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Joseph Newton   BSc MSc

Mr Joseph Newton

BSc MSc

Research student

School of Psychology

Email
NewtonJM@cardiff.ac.uk
Campuses
Tower Building, 70 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT

Overview

My research has a focus on the effect that social exclusion (being ignored and excluded) has on risky decision-making. In particular, I am interested in testing how social exclusion influences susceptibility to peer choices, as well as examining how states of social (dis)connection alters changes in reward sensitivity, reward learning, and other changes in motivated behaviour. 

 

 

Research

I am currently a member of several lab groups that I share research interests with:

  • Social Psychology
  • Human Factors Excellence (HuFEx) Research Group
  • Behavioural Research Group
  • Postgraduate Cardiff Neuroscience Socie

Teaching

I am a current Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) for year one undergraduates, and am a previous Postgraduate tutor. I have advised second year research projects, as well as having taught and marked work for several classes on topics such as essay writing, statistics, persuasion, biological psychology and individual differences.

Biography

Biography

  • Aberystwyth University: BSc 
  • Cardiff University: MSc 
  • Purdue University: Visiting Scholar to the lab of distinguished Professor Kipling D. Williams
  • Cardif University: PhD Student, Graduate Teaching Assistant

Academic positions

2020 - 2021: Postgraduate Tutor, Cardiff University

2021 - Present: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cardiff University

Supervisors

Research themes

Specialisms

  • Cognition
  • Behavioural economics
  • Behavioural neuroscience