Dr David George

Dr David George

Senior Lecturer and Head of Psychology

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 and the Head of Psychology.

After completing a BSc in Psychology at the University of York, David moved to Cardiff University where he earned a PhD in associative learning under the supervision of Prof John Pearce FRS. He then worked in Cardiff first as a postdoctoral research associate and later as a Royal Society University Research Fellow. He moved to Hull as a senior lecturer in 2011 and between 2009 and 2017 also held the position of Visiting Research Fellow at UNSW Sydney in Australia.

David's research focuses on mechanisms of associative learning and attention, perceptual learning, and canine cognition.

Brain and behaviour 2 (level 5; module leader)

Understanding animal minds (level 6)

Neuroscience techniques (level 6)

People and nature (level 6; residential field trip)

Final year research project

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Test performance in optional shift and configural acquired-equivalence are positively correlated

Bru Garcia, S., George, D., & Robinson, J. (online). Test performance in optional shift and configural acquired-equivalence are positively correlated. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000384

Absence of Differential Protection From Extinction in Human Causal Learning

George, D., Haddon, J., & Griffiths, O. (2024). Absence of Differential Protection From Extinction in Human Causal Learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000380

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. (online). 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

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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