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Particulars
I obtained my first degree at Trinity College Dublin in 1992, and my PhD from the Centre for Thinking and Language at the University of Plymouth in 1997. In 1998 I moved to the University of Durham where I was first a lecturer, and then from 2005, a senior lecturer. I came to Queen’s in February 2009 where I was promoted to professor in 2019.
Research Interests
I am interested in the role of thinking in everyday life. I have studied how we generalise on the basis of specific evidence, and how we reason deductively. I am also interested in judgement and decision making, including how we think about how things might have been different had we decided differently and in the role played by counterfactual emotions such as regret and relief in decision making.
I have studied the role played by essentialist beliefs about social categories in how we think about other people and I am interested in decision making around debt and why people fail to seek or adhere to debt advice.
My work has been supported by ESRC, Leverhulme Trust, Templeton Foundation, and NIHR.
I have served as an associate editor at both the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology and Thinking and Reasoning. I am currently Editor-in-Chief at Thinking and Reasoning.
Teaching
I convene a final year module, PSY3118 Using Nudges to Change Behaviour. I also contribute to modules at Level 1 and on the MSc Psychological Science (Conversion).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R8505PSY: Developing Belief: The Development and Diversity of Religious Cognition and Behavior
Dautel, J. (PI) & Feeney, A. (CoI)
15/01/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R2469PSY: The Nature and Function of Relief
Feeney, A. (PI) & McCormack, T. (CoI)
10/05/2018 → …
Project: Research
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R1119PSY: Improving debt advice engagement through the future self
Feeney, A. (PI)
22/10/2019 → 31/03/2020
Project: Research
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R1151PSY: The Role of Regret in Decision-Making: A Development Study
Feeney, A. (PI) & McCormack, T. (CoI)
01/08/2012 → 14/04/2016
Project: Research
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Cross cultural differences in essentialist beliefs about religion categories: Comparing Northern Ireland to the US
Feeney, A., Eidson, R. C., Smyth, K., Cohen, M. & Coley, J. D., 19 Sept 2024, (Accepted) In: Journal of Cognition and Culture.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experience of regret is unaffected by concurrent working memory load
Fitzgibbon, L., Putt, C., Feeney, A., McCormack, T. & Beck, S., 23 Sept 2024, In: Routledge Open Research . 3, 3, 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relieved or disappointed? Children’s understanding of how others feel at the cessation of events
Johnston, M., McCormack, T., Lorimer, S., Corbett, B., Beck, S. R., Hoerl, C. & Feeney, A., Oct 2024, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 246, 20 p., 106016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Testicular self-examination: the role of anticipated relief and anticipated regret
Lorimer, S., McCormack, T., Hoerl, C., Beck, S. R., Johnston, M. & Feeney, A., 29 Sept 2024, (Early online date) In: British Journal of Health Psychology. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: protocol for Wave 1 data collection with children and parents by the Developing Belief Network
Weisman, K., Ghossainy, M. E., Williams, A. J., Payir, A., Lesage, K. A., Reyes-Jaquez, B., Amin, T. G., Anggoro, F. K., Burdett, E. R. R., Chen, E. E., Coetzee, L., Coley, J. D., Dahl, A., Dautel, J. B., Davis, H. E., Davis, E. L., Diesendruck, G., Evans, D., Feeney, A. & Gurven, M. & 19 others, , 08 Mar 2024, In: PLoS One. 19, 3, 52 p., e0292755.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Rebekah Levine Coley
Dautel, J. (Host) & Feeney, A. (Host)
10 May 2023Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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John Coley
Dautel, J. (Host) & Feeney, A. (Host)
May 2023Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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The nature and function of regret - Invited seminar, University of York
Feeney, A. (Invited speaker)
01 Mar 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Decision-Making Errors: Age-Related Changes and Cognitive Correlates - PhD thesis, University of York
Feeney, A. (Examiner)
16 Jun 2021Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
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The nature and function of relief - Talk to the London Judgement and Decision Making Group
Feeney, A. (Speaker)
24 Feb 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Harnessing the power of regret - Coverage in the Irish Times
22/08/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Regret and children's decision making - Live radio interview with Highland Radio, Republic of Ireland
31/07/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Learning to feel regret 'helps children develop good decision skills' - Coverage in Irish Examiner
28/07/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other