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Dr Deborah Wells

Mozart, Debussy and Haydn through a dog's ear

It was on the shelves of a US veterinary facility that music producer Joshua Leeds found what he was looking for. It was Dr Deborah Wells' study entitled 'The influence of auditory stimulation on the behaviour of dogs housed in a rescue shelter.’

Dr Wells discusses her research with dogs
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Dr Laura Taylor

The unique challenge of "Generation Peace"

Dr Laura Taylor is part of an interdisciplinary international team in the closing stages of the ambitious six year Northern Ireland Project, a longitudinal study involving 1,000 mother-and-child pairs, examining the relations between political violence and the well-being of children.

Explore Dr Taylor's research on community development
Dr Laura Taylor
Prof Aidan Feeney

Getting beyond the "blooming buzzing confusion"

William James used the memorable phrase ‘blooming, buzzing confusion’ to describe babies’ initial impressions of the world, and that phrase applies just as well to what we often perceive when we think about our own thinking.

Prof Feeney discusses his research on decision making
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Dr Gary McKeown

Adoreboard

Gary helped found Adoreboard, a company specialising in the analysis of information on the internet that provides evidence of how people relate to brands and companies in an emotional way, including sentiment and textual analysis from news sources and social media.

Discover Dr McKeown's involvement with Adoreboard
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