Senior Lecturer in Psychology
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, PGCert, C.Psychol, AFBPsS
Psychology, SW 509b
School of Life & Health Sciences,
Aston University, Aston Triangle
Birmingham B4 7ET, England
TEL: +44 (0)121 204 4068 FAX: +44 (0)121 204 4090
All office appointments: https://wass.aston.ac.uk/wass/
I am a Senior Lecturer [Equiv. Associate Professor] as well as the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Psychology (2008-) in the School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, UK. I am also a member of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (1998-), British Academy of Management (2008–), British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience (2006–2008) and The New York Academy of Sciences (2000–2006). I have been a member of The British Psychological Society (since 1998 and C.Psychol since 2008–), and a full member of the Division of Occupational Psychology (2009-) and Division of Teachers and Researchers in Psychology (2011-) and in 2011 I was elected to the Fellowship of The British Psychological Society (AFBPsS, 2011-).
I have a longstanding research interest in ‘social’ cognitive neuroscience. As such, I examine the cognitive factors that moderate our behaviour in groups and I do so from different perspectives. For over a decade, I have examined a range of behavioural moderators e.g., perception of faces, beauty, social status etc and have published extensively in various high impact journals. Recently, I have become interested in exploring ‘applied’ social cognitive neuroscience and use educational or organisational scenarios as a means to examine the cognitive mechanisms of group behaviour in an applied context. Currently, I am developing two main research themes:
1.Organisational Cognitive Neuroscience: Along with colleagues at the Aston Business School, I am examining the various means by which cognitive neuroscience can be applied to understanding organisational questions such as leadership or financial risk. See examples below:
Senior C, Lee N, & Butler MJR (2011) Organizational Cognitive Neuroscience.Organization Science. 22(3). 804-815.
Telle NT, Senior C, & Butler MJR (2011).Trait emotional intelligence facilitates responses in a gambling task. Personality and Individual Differences. 50(4). 523-526.
Senior C, Martin R, Thomas G, Topakas A, West MA & Yeats R (2011, in press).Developmental instability and leadership effectiveness.The Leadership Quarterly
Senior C, Martin R, Thomas G, Topakas A, West MA & Yeats R (2011, in press).How can earlobes signal leadership potential ?
Harvard Business Review.
** I am currently recruiting for a PhD studentship in developmental stability and leadership processes – please contact me for further information **
2.The cognitive neuroscience of face perception: Together with colleagues at the Universities of Derby and Southampton, I am carrying out a series of neuroimaging investigations to examine the neural mechanisms of static and dynamic facial expression perception. See examples below:
Longe OA, Senior C, & Rippon G (2009).Lateral and ventromedial PFC work as a dynamic integrated system: evidence from fMRI connectivity analysis. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 21(1). 141-154.
Maratos FA, Mogg K, Bradley BP, RipponG & Senior C (2009). Coarse threat images reveal theta oscillations in the amygdala: A magnetoencephalography study. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. 9(2). 133-143.
Maratos FA, Senior C, Mogg, K, Bradley BP, & Rippon GM (2011, in press). Task–irrelevant threatening faces modulate early
gamma-band activity in occipital cortex. Cognitive Neuroscience.
Foley E, Rippon G, Thai JN, Longe OA, & Senior C (2011, in press).Dynamic facial expressions evoke distinct activation in the face perception network: A connectivity analysis study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Together with colleagues from the University of Barcelona, I am currently working on a project examining face perception deficits in patients suffering from Schizophrenia. This project is funded by the Spanish Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria.
I am also Associate Editor for the journal, Cognitive Neuroscience (please contact me if you would like to discuss a potential submission to the journal).
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Research based pedagogy: I am also a firm believer in research based pedagogy which is a philosophy that has benefited my own teaching practice. See examples below:
Parson V, Wood J, Reddy P, & Senior C (2009). Educating the IPOD generation: Investigating students attitudes and experiences of podcasts. Learning, Media and Technology. 34(3). 215-228.
Tissington P & Senior C. (2010). Social networks: a learning tool for teams. British Journal of Educational Technology Published Online: doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01129.x
Senior C & Cubbidge R. (2010). Enhancing employability in the ‘ME generation’. Education & Training. 52(6). 445-449.
Towl M & Senior C. (2010). Undergraduate research training and graduate recruitment. Education & Training, 52(4). 292-303.
Yeats R, Reddy P, Wheeler A, Senior C & Murray J. (2010). What a difference a writing centre makes: A small scale study. Education & Training. 52(7). 499-507.
Senior C, Howard C, Reddy P, Clarke R, & Lim M. (2011, in press). The relationship between student centered lectures, emotional intelligence and study teams: A social telemetry study with mobile telephony. Studies in Higher Education. DOI:10.1080/03075079.2011.556719
Dr Carl Senior / Aston University / last updated September 2011.
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