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Living with and beyond breast cancer : exploring women’s use of social media to support psychosocial health
Thesis
Ure, C. (in press). Living with and beyond breast cancer : exploring women’s use of social media to support psychosocial health. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background: Despite the extensive use of social media, its role in supporting women living with and beyond breast cancer (LwBBC), across the survivorship trajectory, remains underexplored. Existing research has tended to focus on single or dual platf... Read More about Living with and beyond breast cancer : exploring women’s use of social media to support psychosocial health.

“I kind of had an avatar switch” : the role of the self in engagement with an interactive TV drama
Presentation / Conference
engagement with an interactive TV drama. Presented at TVX 2016: the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video, Chicago, United States

This paper reports results from a study which examined viewers’ cognitive and affective responses to an interactive TV drama. Ten participants were videoed interacting with ‘Our World War’ [1], and then interviewed about their experience using th... Read More about “I kind of had an avatar switch” : the role of the self in engagement with an interactive TV drama.

Visuomotor behaviours during functional task performance with a myoelectric prosthesis
Thesis
Sobuh, M. Visuomotor behaviours during functional task performance with a myoelectric prosthesis. (Thesis). University of Salford

Myoelectric hand prostheses are controlled via electromyographic (EMG) signals measured at the residual forearm musculature. Active functional use requires control of force and motion of the prosthetic hand in the absence of proprioceptive and tactil... Read More about Visuomotor behaviours during functional task performance with a myoelectric prosthesis.

Change blindness in driving scenes
Journal Article
Galpin, A., Underwood, G., & Crundall, D. Change blindness in driving scenes. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 12(2), 179-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2008.11.002

One of the key perceptual errors that contributes to accidents on the road is ‘looking but failing to see’. Though this has previously been attributed to failures of attention or time gaps, the recent change blindness literature suggests another alte... Read More about Change blindness in driving scenes.