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Graham Dingwall

PhD. Student (Demonstrator)

 

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Contact Details:
Telephone: (+44)(1382) 388253
Email: Graham Dingwall

Postal Address:
School of Psychology
The University of Dundee
Dundee
DD1 4HN
Scotland, UK

 

Biography

I joined the University of Dundee as a PhD student in 2006. My research is concerned with the association between personality traits and cognitive abilities; specifically memory processes. I use EEG methods to examine neurophysiological variations in the processes associated with episodic retrieval across personality groupings. I am most interested in the personality dimension of introversion/extraversion. This personality dimension has been related to the VTA dopamine incentive motivation system, a system which has also been implicated in so-called “cognitive control” operations. I wish to determine if this motivational system, which is claimed to give rise to many of the behavioural characteristics associated with the introversion/extraversion dimension, has an impact on the strategic control of retrieval of information from episodic memory.


Qualifications

First Class MA (with honours) in psychology from the University of Dundee (2002-2006).


Teaching

Demonstrator for the University of Dundee School of Psychology,
teaching statistical methods to level 3 undergraduate students. (2006-2009).

Tutor in Introductory Biological Psychology for the Discover Learning at
Dundee online distance learning course. (2009).

Lecturer in Introductory Biological Psychology for the University of Dundee’s
access summer school (2006-2008).


Administration

Psychology course co-ordinator for the Discover Learning at Dundee online distance learning course. (2009).