Dr Jo Saunders
Senior Lecturer
Psychology
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Qualifications
PhD in Psychology, University of St. Andrews
BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of St. Andrews
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Mediators and the trait of sensory processing sensitivity : study reveals a significant correlation Irvine Charlie, Wilson Barbara, Saunders Jo Mediation Theory and Practice Vol 7, pp. 57-80 (2023) The relative contribution of shape and colour to object memory Reppa Irene, Williams Kate E, Greville W James, Saunders Jo Memory and Cognition Vol 48, pp. 1504-1521 (2020) https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-020-01058-w Episodic memory and age-related deficits in inhibitory effectiveness MacLeod Malcolm D, Saunders Jo Experimental Aging Research Vol 43, pp. 34-54 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2017.1258220 Mnemic neglect : selective amnesia of one's faults Sedikides Constantine, Green Jeffrey D, Saunders Jo, Skowronski John J, Zengel Bettina European Review of Social Psychology Vol 27, pp. 1-62 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2016.1183913 The social and cultural context of remembering : implications for recalling childhood sexual abuse Fivush Robyn, Saunders Jo Applied Cognitive Psychology Vol 29, pp. 843-845 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3194 Reshaping memories through conversations : considering the influence of others on historical memories of abuse Saunders Jo, Fivush Robyn Applied Cognitive Psychology Vol 29, pp. 789-790 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3185
Publications
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Applied Cognitive Psychology (Journal) Peer reviewer 22/12/2017 External Examiner of Doctoral Thesis Examiner 2017 Applied Cognitive Psychology (Journal) Guest editor 11/2015 Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (External organisation) Member 1/6/2014 The Carnegie Trust (External organisation) Member 1/6/2014 Journal of Experimental Psychopathology (Journal) Editorial board member 1/8/2013
The development of emotional regulation in adolescence Saunders, Jo (Academic) 01-Jan-2014 - 30-Jan-2017 Can we improve eyewitness memory? Saunders, Jo (Academic) Carnegie Trust Internship to Adele Ahmet 17-Jan-2013 - 20-Jan-2013 Aromachology: Interactions between odour and verbal memory Saunders, Jo (Principal Investigator) Leverhulme Trust 01-Jan-2010 - 30-Jan-2012 British Academy Travel Grant Saunders, Jo (Academic) Travel grant to attend SARMAC in Japan 20-Jan-2009 - 25-Jan-2009 Memory for objects: Retrieval competition in memory between visual object properties Reppa, Irene (Principal Investigator) Saunders, Jo (Principal Investigator) Leverhulme Trust 01-Jan-2007 - 31-Jan-2010 Imagery and forgetting: The role of images in retrieval-induced forgetting Saunders, Jo (Principal Investigator) Leverhulme Trust 01-Jan-2006 - 31-Jan-2007
Research Interests
Theories of forgetting
Intentional and unintentional forgetting
Odour memory
Eyewitness memory
Psychogenic amnesia/fugue, trauma memory and dissociation
Recovered memories and repression
Amnesia in offenders
Psychopathology (depression, anxiety, OCD, psychosis and schizotypy, personality disorders, repressive coping)
Self-protective memory (i.e., mnemic neglect)
Third-wave therapies
Social psychiatry