Welcome!
Welcome to the Affect, Cognition and Environment (ACE) research cluster! We are a group of researchers from the School of Psychology at Massey University who do research concerned with affect/emotion, human cognition, and the environment. We primarily use quantitative (and particularly experimental) methods in our research, and we have a strong interest in open science practices.
Our members include:
- Dr Matt Williams – Methodology; Misinformation; Climate change. Matt also leads a lab of students applying open science practices in psychological research.
- Dr Stephen Hill – Embodied cognition; Distributed cognition; Environmental psychology; Climate change. Stephen also directs the Embodied/Embedded Cognition Lab at Massey University.
- Dr Aaron Drummond – Cyberpsychology; Media Psychology; Video Games; Climate Change Psychology; Human Memory Research.
- Dr Michael Philipp – Michael conducts research on social cognition. Specifically he examines how people think about and respond to social cues – both real and imagined. He has particular research interests in facial expressions, theory of mind, and dad jokes. Michael also directs the Social Cognition Lab at Massey University.
- Dr Josh Faulkner – clinical neuropsychology, neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation, neuroimaging methods. Josh also works clinically as a neuropsychologist at the Massey Wellington Psychology clinic.
- Dr Corinne Bareham-Waldock – Consciousness, Attention, Disorders of Consciousness, Unilateral Spatial Neglect, Neuroimaging, Electroencephalography, Brain Stimulation. Corinne’s current research is particularly interested in how the brain supports spatial attention function and how attention is modulated from the transition from wakefulness to sleep. Corinne is also a collaborator with the Cambridge Consciousness and Cognition Lab.
Teaching
ACE cluster members teach into a number of courses in the School of Psychology, and particularly into courses focused on research methods. Some of the courses co-ordinated by cluster members include:
- 175.102 Psychology as a Natural Science (Dr Aaron Drummond, Dr Clifford van Ommen, Dr Corinne Bareham-Waldock)
- 175.203 Introduction to Psychological Research (Dr Michael Philipp, Dr Corinne Bareham-Waldock)
- 175.205 Brain and Behaviour (Dr Ute Kreplin, Dr Clifford van Ommen)
- 175.318 Experimental Psychology (Dr Stephen Hill)
- 175.746 Psychological Research: Quantitative Data Analysis (Dr Matt Williams)
175.102 and 175.203 are essentially compulsory for all undergraduate psychology students at Massey, as is 175.738 for postgraduate psychology students. In addition to these compulsory courses, we also suggest that all undergraduate students planning to progress to a postgraduate degree also take 175.303: The Practice of Psychological Research. Those keen to pursue postgraduate projects involving experimental methods should also consider 175.318. Finally, we encourage all postgraduate students hoping to conduct quantitative studies to take 175.746.
Seminar series
We operate an occasional research seminar conducted via Zoom. If you would like to receive notifications of upcoming seminars, you can join our mailing list by sending an email to sympa@lists.massey.ac.nz with the subject line subscribe psych-ac-cluster and your name.
News
For recent posts and presentations, see our News page.
