Stephanie Bennett

BSc (Hons) Psychology, MSc Psychological Research, PhD Psychology

Roles

• Research Associate (Psychology)

Responsibilities

Stephanie joined the charity as a research associate in December 2008. Currently, Stephanie is involved with the charity's longitudinal study of development in pre-school children with Down syndrome. She is also helping to prepare bids for research funding, including a project evaluating a computer based intervention which may improve working memory and attention in children with Down syndrome. Stephanie also has interests in IT and is keen to get involved with developing web-based research and materials in the future.

Background

Stephanie has a background in psychology and education. She has a BSc (Hons) in Psychology with Certificate of Professional Experience (Clinical Psychology), an MSc in Psychological Research Methods from the University of Plymouth, and her PhD in Psychology (also University of Plymouth) examined the development of vocational interests and cognitive abilities in secondary school children.

Selected publications

• Evans, J.St. B.T., Handley, S.J.,Hadjchristidis, C., Thompson, V., Over, D., & Bennett, S.J. (2007). On the basis of belief in causal and diagnostic conditionals. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, No. 5. Pages 635-643