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Dr Deborah McGann

Assistant Professor

Department: Psychology

Deborah McGann

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Unlocking the Beat: Dopamine and Eye Blink Response to Classical Music, Riby, L., Fenwick, S., Kardzhieva, D., Allan, B., McGann, D. 20 Jun 2023, In: NeuroSci
  • Mindfulness in primary school children as a route to enhanced life satisfaction, positive outlook and effective emotion regulation, Amundsen, R., Riby, L., Hamilton, C., Hope, M., Mcgann, D. Dec 2020, In: BMC psychology
  • Perfectionism and PERMA: The Benefits of Other-Oriented Perfectionism, Birch, H., McGann, D., Riby, L. 3 Apr 2019, In: International Journal of Wellbeing
  • The disentanglement of the neural and experiential complexity of self-generated thoughts: A users guide to combining experience sampling with neuroimaging data, Martinon, L., Smallwood, J., McGann, D., Hamilton, C., Riby, L. 15 May 2019, In: NeuroImage
  • Daydream Believer: Rumination, Self-Reflection and the Temporal Focus of Mind Wandering Content, Shrimpton, D., McGann, D., Riby, L. 30 Nov 2017, In: Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Conceptual and perceptual processing in prospective remembering, McGann, D., Ellis, J., Milne, A. 1 Jan 2003, In: European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
  • Conceptual and perceptual processes in prospective remembering: Differential influence of attentional resources, McGann, D., Ellis, J., Milne, A. 1 Oct 2002, In: Memory and Cognition

  • Education PCAPL July 31 2000
  • Psychology PhD September 01 1994
  • Associate Fellow (AFBPsS)/Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) British Psychological Society (BPS) 2016
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2003

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