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Dr Lawrence Taylor

Assistant Professor

School: Psychology

Larry Taylor Staffprofile Northumbriauniversity255Larry Taylor is a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology.  He joined Northumbria in 2009 and completed a PhD at Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

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  • Lean in: Posture affects judgment and memory of emotional language, Taylor, L., Kardzhieva, D. 1 Feb 2026, In: Acta Psychologica
  • The paradox of information abundance: Answers provided by popular information-seeking tools lead to differences in trust, memorability and desire for more information, Constable, M., Rajsic, J., Renner, L., Taylor, L. 1 Sep 2025, In: Telematics and Informatics
  • Linguistic analysis of the valence, arousal and dominance of auditory hallucinations and internal thoughts in schizophrenia: Implications for psychoeducation and CBT, Turkington, G., Taylor, L., Watson, S. 11 Dec 2019, In: Cogent Psychology
  • Dissociation between Semantic Representations for Motion and Action Verbs: Evidence from Patients with Left Hemisphere Lesions, Taylor, L., Evans, C., Greer, J., Senior, C., Coventry, K., Ietswaart, M. 14 Feb 2017, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Impaired Communication Between the Dorsal and Ventral Stream: Indications from Apraxia, Evans, C., Edwards, M., Taylor, L., Ietswaart, M. 1 Feb 2016, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Perceptual decisions regarding object manipulation are selectively impaired in apraxia or when tDCS is applied over the left IPL, Evans, C., Edwards, M., Taylor, L., Ietswaart, M. 1 Jun 2016, In: Neuropsychologia
  • Embodied & Situated Language Processing, Coventry, K., Taylor, L., Engelhardt, P. Aug 2012, Embodied & Situated Language Processing Conference
  • Fault-tolerant comprehension, Taylor, L., Zwaan, R. 7 Dec 2012, Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience, London, Psychology Press
  • Grasping spheres, not planets, Taylor, L., Zwaan, R. 11 Mar 2011, In: Cognition
  • Motor resonance as a function of narrative time: Further tests of the linguistic focus hypothesis, Zwaan, R., Taylor, L., de Boer, M. 2010, In: Brain and Language
  • Psychology PhD October 13 2009
  • Psychology MSc June 01 2004
  • Psychology BSc August 01 2001

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