
Dr Kinga Morsanyi
Lecturer
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Research Interests
I have a background in the development of reasoning skills in typical development and in special populations (in autism, and in developmental dyscalculia). I am particularly interested in reasoning heuristics, probabilistic reasoning, analogical reasoning, and how reasoning skills can be improved through training. Another line of my research concerns mathematical abilities and mathematical anxiety. I am also interested in how affective states influence reasoning and maths abilities, as well as people’s decisions, and how reasoning and maths skills can be improved by training.
Achievements and Distinctions
My work has been funded by grants from the ESRC, the Nuffield Foundation (see details here: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/developmental-dyscalculia-and-order-processing), the Royal Society, the British Academy, and the Higher Education Academy Psychology Network. As a PhD student, I received a study visit grant from the EPS, and an award for outstanding student paper from the Cognitive Science Society.
Teaching
I am involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. At undergraduate level I am module coordinator for Psy1002 (Introductory psychology), and I am involved in level 1 statistics teaching. I am also module coordinator for Psy3099 (Childhood adversity), and my lectures cover adolescent risk taking and children in care. At postgraduate level I am involved in the MSc course in Atypical development, and I lecture on autism, developmental dyscalculia and mathematical development. I supervise dissertations at BSc and MSc levels. I am also the primary supervisor of two PhD students: Jayne Hamilton and Patrick O'Connor.
Other
I am a member of the ESRC Peer Review College, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
- Forthcoming
The stability of individual differences in basic mathematics-related skills in young children at the start of formal education
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
- Published
The prevalence of specific learning disorder in mathematics and comorbidity with other developmental disorders in primary school age children
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
- Early online date
Using the Adolescent Time Inventory-Time Attitudes (ATI-TA) to assess time attitudes in Italian adolescents and young adults: Psychometric properties and validity
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Frequent Journals
Thinking & Reasoning
ISSNs: 1354-6783
Additional searchable ISSN (Electronic): 1464-0708
Psychology Press Ltd
Scopus rating (2017): CiteScore 2.74 SJR 1.476 SNIP 1.566
Journal
Developmental science
ISSNs: 1363-755X
Additional searchable ISSN (Electronic): 1467-7687
Wiley-Blackwell
Scopus rating (2017): CiteScore 4.07 SJR 2.65 SNIP 1.682
Journal
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
ISSNs: 0278-7393
American Psychological Association Inc.
Scopus rating (2017): CiteScore 2.69 SJR 1.826 SNIP 1.377
Journal
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
ISSNs: 0162-3257
Springer New York
Scopus rating (2017): CiteScore 3.71 SJR 1.81 SNIP 1.512
Journal
Learning and Individual Differences
ISSNs: 1041-6080
Elsevier BV
Scopus rating (2017): CiteScore 1.88 SJR 0.979 SNIP 1.064
Journal
Plenary speaker
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Research Foundation - Flanders (External organisation)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
Contribution to conference papers, events and activities
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