Lance Workman
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Lance Workman is a senior lecturer and subject leader for psychology at Bath Spa University
. His teaching specialisms include biological psychology, clinical psychology
and evolutionary psychology
.
He received an undergraduate degree in psychology and biology from Keele University
and his doctorate from the University of Sussex
.
His and Will Reader's book Evolutionary Psychology: An Introduction, has been published through the UK, US, Canada, Australia and Europe including a French Edition.
Research includes his finding that British robins have regional dialects, a number of research articles on Seasonal Affective Disorder
and various works on the cerebral lateralisation of emotion.
He is consultant editor for the journal 'Animal Behaviour' and is on the editorial board for 'The Psychologist'.
Bath Spa University
Bath Spa University is a university based in, and around, Bath, England. The institution was previously known as Bath College of Higher Education, and later Bath Spa University College...
. His teaching specialisms include biological psychology, clinical psychology
Clinical psychology
Clinical psychology is an integration of science, theory and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development...
and evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary psychology is an approach in the social and natural sciences that examines psychological traits such as memory, perception, and language from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to identify which human psychological traits are evolved adaptations, that is, the functional...
.
He received an undergraduate degree in psychology and biology from Keele University
Keele University
Keele University is a campus university near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as an experimental college dedicated to a broad curriculum and interdisciplinary study, Keele is most notable for pioneering the dual honours degree in Britain...
and his doctorate from the University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
.
His and Will Reader's book Evolutionary Psychology: An Introduction, has been published through the UK, US, Canada, Australia and Europe including a French Edition.
Research includes his finding that British robins have regional dialects, a number of research articles on Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal affective disorder
Seasonal affective disorder , also known as winter depression, winter blues, summer depression, summer blues, or seasonal depression, is a mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms in the winter or summer, spring or autumn...
and various works on the cerebral lateralisation of emotion.
He is consultant editor for the journal 'Animal Behaviour' and is on the editorial board for 'The Psychologist'.
Books
Workman, L. and Reader, W. (2004) Evolutionary Psychology: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press.External links
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