional valence. British Journal of Health Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12712

Competing contextual processes rely on the infralimbic and prelimbic medial prefrontal cortices in the rat

George, D., Killcross, S., & Haddon, J. (2023). Competing contextual processes rely on the infralimbic and prelimbic medial prefrontal cortices in the rat. Oxford Open Neuroscience, 2, Article kvad003. https://doi.org/10.1093/oons/kvad003

Temporal distortion for angry faces: Testing visual attention and action preparation accounts

Tipples, J., Lupton, M., & George, D. (2023). Temporal distortion for angry faces: Testing visual attention and action preparation accounts. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218231172856

Acute itch induces attentional avoidance of itch-related information

Etty, S., George, D. N., van Laarhoven, A., & Holle, H. (2022). Acute itch induces attentional avoidance of itch-related information. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 102, adv00691. https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v102.1626

Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are sensitive to the correlation between pitch and timbre in human speech

Sturdy, S., Smith, D. R., & George, D. N. (in press). Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are sensitive to the correlation between pitch and timbre in human speech. Animal Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-021-01567-4

Research interests

Basic mechanisms of associative and perceptual learning

The interaction between learning and perception

Cognition and perception in dogs

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

An attentional bias approach to understanding and reducing the psychosocial burden of psoriasis

Funder

Psoriasis Association

Grant

£85,500.00

Started

1 January 2019

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Basic mechanisms of associative and perceptual learning

The interaction between learning and perception

Cognition and perception in dogs

Awards and prizes

American Psychological Association Division of Experimental Psychology Young Investigator Award in Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

2004

Conference organisation

Local organizer for Hull meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society

2012

Journal editorial role

Editorial board: Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Learning and Cognition

2022

Editorial board: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

2005 - 2009

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Member: Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

2021

Member: Experimental Psychology Society

2000

National/International learned society/body role

Committee member: Experimental Psychology Society

2012 - 2015

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