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Professor Nick Neave

Professor

School: Psychology

Dr Nick Neave is a Professor within the Department of Psychology. He is Director of the Hoarding Research Group and Chair of the UK Hoarding Partnership. He delivers options on 'Hoarding', 'Parapsychology' and  'Hormones & Behaviour' at Undergraduate level. He is currently supervising PhD students exploring hoarding behaviours; conspiracy beliefs; and superstitious beliefs. 

Nick Neave

Hoarding and collecting behaviours

Psychological characteristics of soccer officials

Superstitious and conspiracy belief

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Associations between aberrant salience and hoarding severity in a community sample, Rivers, H., Collins, C., Neave, N., Smailes, D. 18 Feb 2026, In: Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
  • Digital hoarding and personal use digital data, Sillence, E., Dawson, J., Brown, R., McKellar, K., Neave, N. 2 Jan 2026, In: Human-Computer Interaction
  • Everything You Need to Know about Hoarding By Lynne M. Drummond and Laura J. Edwards. Cambridge University Press. 2025. £11.26 (pb). 212 pp. ISBN 978-1009466097, Neave, N. 1 Jun 2026, In: BJPsych Bulletin
  • Mind over matter? The cognitive styles of scientific scepticism and paranormal belief, Dagnall, N., Denovan, A., Murphy-Morgan, C., Drinkwater, K., Powell, D., Neave, N. 6 Mar 2026, In: frontiers in psychology
  • The relationships between hoarding-related behaviours and disordered eating in a non-clinical adult sample: An exploratory study, Cornelissen, K., Gumančík, J., Scott, J., Neave, N. 6 May 2026, In: BMC Psychology
  • Understanding the barriers and facilitating factors to mental health help-seeking in adults with hoarding behaviours: a preliminary investigation, Clark, L., Murphy-Morgan, C., Neave, N., Punton, G., Rivers, H., Sillence, E. 2 Jan 2026, In: Clinical Psychologist
  • Understanding the Use of Superstitious Rituals in Sports People, Morris, B., Thornton, C., Neave, N., Allen, G. 17 Sep 2025, In: Journal of Sports Sciences
  • An exploratory factor analysis of the Nerdy Personality Attributes Scale in a sample of self-identified nerds/geeks, Finister, C., Pollet, T., Neave, N. 1 Oct 2024, In: The Social Science Journal
  • Assessing conspiracist beliefs across societies: Validation of the Serbian adaptation of the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale (GCBS), Dinić, B., Dagnall, N., Denovan, A., Došenović, A., Neave, N. 1 Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Psychology
  • Digital accumulation behaviours and information management in the workplace: exploring the tensions between digital data hoarding, organisational culture and policy, McKellar, K., Sillence, E., Neave, N., Briggs, P. 25 Apr 2024, In: Behaviour and Information Technology
  • Michelle Jackson - Yates The effect of Creative Art Interventions on Children and Young peoples Mental Health and Well-being Start Date: 01/03/2023 End Date: 10/07/2025
  • Emily Bates The influence of childhood trauma and uncertainty on object attachment and hoarding severity in adulthood Start Date: 01/03/2024
Neurosciences PhD June 30 1995

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