Sue Sherman

Biography

I joined the School in September 2005 having been a lecturer at the University of Sheffield (Department of Human Communication Sciences) and the University of Kent (Psychology Department). I have a multidisciplinary background (BSc (Hons) in Computational Linguistics, MA in Psycholinguistics, PhD in Cognitive Psychology), with current research interests predominantly in the domain of cognitive psychology as well as some aspects of health psychology. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. You can read more on my personal research blog here: drsuesherman.wordpress.com NEWS: My recent webinar reporting findings from my recent NSMI funded grant on what mothers of teenage girls know and think about HPV and cervical screening is available here: https://youtu.be/LaRThoCURog  I am Associate Editor for the Journal of Cognitive Psychology (September 2017 - date) Research visit to National University of Singapore, University of Sydney and University of Auckland (October 2015 - January 2016) Awarded a Wellcome Small Grant to investigate Vaccinating boys against HPV: the parent perspective (November 2015) Awarded a Santander Research Scholarship to fund a research visit to Australia and New Zealand (June 2015) Extensive media coverage of BMJ paper about cervical cancer in older women (w/c 15th June 2015)    Clip from BBC Breakfast News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33130836 Nominated for a KeeleSU Student-Led Teaching Award for Best Personal Tutor (May 2015) Nominated for a Keele Teaching Excellence Award (2015) I was elected Chair of the BPS Cognitive Section (2014-2017) I successfully completed the LFHE Aurora Leadership Programme (June 2014) Shortlisted for a KeeleSU Student-Led Teaching Award for Best Personal Tutor (May 2014) As the School's Athena SWAN Champion, I recently led our successful application for a Bronze Departmental Award (October 2013)

Research Interest

False memory: My research is concerned with aspects of implicit and explicit memory, particularly in the context of false memory. I investigate the nature and quality of false memories using the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm, to address issues such as how false memories can be distinguished from true memories. Most recently I have been focusing on the different types of stimuli that can give rise to false memories such as brand names and famous faces as well as the effect of different mental states such as mindfulness and sleep.