Dr Aspa Paltoglou

My profile

Biography

Academic and professional qualifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (PCTHE), Oxford Brookes University, 2014
  • PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, MRC Institute of Hearing Research, 2009
  • MA in Psychology of Music, University of Sheffield, 2004
  • Music Harmony Diploma, Central Convervatory, 2003
  • Performance Diploma in Piano, Conservatory of Athens Music Society, 2002
  • Performance Ptychio in Piano, Conservatory of Athens Music Society, 1999
  • BA in Social Anthropology and Social Policy, Panteion University, 1999

Languages

Greek

English

Expert reviewer

Consilience

The Journal of Creative Behavior

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts

Creativity Research Journal

Journal of Creativity

Frontiers in Educational Psychology

Reflective Practice

Educational Review

Prism: Casting New Light on Learning, Theory and Practice

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Developing Academic Practice

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Active Travel Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Brain and Cognition

PLOS ONE

Psychology of Music

Psychology Teaching Review

Neurodiversity

Reviewer of textbooks for Oxford University Press

UKRI Peer review college

Prizes and awards

2023       Faculty of Health & Education nominee for ‘Teacher of the Year’. Manchester Metropolitan University.

2023       Faculty of Health & Education nominee for an outstanding contribution to student wellbeing and support. Manchester Metropolitan University

2017       Best Research or Dissertation Supervisor,  Oxford Brookes University Union Teaching Awards.

External examiner positions

Bilingual monitor for a distance learning BSc Psychology course in Greek. Oxford Brookes University and Metropolitan College, Greece. 2022 onwards

Editorial Board membership

Editor of Consilience Journal, 2024 onwards

Member of the BPS Psychologist and Digest Advisory committee, 2023 onwards

Section Editor (Creativity and Education / Online Learning) for the journal ‘Prism: Casting New Light on Learning, Theory and Practice’. 2020 onwards

Webmaster and Newsletter Editor, BPS Psychobiology Section 2017-2018

Membership of professional associations

  • Junior Member of the International Society for the Study of Creativity and Innovation
  • Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society
  • Member of the Association for the Teaching of Psychology
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Member of the BPS Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology, 2023
  • Member of the BPS Psychology of Education Section, from 2023
  • Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Cognitive Section: 2020 onwards
  • Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section and Cognitive Psychology Section: 2020-2023
  • Committee member, BPS Psychobiology Section 2018-2019

Interests and expertise

  • Factors that influence creativity
  • Interaction between cognition, emotion and education
  • Attitudes towards cycling
  • Online learning and teaching
  • Attention and memory

Projects

Current Projects:

  • Buchanan E. et al. (accepted in principle) Semantic Priming Across Many Languages, Nature Human Behaviour. (Psychological Science Accelerator project).

  • Project on Minimal & Real Group Biases, Nature Human Behaviour. (Psychological Science Accelerator project).

  • Rewriting Cognitive and Emotion Chapter for Eysenck and Keane’s Cognitive Psychology: A Student’s Handbook

  • Exploring motivations and experiences of cycle touring

Previous projects: 

What determines the quality of feedback and assessment? A qualitative analysis of NSS scores. With Dr Ben Harkin

CV of failures / Negative CV:

  • Charalambi, N., Paltoglou, A.E., & Michalopoulou, K. The prevalence of depression in Europe and its relationship with political trust, 2019 onwards.

  • Ahmed, Lubna & Paltoglou, A. E. Recognition of emotion in faces and bodies, 2013 onwards.

  • MMU Research Accelerator Grant for a systematic review and database of creativity tasks and questionnaires, 2023.

  • Psychology Teaching Review editorial board: unsuccessful application, 2024

  • Associate Editor for JUTLP: applied, shortlisted, interviewed, but was unsuccessful, 2024

  • External examiner for BSc Psychology course in Greek. University of Essex and Aegean College, Greece. 2023 onwards

  • I submitted 2 papers to the pre-REF exercise  (2023) and we deemed less than 3 stars. 

Teaching

Undergraduate teaching

Cognitive Psychology, Level 5 (Unit Lead)

Postgraduate teaching

MSc Conversion course: Dissertation and Empirical Project (Unit Lead and supervisor of MSc project students)

Cognitive and Biological Psychology

Research Methods

Supervision

PhD students:

Second supervisor for Kathrin Diconne.
The effect of emotional stimuli on prospective memory. (completed)

Research outputs

Press and media