Dr David George

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.