Dr Aspa Paltoglou
Dr Aspa Paltoglou CPsychol, AFBPsS, FHEA
Senior Lecturer
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:
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Buchanan E. et al. (accepted in principle) Semantic Priming Across Many Languages, Nature Human Behaviour. (Psychological Science Accelerator project).
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Project on Minimal & Real Group Biases, Nature Human Behaviour. (Psychological Science Accelerator project).
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Rewriting Cognitive and Emotion Chapter for Eysenck and Keane’s Cognitive Psychology: A Student’s Handbook
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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
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Charalambi, N., Paltoglou, A.E., & Michalopoulou, K. The prevalence of depression in Europe and its relationship with political trust, 2019 onwards.
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Ahmed, Lubna & Paltoglou, A. E. Recognition of emotion in faces and bodies, 2013 onwards.
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MMU Research Accelerator Grant for a systematic review and database of creativity tasks and questionnaires, 2023.
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Psychology Teaching Review editorial board: unsuccessful application, 2024
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Associate Editor for JUTLP: applied, shortlisted, interviewed, but was unsuccessful, 2024
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External examiner for BSc Psychology course in Greek. University of Essex and Aegean College, Greece. 2023 onwards
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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
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Chapters in books
Hall, D.A., Paltoglou, A.E. (2016) 'fMRI of the Central Auditory System.' Neuromethods. Springer New York, pp. 573-605.
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Media
Paltoglou, A. (2024) The Lone Ranger in Covid Town.
Paltoglou, A. (2024) Aunties to the Rescue.
Paltoglou, A. (2024) Creativity Hotspots.
Paltoglou, A. (2024) A factory like no other.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2023) Under Construction.
Paltoglou, A.E., Hopper, J. (2023) Why do we need a poetry library?.
Paltoglou, A. (2023) A reflexive writing workshop to enhance engagement with learning.
Paltoglou, A. (2023) Storied translation as a bridge between selves.
Paltoglou, A.E., Gillian, C., Holden, G., Holden, L., Hough, L., Hulance, E., Kelly, E., Seaward-Ding, K., Boddie, T., Friedman, A., Greenwood, E., Griffiths, B., Ingram, L., Jackson-Robbins, R., Koolen, V., Mason, N., McGill, K., Welsh, K., Barsuola, G., Dillane, M., Zhelchesk, A. (2023) ‘It’s a bit like being in the library!’ Using virtual mini writing retreats to enhance study motivation and relatedness in a personal tutor group.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2022) A guide to organising mini virtual writing retreats each week to build a supportive scholarly community within a personal tutoring group.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2022) Questioning the ‘classics’.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2021) Should we do away with hierarchy in higher education?.
Paltoglou, A. (2021) Pathways for Peter.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2020) Resilience, Imagination and Creativity; an eclectic mix of music and thoughts during the May lockdown..
Paltoglou, A.E. (2020) Education in creativity.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2020) First steps.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2019) Self-determined Lowry.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2019) Creating 24 hours of peace.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2019) Diagnosis difficulties.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2019) Where does inspiration come from?.
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Internet publications
Paltoglou, A.E. (2022) Reflections on an online Open Mic event. https://creativehecommunity.wordpress.com/2022/06/28/aspas-aspasiapal-%EF%BF%BCreflections-on-an-online-open-mic-event/.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2021) Being part of a community. https://doi.org/10.25416/NTR.17709860.v1.
Paltoglou, A.E., Simms-Moore, R., Pal, M., Sorte, R. (2021) Using Padlet to share dissertation stories and writing tips; can Padlet foster a scholarly community?. https://doi.org/10.25416/NTR.17709860.v1.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2021) The case for university education: reflections on the value and benefits. https://prismeducationjournal.wordpress.com/2021/11/12/the-case-for-university-education-reflections-on-the-value-and-benefits/.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2021) Inspired by a paragraph: a reflection on factors that influence student engagement. https://prismeducationjournal.wordpress.com/2021/08/19/inspired-by-a-paragraph-a-reflection-on-factors-that-influence-student-engagement/.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2020) Meeting Creative Academics. https://creativehecommunity.wordpress.com/2020/04/04/meeting-creative-academics-reflections-from-a-new-creativehe-friend/.
Paltoglou, A.E., Lowe, R.D. (2018) Cycling research gathering momentum here at Manchester Met Psychology. https://manchestermetpsychology.wordpress.com/2018/10/03/cycling-research-gathering-momentum-at-here-at-manchester-met-psychology/.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2014) BPS meeting on transitions. https://vesprbrookes.wordpress.com/.
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Journal articles
Paltoglou, A.E., Lilley, H.J., Lad, V., Hussain, M., Nerantzi, C. (2023) 'Exploring the merits of including an optional reflexive writing workshop within a compulsory undergraduate module.' Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2(3) pp. 54-72.
Ali, S.H., Makdani, A.D., Cordero, M.I., Paltoglou, A.E., Marshall, A.G., McFarquhar, M.J., McGlone, F.P., Walker, S.C., Trotter, P.D. (2023) 'Hold me or stroke me? Individual differences in static and dynamic affective touch.' PLoS One, 18(5) pp. e0281253-e0281253.
Paltoglou, A.E., Patel, H., Nerantzi, C., Chatzidamianos, G. (2022) 'Critical reflections on teaching in a UK university during a pandemic: the role of emotional regulation and coaching in helping students become autonomous and collaborative learners.' Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2(1) pp. 76-91.
Harkin, B., Paltoglou, A., Tariq, K., Watkin, M., Ashfaq, S., Yates, A., Jacobs, C. (2022) 'Student Experiences of Assessment and Feedback in the National Student Survey: A Framework Analysis with Pedagogical Implications..' International Journal of Management and Applied Research,
Paltoglou, A.E., Simms-Moore, R., Pal, M., Sorte, R. (2022) 'Using Padlet to share dissertation stories and writing tips: Can Padlet help foster a scholarly community?.' Creative Academic, pp. 21-28.
Diconne, K., Kountouriotis, G.K., Paltoglou, A.E., Parker, A., Hostler, T.J. (2022) 'Presenting KAPODI – The Searchable Database of Emotional Stimuli Sets.' Emotion Review, 14(1) pp. 84-95.
Blackburn, R., Jim, C., Paltoglou, A.E. (2021) 'A ‘random group of misfits’ or being ‘part of something bigger’? Exploring experiences of attending a non-religious congregation..' International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 17(1)
Wood, M., Griffiths, J., Paltoglou, A.E. (2021) 'Exploring difficulties in men’s experience of self and agency during antidepressant use.' Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 22(2) pp. 298-305.
Paltoglou, A.E., Hopper, J. (2020) 'Creative psychologists: reflections on teaching and pedagogic practice inspired by an arts-based Away Day.' PRISM: Casting New Light on Learning, Theory and Practice, 3(1)
Davies, E.L., Paltoglou, A. (2019) 'Public self-consciousness, pre-loading and drinking harms among university students.' Substance Use and Misuse, 54(5) pp. 747-757.
Paltoglou, A.E., Morys-Carter, W.L., Davies, E.L. (2019) 'From Anxiety to Confidence: Exploring the Measurement of Statistics Confidence and its Relationship with Experience, Knowledge and Competence within Psychology Undergraduate Students.' Psychology Learning and Teaching, 18(2) pp. 165-178.
Paltoglou, A. (2017) 'Using virtual reality to understand and treat depression.' Journal of Psychiatry and Behaviour Therapy, 1(1) pp. 1-4.
Davies, E.L., Paltoglou, A.E., Foxcroft, D.R. (2017) 'Implicit alcohol attitudes predict drinking behaviour over and above intentions and willingness in young adults but willingness is more important in adolescents: Implications for the Prototype Willingness Model.' British Journal of Health Psychology, 22(2) pp. 238-253.
Molys-Carter, W.L., Paltoglou, A.E., Davies, E.L. (2015) 'Vertical Enhancement of Second-Year Psychology Research.' Psychology Teaching Review, 21(1) pp. 68-72.
Davies, E.L., Paltoglou, A.E., Molys-Carter, W.L. (2015) 'Helping students to climb the mountain: a study to inform the development of a resource to improve the learning of statistics in Psychology.' Psychology Teaching Review, 21(1) pp. 56-67.
Paltoglou, A.E., Neri, P. (2012) 'Attentional control of sensory tuning in human visual perception.' Journal of Neurophysiology, 107(5) pp. 1260-1274.
Paltoglou, A.E., Sumner, C.J., Hall, D.A. (2011) 'Mapping feature-sensitivity and attentional modulation in human auditory cortex with functional magnetic resonance imaging.' European Journal of Neuroscience, 33(9) pp. 1733-1741.
Paltoglou, A.E., Sumner, C.J., Hall, D.A. (2009) 'Examining the role of frequency specificity in the enhancement and suppression of human cortical activity by auditory selective attention.' Hearing Research, 257(1-2) pp. 106-118.
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Non-peer reviewed articles / reviews
Paltoglou, A.E. (2022) Book review: Popan, C. (2019). Bicycle Utopias: Imagining Fast and Slow Cycling Futures. Routledge..
Paltoglou, A.E. (2021) Book Review: The power of play in higher education - Creativity in tertiary learning.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2021) Book Review: The Neuroscience of Creativity.
Paltoglou, A., Themen, K., Popan, I.C., Lowe, R. (2020) Meeting on Cycling Cultures at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2020) Book Review Kat Jungnickel, Bikes and bloomers: Victorian women inventors and their extraordinary cycle wear. , 2018, 336 pp. ISBN: 978-1-906897-75-8 (hbk).
Paltoglou, A.E. (2020) Book Review: Doing Your Qualitative Psychology Project. Sullivan, C., Gibson, S. & Riley, S. (Eds), Sage Publications, (2012)..
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Conference papers
Paltoglou, A.E. (2020) '‘There is something special about cycle touring’ Exploring experiences and motivations of cycle touring using interpretative phenomenological analysis.' In Cycling and Society Symposium. Cycling and Society Symposium, (Salford, uk) [online], 10/9/2020 - 11/9/2020.
Ali, H., Paltoglou, A.E., Cordero, M.I., Makdani, A., McGlone, F., Marshal, A., Walker, S., Trotter, P. (2019) 'What’s in a hug? Understanding the role of C-tactile afferents in the encoding of static social touch.' Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Health, Psychology and Social Care, 11/12/2019 - 11/12/2019.
Ward, L., Nightingale, J., Paltoglou, A., Cordero, M., Murgatroyd, C. (2018) 'The Effect of Stress on Prefrontal Activity and Emotion Recognition, Pilot Study.' In BPS Psychobiology Annual Scientific Meeting. BPS Psychobiology Annual Scientific Meeting, Windermere, 5/9/2018 - 7/9/2018.
Paltoglou, A.E., Davies, E.L., Kumar, S. (2017) 'The effects of working memory load and alcohol-related cues on attentional control in social drinkers.' BPS Psychobiology Section Annual Scientific Meeting, Windermere, UK, 6/9/2017 - 8/9/2017.
Paltoglou, A.E., Davies, E.L., Kumar, S. (2016) 'The effect of emotion on inhibition: an ERP study..' In BPS Psychobiology Section Annual Scientific Meeting. BPS Psychobiology Section Annual Scientific Meeting, Windermere, UK, 7/9/2016 - 9/9/2016.
Ahmed, L., Paltoglou, A.E. (2015) 'Processing emotional information from faces and bodies.' In 19th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP 2015). 19th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP 2015), Paphos, Cyprus, 17/9/2015 - 20/9/2015.
Paltoglou, A.E., Peter, N. (2009) 'Attentional effects on sensory tuning when attending to visual motion..' In Scottish Vision Group Meeting. Scottish Vision Group Meeting, Dunkield, UK, 19/3/2010 - 21/3/2010.
Paltoglou, A.E., Hall, D.A. (2008) 'Selective attention to spatial and non-spatial sound features measured with fMRI.' In Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 16/2/2008 - 21/9/2008.
Paltoglou, A.E., Hall, D.A. (2006) 'Attentional modulation of frequency-sensitive regions of human auditory cortex measured with fMRI..' In International Conference for the Auditory Cortex. International Conference for the Auditory Cortex, Belton Woods, Grantham. UK, 17/9/2006 - 21/9/2006.
Paltoglou, A.E., Hall, D.A. (2005) 'The azimuthal distribution of spatial attention using ITD cues.' In Experimental Psychology Society. Experimental Psychology Society, London, 5/1/2006 - 6/1/2006.
Roberts, K.L., Todd, A., Paltoglou, A.E. (2005) 'Auditory spatial attention: influence of stimulus presentation method.' In Annual Short Papers Meeting, British Society of Audiology. Annual Short Papers Meeting, British Society of Audiology, Cardiff, UK, 12/9/2005 - 13/9/2005.
Paltoglou, A.E. (2005) 'The effects of tonal context and musical training on the development of short-term memory for melodies in children and adolescents.' The Neurosciences and Music Conference II, Leipzig, Germany, 5/5/2005 - 9/9/2005.
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Presentations
Paltoglou, A. (2024) A demonstration of a reflective writing workshop, where students are encouraged to write, negotiate with editors, and publish their writing.. [Presentation] Singapore (and online). https://wcet2024.lmsii.org/, The World Conference on Education and Training (WCET),25/7/2024.
Press and media
2019 #creativeHE Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfi6HcY_gkU
2024 Podcast guest: contemplating creativity with IanAshley Contemplating Creativity: Regulating emotions for maximum creative potential with psychologist, cognitive neuroscientist and classical pianist, Dr. Aspasia Paltoglou. on Apple Podcasts