DrTom Mercer
Reader in Cognitive Psychology
Faculty of Science and Engineering
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- Reader in Cognitive PsychologyFaculty of Science and Engineering
- 0190232 Ext.1368 (Work)
- University of Wolverhampton, Psychology, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 1LY, United Kingdom
TEACHING INTERESTS
I teach on all levels of our undergraduate psychology degrees, with a particular focus on cognitive psychology, as well as research methods and statistics. I run the optional third year module "Cognition and Individual Differences" and co-lead the second year module "Psychology in Context". I also supervise undergraduate and PhD projects in cognitive/experimental psychology.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("Investigating the role of rhythm and melody in supporting cognitive processes in music therapy for children with autism")1 Mar 2026
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("The use of Tetris to reduce memory flashbacks: Understanding and promoting a cognitive vaccine ")1 Dec 2025
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Advisor ("Attachment Theory as a framework for exploring event misperception and memory distortion")12 Dec 2024
- DOCTORAL EXAMINATIONPhD Viva Chair ("An analysis of the potential lessons that can be learned from UK and US financial service regulation in the context of the UAE")5 Dec 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("An investigation into the impact of Aphantasia on memory")1 Nov 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("The influence of fictional consumption on adults’ memory")1 Oct 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("Conscious inhibition as a means of forgetting")1 Feb 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("Exploring magical ideation and gender differences in relation to growth mindset, emotional resilience and life satisfaction")1 Dec 2022
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("Neurosarcoidosis, cognition and memory")1 Sep 2022
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("Conspiracy theory beliefs in an adolescent population: An exploration of critical skills and metacognitive training as intervention tools for educational settings")1 Jan 2022
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("Do cognitive biases and heuristics effect an individual’s perceptions of crime and criminality and does this lead to an increase in stereotypical attitudes towards offenders within the criminal justice system?")1 Sep 2021
- DOCTORAL EXAMINATIONProfessional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology Examination ("A comparison between British and German therapists towards initial contact with clients and employed therapeutic proceedings")12 Jul 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("Investigating pain expression in individuals with vascular dementia")1 Jul 2021
- DOCTORAL EXAMINATIONPhD Cognitive Psychology Examination ("The fidelity of visual memory for scenes")15 Sep 2020
- DOCTORAL EXAMINATIONProfessional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology Examination ("Mental health clinicians’ motivation and awareness of key considerations as predictors of online therapy uses and applications")18 Sep 2019
- DOCTORAL EXAMINATIONPhD Cognitive Psychology Examination ("Subclinical delusional ideation and reasoning")11 Oct 2018
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("The mechanisms of proactive interference in working memory", 2018-2026)1 Oct 2018
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("The effect of interference and time on forgetting in visual short-term memory", 2017-2024)2 Oct 2017
- DOCTORAL EXAMINATIONPhD Cognitive Psychology Examination28 Feb 2017
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONProfessional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology Supervision ("How do emotion regulation, attachment related anxiety and avoidance impact on the ability to resolve conflict?", 2016-2022)26 Sep 2016
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("Exploring the role of late-occurring nonspecific retroactive interference and interest on recall", 2016-2021)1 Sep 2016 - 29 Apr 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPhD Supervision ("Intentional forgetting of emotional memories in the item-method directed forgetting task", 2016-2021)1 Sep 2016 - 31 Aug 2021
- DOCTORAL EXAMINATIONPhD Psychology Examination ("Trait emotional intelligence: Evaluating the theoretical construct, its relationship to other psychological variables, and potential interventions to enhance it")10 Sep 2014
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONProfessional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology Supervision ("Raising awareness of psychologists’ knowledge, attitudes and intentions towards the hidden addiction of gambling disorders", 2013-2016)30 Sep 2013 - 29 Apr 2016
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONProfessional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology Supervision ("Emotional Intelligence and Sociotropy-Autonomy in young women with DSM-IV-TR Hypochondriasis. A mixed-method study", 2012-2015)30 Sep 2012 - 31 Jul 2015