‘More bang for your buck’: Exploring the use of health economics in an educational context.

Supervisor: Hughes, C. (Supervisor), Stringer, C. (Supervisor) & Watkins, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Comprehensive Investigation to Inform Effective Talent Development in Sport

Supervisor: Lawrence, G. (Supervisor) & Gottwald, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Converging Approach to Sex differences and Pain; an Examination of Social and Biological Mechanisms that May Account for Differences Between Male and Female Pain Reports

Supervisor: Mullins, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Realist Evaluation of Geographically Distinct Community (Health) Development Projects: What works in Wales, for Whom, How, Why, and in What circumstances?

Supervisor: Williams, S. (Supervisor) & Brocklehurst, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Realist Evaluation of In-Practice Prevention Care Pathway

Supervisor: Williams, S. (Supervisor) & Brocklehurst, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A comprehensive profile of awareness in mild cognitive impairment

Supervisor: Clare, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A multidisciplinary approach to examine mental toughness

Supervisor: Beattie, S. (Supervisor) & Cooke, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A neurophysiological investigation of mindfulness training in secondary schools: Modifications in cognitive control and emotion processing in adolescents

Supervisor: Dorjee, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A preference for delayed rewards in children: developmental effects and individual differences

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A psychophysiological examination of concept conscious processing of movements

Supervisor: Hardy, J. (Supervisor) & Cooke, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A psychophysiological examination of the emotions-performance relationship

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A psychosocial approach to illness cognition, emotional coping responses and lay referral: an exploratory mixed and multi-methods design within early diagnostic cancer research

Supervisor: Morrison, V. (Supervisor) & Huws, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A three-dimensional approach to time conceptualization in Chinese-English bilinguals

Supervisor: Thierry, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A total population study of challenging behaviour and evaluation of Positive Behavioural Support outcomes

Supervisor: Totsika, V. (Supervisor), Hastings, R. (Supervisor) & Toogood, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

ABA-based interventions to increase social and mathematical skills in children with developmental disabilities in school settings

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

ADHD symptons and academic performance in adolescents

Supervisor: Daley, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Acting for the Right Reasons: An Investigation of the Utility of Fear of Failure from a Positive Psychology Perspective

Supervisor: Parkinson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Adjustment and well-being among parents of children and adults with intellectual disabihties : Aetiology and behavioural phenotypes

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advancing the understanding of factors which influence job satisfaction of care home staff

Supervisor: Rycroft-Malone, J. (Supervisor) & Williams, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Affective responses to imaged motor fluency

Supervisor: Hayes, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An Evaluation of the Incredible Years School Readiness Parenting Programme Delivered in Welsh Schools

Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (Supervisor) & Bywater, T. J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An empowerment evaluation using a critical ethnographic approach to examine the development of an empowerment education programme in Romania

Supervisor: Poland, F. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An examination of the precise nature of ironic performance breakdown

Supervisor: Woodman, T. (Supervisor) & Cooke, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An experimental analysis of the momentary DRO schedule

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An exploration of the characteristics of student nurse personal epistemologies and their relationships to approaches to studying

Supervisor: Rycroft-Malone, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An exploration of the role of lay beliefs of genetics in the decision to pursue predictive genetic testing

Supervisor: Maguire, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An fMRI Investigation of Visual Responses to Social Interactions

Supervisor: Koldewyn, K. (Supervisor) & Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An investigation examining the effects of specificity within the construct of anxiety on planning and execution of movement

Supervisor: Lawrence, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of staff explanations about challenging behaviour

Supervisor: Jones, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Anxiety, self-confidence, self-efficacy and performance : some challenges to current thinking

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Application of the capability approach to health economics research involving informal carers of people with dementia

Supervisor: Edwards, R. (Supervisor) & Hounsome, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Approach and avoid responses to Valenced Stimuli

Supervisor: Ward, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Arabic women's participation in sport : barriers and motivation among Egyptian and Kuwaiti athletes

Supervisor: Markland, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Archwilio profiadau bywyd ac anghenion unigolion sy’n rhoi gofal yng Ngogledd Cymru er mwyn datblygu gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth o ystyron gwahanol weithgareddau gofalu a’u heffaith ar hunaniaeth unigolion sy’n rhoi gofal.

Supervisor: Davies, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Army Adventurous Training and the Internalisation of Core Values: How leadership behaviours affect the internalisation of motivational regulations

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Asnani’ – my teeth – exploring behavioral prevention strategies for dental caries in Qatari primary schools: A case study approach

Supervisor: Williams, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of gender mutation in Welsh

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Autobiographical memory, emotional intelligence, emotion focusing and depression in children

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Automatic imitation:antecedents and individual differences

Supervisor: Ramsey, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Awareness and the emotional experience of acquired brain injury

Supervisor: Addy, K. (External person) (Supervisor) & Morrison, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Becoming Language and Culturally Appropriate in Health and Social Care – A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study to Promote Best Practice

Supervisor: Williams, S. (Supervisor) & Huws, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Behavioral and neural markers of serial order and timing in skilled motor sequences during planning

Supervisor: Kornysheva, E. (Supervisor) & Mullins, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Behaviour-Analytic Assessments to Inform Quality of Life Interventions for People with Dementia

Supervisor: Sharp, R. (Supervisor) & Jones, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Behavioural and neural mechanisms of motor sequence learning by observation

Supervisor: Cross, E. (Supervisor) & Ramsey, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Behavioural early interventions for children with autism or intellectual disabilities

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Behind the Lens: Sensorimotor and Cognitive After-effectsof Prism Adaptation

Supervisor: Rafal, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bilingual Lexical Processing: Evidence from picture naming andtranslation in aphasic and non-aphasic speakers

Supervisor: Tainturier, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bilingual Semantics: Intra- and inter-sense mapping in the case of two languages

Supervisor: Jones, M. (Supervisor) & Vaughan-Evans, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bilingualism and cognition: an ERP approach

Supervisor: Mills, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Body image in adolescence: the influence of social comparison processes

Supervisor: Ingledew, D. (Supervisor) & Iphofen, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Body selectivity in human visual cortex

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Brachyury in the Human Colon and Colorectal Cancer

Supervisor: Wakeman, J. (Supervisor) & Gollins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Brands as a unique and special stimulus class: Bridging the gap between face and object processing

Supervisor: Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor) & Bestelmeyer, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bridging the gap between research and practice for interventions based on applied behaviour analysis

Supervisor: Hoerger, M. (Supervisor) & Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

CARer-ADministration of as-needed sub-cutaneous medication for breakthrough symptoms in people dying at home: The CARiAD feasibility RCT

Supervisor: Wilkinson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Can a woodland activity programme benefit participant wellbeing and change the way they use woods?

Supervisor: Morrison, V. (Supervisor), Wynne-Jones, S. (Supervisor) & Dandy, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Can adult attachment inform outcome from parent training for children with disruptive behaviours?

Supervisor: Swales, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cardio-respiratory fitness, obesity and traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Supervisor: Thom, J. (Supervisor) & Moore, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cerebellar contributions to nonmotor behaviour

Supervisor: Bracewell, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cerebral asymmetries: handedness and the right hemisphere

Supervisor: Carey, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Changing children's eating behaviour: Using digital photography to measure the effects of two school-based interventions on children’s intake of macro- and micro-nutrients at lunchtime

Supervisor: Erjavec, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Childhood trauma and dissociation as factors affecting adult male sexual offending behaviour.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Choking under pressure : mechanisms and individual differences

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Co-creating meaningful short breaks: Integrating research, policy, and practice

Supervisor: Seddon, D. (Supervisor), Jones, C. (Supervisor) & Williams, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cognition and activities of daily living in ageing and dementia

Supervisor: Clare, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cognitive Changes Associated with Martial Arts Practice

Supervisor: Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor) & Morgan, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cognitive reserve, mood, and cognitive function in later life

Supervisor: Clare, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Combining in silico and experimental approaches to assess germ/stem cell oncogenic signatures as potential cancer-specific biomarkers and therapeutic targets

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor) & Staples, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Compassionate Dementia Care: The Conceptualisations of Acute Hospital Nurses

Supervisor: Williams, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conceptualisation, measurement, and impact of transformational leadership in military recruit training

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coping, mindfulness, occupational stress and burnout amongst healthcare professionals employed within forensic inpatient settings

Supervisor: Owen, R. (Supervisor) & Elliott, K. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Corpus gnarus: the experienced bodily self

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cross-cultural Affective Neuroscience: An Integrative Approach to Personality: Cross-cultural Affective Neuroscience

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cross-linguistic treatment generalisation in Welsh-English bilingual aphasia

Supervisor: Tainturier, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dehydration: assessment techniques and effects on endurance performance and well-being

Supervisor: Oliver, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determinants of gestural imitation in young children

Supervisor: Horne, P. (Supervisor) & Lowe, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing Excellence in Rugby Union: A Multidisciplinary and Mixed Method Approach to Enhancing the Efficacy of the RFU Talent Development Pathway

Supervisor: Hardy, J. (Supervisor) & Roberts, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing and evaluating brief, computerised interventions for excessive drinkers

Supervisor: Cox, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing excellence in outdoor provision: Enhancing training pathways for outdoor qualifications

Supervisor: Roberts, R. (Supervisor) & Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and Evaluation of a Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Behaviour Change Intervention Targeting 3 – 4 year old Children at School, Extending to the Home.

Supervisor: Horne, P. (Supervisor) & Erjavec, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and application of linked pharmacometric-pharmacoeconomic analyses in clinical drug development

Supervisor: Hughes, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of an intervention to promote Physical Activity for Cancer Survivors (PACS)

Supervisor: Williams, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of attention to social interactions in naturalistic scenes

Supervisor: Koldewyn, K. (Supervisor) & Ward, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developmental aspects of temporal visual attention

Supervisor: Shapiro, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder in the Community

Supervisor: Swales, M. (Supervisor) & Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dialectical behaviour therapists' experience of young people with features of borderline personality disorder : a qualitative analysis

Supervisor: Swales, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents who repeatedly self-harm : a qualitative study

Supervisor: Swales, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimension-specific effects of endogenous and exogenous spatial cueing : indication for integration of spatial and feature-based attention

Supervisor: Sapir, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discourse and Dementia: Using positioning theory to explore whether an Appreciative Inquiry approach supports people living with dementia to challenge discourse

Supervisor: Huws, J. (Supervisor) & Williams, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dispositional mindfulness and mindfulness training with Vietnamese children: An integrative neurodevelopmental study

Supervisor: Dorjee, D. (Supervisor) & Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dyslexia in adulthood : screening assessment and manifestations

Supervisor: Caravolas, M. (Supervisor) & Intriligator, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Early development of text writing in two contrasting orthographies: English and Spanish

Supervisor: Caravolas, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Early parent-based intervention for conduct problems and ADHD

Supervisor: Daley, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Eating behaviour, affect and cognitive function.

Supervisor: Williams, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economic evaluation of endoscopic ultrasound in gastro-oesophageal cancer staging: Exploring novel methodology in QALY estimations alongside clinical trials in the UK

Supervisor: Edwards, R. T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effecting Well-being Improvements in Educational Settings with Positive Psychology Interventions

Supervisor: Roberts, R. (Supervisor) & Parkinson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of Eudaimonic Framing Upon the Self-Regulation of Healthy Lifestyle Behavior and Alleviation of Noncommunicable Disease

Supervisor: Parkinson, J. (Supervisor) & Goodman, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course on Neurocognitive Markers of Ageing and Dementia in Typically Ageing Older Adults

Supervisor: Mullins, P. (Supervisor) & Dorjee, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of acute and chronic exercise on appetite regulatory hormones, craving and body weight in sedentary lean and overweight/obese females

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrophysiological studies of the time-course of 3D shape perception and object recognition

Supervisor: Leek, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Emotion regulation after acquired brain injury

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Emotional memory for basic emotions in amnesia

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhancing equity in sport: informing the development of an evidence-based standardised starting system in D/deaf and hearing athletics.

Supervisor: Gottwald, V. (Supervisor) & Lawrence, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhancing motor skill acquisition in individuals with a learning disability.

Supervisor: Lawrence, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental extremes and the immune response to exercise

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating the Incredible Years Toddler Programme in disadvantaged areas of Wales

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating the incredible years baby programme in Wales

Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (Supervisor) & Erjavec, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of a Drinking-Related and a Motivational Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption and Change Drinking Behaviour among University Students

Supervisor: Cox, W. M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of the COPING parent online universal programme

Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (Supervisor) & Griffith, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of the Enhancing Parenting Skills 2014 Programme

Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (Supervisor) & Hoare, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evidence-based practice, autism education and Applied Behaviour Analysis: Do Behaviour Analysts need to practise what they preach?

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor) & Hughes, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examining Personality and Performance in Extreme Environments

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor), Beattie, S. (Supervisor), Arthur, C. (Supervisor) & Eade, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examining the Interactive Effects of Mental Toughness, Self-Regulated Training Behaviors, and Personality in Swimming

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor) & Beattie, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examining the Social Reward Value of Biological Motion

Supervisor: Cross, E. (External person) (Supervisor) & Koldewyn, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examining the effect of Positive Psychology Interventions to improve psychological wellbeing, workplace motivation and re-employment prospects in North Wales.

Supervisor: Parkinson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examining the relationship between paired associate learning and reading ability in adults and children

Supervisor: Jones, M. (Supervisor) & Oppenheim, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Executive functioning in early stage Parkinson's disease

Supervisor: Clare, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise As Adjunctive Therapy In Chronic Kidney Disease

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise and joint health in rheumatoid arthritis

Supervisor: Thom, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise motives and gains: implications for health behaviour change

Supervisor: Ingledew, D. (Supervisor) & Markland, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise rehabilitation after hip or knee joint replacement: The effects of illness representations and self-efficacy on adherence, physical recovery and emotional well-being

Supervisor: Morrison, V. (Supervisor) & Burton, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise stress, nutrition and novel measures of in vivo immunity

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploration of the processes and outcomes associated with participation in outdoor sports

Supervisor: Woodman, T. (Supervisor) & Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring Attentional Bias and the Overall Recovery Experience of Individuals with a Drug or Alcohol Dependency

Supervisor: Hogan, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring and Explaining the Role of Boundary Objects in Implementation through the National Institute of Health Research’s Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRCs)

Supervisor: Rycroft-Malone, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring decision making in intellectual disability nursing: provider and user perspectives

Supervisor: Irvine, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring decision making to create an active offer of planned home birth

Supervisor: Rycroft-Malone, J. (Supervisor) & Burton, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the Cost, Long-Term Outcomes and Sibling Benefits of the Incredible Years (IY) Autism Spectrum and Language Delays Programme

Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Williams, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the Economic Case for Universal and Targeted Mindfulness-Based Approaches to Prevention: the trial feasibility stage

Supervisor: Edwards, R. (Supervisor) & Crane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the experiences of dialysis in young adulthood

Supervisor: Parry-Jones, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the interface between emotion and cognition

Supervisor: Mills, D. (Supervisor) & Bentall, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the possible negative effects of self-efficacy upon performance

Supervisor: Beattie, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Eye movements and the visual perception of shape

Supervisor: Leek, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facial Signals of Personality in Humans and Chimpanzees

Supervisor: Ward, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facial cues to mental health symptoms

Supervisor: Ward, R. (Supervisor) & Turnbull, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facilitation in perceptual and conceptual networks and rapid response learning: Two types of memory for priming in person recognition

Supervisor: Boehm, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors associated with the severity of Apnoea Hypopnoea Index (AHI) in Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor) & Moore, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Chemosensitivity and Perception of Effort before and after loading of respiratory and locomotor systems

Supervisor: Owen, J. (Supervisor) & Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Family and staff perspectives on quality of life, well-being and human rights for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: a case study approach

Supervisor: Woods, B. (Supervisor) & Algar-Skaife, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fatigue and exercise in cancer

Supervisor: Marcora, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Feature selection and classification of non-traditional data : examples from veterinary medicine

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fluid and energy deficits : hydration markers, saliva immunoglobulin A and endurance performance

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Focus of attention and anxiety’s respective effect on motor control

Supervisor: Gottwald, V. (Supervisor) & Lawrence, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Focus of attention execution of form, anxious performance and consideration in imagery application

Supervisor: Lawrence, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Focus on Feelings: Emotion Regulation and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation after Acquired Brain Injury

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor) & Coetzer, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From research to practice : integrity and pragmatics in implementing mindfulness-based interventions

Supervisor: Griffith, G. (Supervisor) & Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From small acorns: The positive impact of adopting simple teacher classroom management strategies on global classroom behaviour and teacher-pupil relationships.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From vision to touch : the cortical and behavioural effects of viewing others in pain

Supervisor: Tipper, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional integration of neural signals during person perception

Supervisor: Ramsey, R. (Supervisor) & Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic dissection of neurocognitive phenotypes : implications for psychopathological susceptibility

Supervisor: Linden, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genotype-phenotype analysis of the checkpoint kinase MEC1, the budding yeast homologue of human ATM/ ATR

Supervisor: Cha, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Goal-orientations, intrinsic motivation & adherence to regular physical activity

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Group interventions for adults with ASD

Supervisor: Henderson, B. (Supervisor) & Griffith, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Health Economics and Motor Neurone Disease: Evidence for health technology assessments

Supervisor: Hughes, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Health service users' help-seeking decisions in primary healthcare: A health psychology approach

Supervisor: Fazey, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hemispheric asymmetries: behavioural, kinematic, and electrophysiological predictors of cerebral organisation

Supervisor: Carey, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

History, Organization and the Changing Culture of Care : An Historical Analysis of the Frontier Nursing Service

Supervisor: Iphofen, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

How attention influences the emotional evaluation of complex objects

Supervisor: Raymond, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

How could clock gene variants contribute to the causes of autism?

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

How language, culture and emotions shape the mind

Supervisor: Jones, M. (Supervisor) & Turnbull, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Human choice and the matching law: the role of verbal behaviour

Supervisor: Lowe, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and characterisation of germline-associated genes as potential human cancer biomarkers

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor) & Wakeman, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification of genetic markers that predict cancer sensitivity to the anticancer drugs 5-FU and Irinotecan

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor) & Gollins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identifying Behavioural and Neural Indices of Sensorimotor Experience Among Young Adults and Adolescents

Supervisor: Cross, E. (Supervisor) & Koldewyn, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Illusions of control : exploring the dissociation between explicit and implicit systems

Supervisor: Ward, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Imagery perspectives, imagery ability and personality

Supervisor: Callow, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving the physical health of adults with intellectual disabilities who live in residential settings

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor) & Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving the reading skills of typically developing children and children with an intellectual disability

Supervisor: Hughes, C. (Supervisor) & Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

In the heat of the moment: An emotion regulation approach for managing anger after brain injury

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor) & Coetzer, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Incidental Impressions & Inconsistent Information

Supervisor: Koldewyn, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Increasing physical activity in children

Supervisor: Horne, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Increasing student's skills in STEM with the use of precision teaching : assessing the effectiveness of SAFMEDS

Supervisor: Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Individual Difference in Self and Social Attributions of Facial Appearances: Behavioural Correlates of Depression

Supervisor: Ward, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Individual differences in reaction time variability : a combined psychometric and electroencephalographic approach

Supervisor: Klein, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Individual differences in voice identity perception

Supervisor: Bestelmeyer, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Influence of a newly developed weight loss intervention based on diet commandments on physiological and psychological levels in obese females

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Influences on cognition:Emotion, social cues, context

Supervisor: Heerey, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Inhibition of return is mediated by object identity

Supervisor: Tipper, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Inter-temporal choice for high-value food rewards as a model of food-scheduling behaviour

Supervisor: Rogers, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interaction of lexical-semantic and imagery representations.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interventions aimed at increasing literacy skills in those at risk of offending behaviour

Supervisor: Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Introducing and evaluating the 'Books Together Programme'

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the Physical and Psychological Impact of Assistive Technology Use (and its Influences) Among People Living with Multiple Sclerosis

Supervisor: Morrison, V. (Supervisor) & Williams, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the integration between person knowledge and person perception processes

Supervisor: Ramsey, R. (Supervisor) & Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the neurocognitive bases of social cognition from a general semantics perspective

Supervisor: Binney, R. (Supervisor) & Koldewyn, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation of the reward value of exercise using discounting paradigm

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor) & Rogers, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation of the roles of HERC2 in Centrosome and Cilia Biology

Supervisor: Staples, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Language, belonging and psychosis: a mixed methods study testing the presence of a linguistic group density association in Wales and its possible mechanisms

Supervisor: Saville, C. (Supervisor) & Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Learning to read and spell in Albanian, English and Welsh : the effect of orthographic transparency

Supervisor: Ellis, N. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Life domain conflicts in elite sport

Supervisor: Markland, D. (Supervisor), Hardy, J. (Supervisor) & Birrer, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Life events and psychological problems in people with intellectual disabilities

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Linguistic relativity electrified :|event-related potentials investigation of the way in which language affects cognition

Supervisor: Thierry, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Links between parental affect, cognitions, parenting, and child outcomes

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Living at Home with Family: : Psychological Adaptation and Well-being Among Family Carers and Adults with an Intellectual Disability

Supervisor: Totsika, V. (Supervisor) & Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Living with psychiatric labels

Supervisor: Lea, J. (Supervisor) & Owen, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mapping resilience: Expeditions, profiling, and the COVID-19 pandemic

Supervisor: Callow, N. (Supervisor), Roberts, R. (Supervisor) & Beattie, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mapping the consequence of peripheral nerve transection and repair on brain organisation and hand function

Supervisor: Valyear, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Measuring parental language in flying start areas in Wales

Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Medical and psychological outcomes following epilepsy surgery

Supervisor: Bracewell, M. (Supervisor) & d'Avossa, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mental health professionals' perspectives on spirituality and psychosis

Supervisor: Daley, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Metabolic adaptation on muscular and whole body levels in response to altered nutrient availability and energy demand

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Models and treatment relapse and a pilot prevention intervention

Supervisor: Hoerger, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Moderate-to-high intensity aerobic interval training versus continuous aerobic training in real life, centre based, cardiac rehabilitation

Supervisor: Moore, J. (Supervisor) & Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modulations of cerebellar predictive language function through continuous theta burst stimulation

Supervisor: Bracewell, R. (Supervisor) & Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Morphological processing in dyslexic children

Supervisor: Tainturier, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Morphosyntactic complexity and exposure in the acquisition of gender in Welsh

Supervisor: Gathercole, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Motivational and cognitive determinants of attentional bias for alcohol-related stimuli : implications for a new attentional-training intervention

Supervisor: Cox, W. M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Motivational and emotional salience effects on working memory

Supervisor: Raymond, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Motor imagery as a potential tool for improvement of musculoskeletal function in physiotherapy practice

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Movin' On Up? The economics of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in terms of health care costs and social mobility

Supervisor: Edwards, R. T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Investigation of Neurovascular Uncoupling in Hypoxia

Supervisor: Mullins, P. (Supervisor), Macdonald, J. (Supervisor) & Oliver, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Network-state dependent effects in naming and learning

Supervisor: Tainturier, M. (Supervisor) & Mullins, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Neuroanatomical and perceptual deficits in auditory agnosia : a study of an auditory agnosia patient with inferior colliculus damage

Supervisor: Rafal, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Neurocognitive Processes Underpinning Different Aspects of Mental Robustness in British Military Personnel

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor), Hardy, L. (Supervisor) & Roberts, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Neurocognitive investigation of objectin-scene representations

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Neurocognitive study of mindfulness with primary school pupils

Supervisor: Dorjee, D. (Supervisor) & Thierry, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Neuroimaging of Chronic Pain

Supervisor: Mullins, P. (Supervisor) & Jones, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Neuropsychology of Motivated Forgetting

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor) & Bracewell, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

New Directions in Team Resilience

Supervisor: Beattie, S. (Supervisor) & Hardy, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

New Impulses for Disability Studies: Bringing Together the Frankfurt School’s Critical Theory, Foucault’s Theory of Power, and Donna Haraway’s Cyborg Feminism as Responses to the Postmodern Critique of the Social Model of Disability

Supervisor: Stoetzler, M. (Supervisor) & Davies, H. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel Variants of the DNA Damage Checkpoint Protein Cds1 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel insights into heat acclimation by post-exercise hot water immersion

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Older people and end of life choices : an exploration of the options and related discourses

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

On the lexical representation and selection of written words in proficient Welsh-English bilinguals: A behavioural and fMRI investigation

Supervisor: Tainturier, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optimising patient function following elective total hip replacement surgery

Supervisor: Lemmey, A. (Supervisor) & Maddison, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Overcoming Barriers to ABA Implementation in Maintained SEN Schools in the UK

Supervisor: Hoerger, M. (Supervisor) & Roberts-Tyler, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Overseas expeditions ; : self-esteem and transformational leadership

Supervisor: Callow, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Parent-mediated interventions for children with social-communication difficulties

Supervisor: Healy, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Parental bereavement when a child with an intellectual disability dies

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Parenting a child with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Psychological variables and their relationship to well-being

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pathway 2 Podium: A Multidisciplinary and Mixed Method Approach to Enhancing the Efficacy of Talent Development Systems

Supervisor: Gottwald, V. (Supervisor) & Hardy, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physical activity, kidney function and kidney injury

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological stressors : the effects of sleep disruption, energy restriction and prolonged exercise on thermoregulation and immune function

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiology at high altitude: understanding mechanisms and identifying countermeasures

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor), Oliver, S. (Supervisor) & Mullins, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Picture name agreement as a measure of lexical co-activation in word production: Behavioral and electrophysiological insights

Supervisor: Oppenheim, G. (Supervisor) & Thierry, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pliers as parts of the body: a kinematic analysis of visuomotor control in tool use

Supervisor: Watt, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pontio’r bobl a’r gymuned : Y rhwystrau a’r heriau sy’n wynebu prosiectau pontio’r cenedlaethau gan ganolbwyntio ar gynaliadwyedd.

Supervisor: Jones, C. H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Post-exercise hot water immersion: a novel approach to heat acclimation

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pragmatic evaluation of group cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome

Supervisor: Lyon-Jones, H. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Preliminary evidence for a neuro-cognitive model of mental toughness

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Preliminary stages in the validation of a talent identification model in cricket

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Probing the impact of familiarity on effective connectivity within the Action Observation Network

Supervisor: Cross, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Projection of personal space and schema beyond the physical body

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor), Tipper, S. (Supervisor) & Ward, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Proton MRS Studies in Ageing: investigating relaxation, concentration, and correlation with resting-state activity in the PCC

Supervisor: Mullins, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Psychological resilience and youth offending: Can tailored interventions reduce recidivism?

Supervisor: Beattie, S. (Supervisor), Roberts, R. (Supervisor) & Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Psychological vulnerability in bipolar disorder

Supervisor: Bentall, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Psychophysiological evidence of a role for emotion in the learning of trustworthiness from identity-contingent eye-gaze cues

Supervisor: Tipper, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Psychophysiological investigation of false memory in amnesiac patients

Supervisor: Rafal, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Psychosocial interventions in rheumatoid arthritis: A patient centred approach using imagery and hypnotherapy

Supervisor: Callow, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Public Speaking Anxiety: Past, Present, and Future

Supervisor: Callow, N. (Supervisor) & Beattie, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy