MA, MRes
Research PG
- About
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- Email Address
- t.alexander.24@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Psychology
Biography
Hi there! I'm currently a PhD student within the School. I research language comprehension - in particular, how individuals predict upcoming words, and what consequences these predictions have for comprehension. I am supervised by Dr Joost Rommers and Prof Patric Bach.
Before starting my PhD I studied both Philosophy and Psychology, also at Aberdeen. Within Philosophy I was interested in epistemology (the philosophy of knowledge), and the overlap of epistemology and moral philosophy (epistemic injustice).
Qualifications
- MA Philosophy and Psychology2023 - University of Aberdeen
First class honours
- MRes Psychology2024 - University of Aberdeen
Awarded with distinction
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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L1 Practical tutor
L4 PAL Leader (with Igne Jasukaityte)
MSc Workshop tutor
Member of the Action Prediction Lab
Year 1 PhD representative for the ECR committee
- External Memberships
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Member of the Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences
Experimental Psychology Society Postgraduate Member
Prizes and Awards
ESRC - SGSSS Studentship (1+3 award), awarded through the Student-Led Open Competition: 2023 - 2027
School of Psychology internal funding to support research internship: 2022
Discovering research award to support research internship: 2021
University of Aberdeen Merit Scholarships: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Research
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Research Overview
My research is on predictive processing in language comprehension - that is, how language users predict upcoming words when comprehending language. In particular, I'm interested in how individuals update incorrect predictions when they are proven incorrect.
Research Areas
Psychology
Research Specialisms
- Psycholinguistics
- Cognitive Psychology
- Quantitative Psychology
- Psychology
- Psychology of Memory and Learning
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Supervision
I am supervised by Dr Joost Rommers and Prof Patric Bach
Supervisors
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
PS1009/1509 - Introduction to concepts and theories within Psychology
PS1011/1511 - Introduction to research methods within Psychology
PS5529 - Introduction to research methods and statistics within Psychology (MSc)
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
PS2017/2018 - Grader
L4 PAL