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Cross-national comparison of youth justice approaches and youth custody (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hazel, N. (2014, December). Cross-national comparison of youth justice approaches and youth custody. Presented at Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights Conference on Children Deprived of Liberty in Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest, Hungary

This paper explored the key differences in approaches between youth justice systems. It considered the pressures on jurisdictions that result in varying policies and practices. It argued that analysis of policies as either emphasising children as "y... Read More about Cross-national comparison of youth justice approaches and youth custody.

Young people's experiences of custody (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hazel, N. (2014, December). Young people's experiences of custody. Presented at Helsinki Foundation Conference on Children Deprived of Liberty in Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest, Hungary

This presentation draws from a number of research projects over a 15 year period to synthesis what young people say about their experiences of custody. Particular attention is paid to qualitative research featuring what children say about their time... Read More about Young people's experiences of custody.

Through the keyhole (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Braine, M., Gawthorpe, D., Howe, P., & Ratcliffe, S. (2014, October). Through the keyhole. Presented at 43rd British Association of Neuroscience Nurses Annual Conference, Manchester

Returning from out of area placements : the impact on quality of life for people with learning disabilities (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hughes, M., McGarry, J., Westbrook, J., Williams, D., Dubrow-Marshall, L., & Cassidy, S. (2014, October). Returning from out of area placements : the impact on quality of life for people with learning disabilities. Poster presented at The Challenging Behaviours National Strategy Group Annual Conference, London

The purpose of this study was to explore quality of life issues for people with learning disabilities in both out-of-area and Salford community living. The study utilised a repeated measures design, in which the triangulation of qualitative and quant... Read More about Returning from out of area placements : the impact on quality of life for people with learning disabilities.

Emotion affects prefrontal cortex activity during cognitive task performance: A change blindness functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bendall, R., & Thompson, C. (2014, September). Emotion affects prefrontal cortex activity during cognitive task performance: A change blindness functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. Poster presented at British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Scientific Meeting, York

Research is increasingly demonstrating that emotional processes interact with our cognitions and that the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is heavily involved during such tasks. Higher naturalistic negative mood is related to reduced PFC activity during wor... Read More about Emotion affects prefrontal cortex activity during cognitive task performance: A change blindness functional near-infrared spectroscopy study..

Disciplinary, sectoral and national border crossings in the careers of social science and humanities researchers : findings from a European project (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Millard, D., & Coey, C. (2014, September). Disciplinary, sectoral and national border crossings in the careers of social science and humanities researchers : findings from a European project. Presented at Vitae Researcher Development International Conference, Manchester

This paper to presents some of the findings of the POCARIM (Mapping the Population, Careers, Mobilities and Impacts of Advanced Research Degree Graduates in the Social Sciences and Humanities)study. It reports in particular on the implications of thr... Read More about Disciplinary, sectoral and national border crossings in the careers of social science and humanities researchers : findings from a European project.

Attention restoration reduces change blindness (except for those who feel sad) (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Thompson, C., & Bendall, R. (2014, September). Attention restoration reduces change blindness (except for those who feel sad). Poster presented at British Psychological Society Cognitive Section Meeting, Nottingham, UK

Attention Restoration Theory (Kaplan, 1995; Kaplan & Berman, 2010) proposes that natural surroundings “restore” attentional resources, in comparison to urban surroundings. This is due to increased bottom-up processing in natural environments (relativ... Read More about Attention restoration reduces change blindness (except for those who feel sad).

The negative influence of mindwandering on visual search behaviour (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bower, C., & Thompson, C. (2014, September). The negative influence of mindwandering on visual search behaviour. Presented at British Psychological Society Cognitive Section Meeting, Nottingham, UK

The effective allocation of attention and visual search is critical in many real-world tasks and there are several factors that influence the distribution of resources. These range from positive influences (e.g. top-down search that is guided on the... Read More about The negative influence of mindwandering on visual search behaviour.