Welcome to my website. This is my way of sharing my latest research activities, publications, and general thoughts.
I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford. You can find out more about my research projects below.
PhD in Psychology, 2019
University of York
MSc in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2015
University of York
BA in Experimental Psychology, 2013
University of Oxford
Lots of words are made up of smaller units of meaning, called morphemes. We measured children’s awareness of morphemes, and looked at its importance for reading comprehension.
Within education, the Matthew effect describes how the “rich get richer” in literacy skills. We focused on this effect in vocabulary, and asked how existing vocabulary knowledge might support memory for new words.