Laboratory Manager
- About
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- Email Address
- eleanor.heggdal-loenes@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272248
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Psychology
Biography
I was awarded my PhD on lexical choice mechanisms in cross-dialectal communication in 2024 from the University of Dundee. I joined the University of Aberdeen in 2023 as a Teaching Fellow, and swapped role to become Laboratory Manager in 2024. Having completed an MSc in Research Methods in 2017 and worked in multiple professional services in Higher Education roles throughout my career, I am particularly interested in providing technical support to the School’s research activities alongside conducting my own projects.
Qualifications
- MA (Hons) Psychology with German2015 - University of Dundee
- MSc Psychological Research Methods2017 - University of Dundee
- PhD Psycholinguistics2024 - University of Dundee
Internal Memberships
I am a member of the Ethics Committee and the Research Committee within the School of Psychology. At the University level I am a member of the Health and Safety Committee and the Neurodiversity Network.
- Research
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Research Overview
My primary research interests lie in language processing, where I engage in experimental psycholinguistic research. In particular, I am interested in how interlocutors from different dialectal backgrounds communicate effectively with one another during dialogue. My primary research methodology is eye tracking, which I use in conjunction with measures of lexical choice and reaction time. I also like to keep up with new developments in the areas of research methods and statistical analysis. As well as human language, I am also fascinated by animal language. During my free time, one of my favourite pursuits is the study of psittacine communication - that is, teaching parrots to talk!
Research Areas
Psychology
Research Specialisms
- Psycholinguistics
- Research Methods in Psychology
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Animal Behaviour
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Teaching
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