Spatial language, Anthropomorphism, Common direction of motion and prosociality
Job title:
Lecturer
Biography:
Dr Matt Watson is a lecturer in Psychology in the Department of Psychology. His educational background is in psychology and his PhD, awarded in 2006, was titled Reference frame selection and Representation in Dialogue and Monologue. The thesis investigated how people come to talk about where objects are in the same way when in conversation (for example, whose left and right people decide to use).
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) Psychology (1st class)
MSc Psycholinguistics (distinction)
PhD Thesis title: Reference frame selection and Representation in Dialogue and Monologue