• Question: Does your work affect animals? If so, which type(s)?

    Asked by anon-188273 to Warren, Shanti, Paul, Nadine, Alex on 5 Nov 2018. This question was also asked by anon-188254.
    • Photo: Warren Mansell

      Warren Mansell answered on 5 Nov 2018:

      The theoretical approach I use is just as relevant to animals as humans. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929311000752
      I am also fascinated in how relationships with animals can aid our well-being – naturemind.net

    • Photo: Nadine Mirza

      Nadine Mirza answered on 5 Nov 2018:

      I have not done any direct work with animals (though who knows, maybe one day!). But I’m very fascinated by animal studies used to discover and understand psychological behaviour- something which has been a part of the history of psychology throughout I guess!

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      Paul Matusz answered on 6 Nov 2018:

      Hi Minor,

      Research involving in animals has been important for establish some aspects of memory – have a look at some of the areas in this article in scholarpedia to get a better idea about the types of research where it was important – http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Memory . In areas of research that I am particularly interested in, such as so-called selective attention or working memory, research with animals has been very informative. However, the populations with which I work are almost exclusively adults and children.

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