Dr Carolane Helin is Joint Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons) Psychology and Sociology joint programme and a Lecturer within the Division of Psychology, Sociology and Education.
- Overview
- Research Interests
- Teaching & Learning
I hold a PhD in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh and have been a Lecturer in Psychology at Queen Margaret University (草莓社区) since 2021.
My teaching primarily focuses on cognitive psychology, research methods, and data analysis, with an emphasis on supporting students in developing strong analytical and evidence鈥慴ased reasoning skills. My research interests centre on decision鈥憁aking and memory, as well as on evaluating and improving the teaching of data鈥慳nalysis skills to non鈥憆esearcher professionals. I am also involved in cross鈥慸isciplinary projects that bring together creative arts and psychology in community鈥慺ocused settings, and in applied healthcare research.
I am currently an affiliated member of the聽Centre for Applied Social Sciences and an Associate Fellow of Advance HE.
I specialise in Cognitive Psychology. My PhD research focused on the relationship between decision-making and memory. Currently, I aim to (re)focus on clinical research and research on neurodegenerative disease.
Active research interests:
- Clinical research
- Decision-Making
- Memory
- Dementia
- Forgetting
Research Methods:
- Quantitative methods
- Experimental
- NSHT
- Bayesian statistics
I teach psychology courses from first year to fourth year undergraduate level across the following subject areas:
- Foundation of Psychology
- Biopsychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Research Methods
- Research skills
