Dr Naomi Lee
Lecturer in Psychology
School of Psychology
Department of Performance, Health and Wellbeing
email: naomi-anne.lee2@worc.ac.uk
Naomi is a lecturer in Psychology. She obtained her BSc (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Bath in 2018 and PhD in Psychology from the University of Aberdeen in 2023. Her PhD was funded by the Leverhulme Trust and examined how biases towards the self are influenced by emotions and rewards.
Qualifications
- PhD Psychology, University of Aberdeen (2023)
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Bath (2018)
Teaching Interests
- Introduction to Psychology
- Research methods in Psychology
- Biological Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Research Projects
Research Interests
Naomi’s current research focuses on the influence of cognitive bias interactions (e.g., prioritised processing of self-related, emotionally positive and rewarding information), the relationship between cognitive biases and mental health disorders and their neural underpinnings.
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Recent Publications
Lee, N. A., Martin, , & Sui, J. (2023). Accentuate the positive: Evidence that context dependent self-reference drives self-bias. Cognition, 240.
Liu, Y. S., Song, Y., Lee, N. A., Bennett, D. M., Button, K. S., Greenshaw, A., ... & Sui, J. (2022). Depression screening using a non-verbal self-association task: a machine-learning based pilot study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 310, 87-95.
Lee, N. A., Martin, , & Sui, J. (2021). A pre-existing self-referential anchor is not necessary for self-prioritisation. Acta Psychologica, 219, 103362.
Feldborg, M., Lee, N. A., Hung, K., Peng, K., & Sui, J. (2021). Perceiving the self and emotions with an anxious mind: Evidence from an implicit perceptual task. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), Art. 22.
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Membership of Professional Bodies
- Associate Fellow of Higher Education (AFHEA)