Dr Nick Perham
Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology
Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences
Overview
Nick obtained his undergraduate degree at the University of Wolverhampton, his MSc at the University of Plymouth and his PhD at Cardiff University. He started working at Cardiff Metropolitan University in 2007 and is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Psychology, a member of the British Psychological Society, a member of the Higher Education Academy and was a committee member of the Welsh Branch of the British Psychological Society (formerly chair from October 2008 to October 2011).
Nick has worked on grants exploring ‘Implicit and explicit representation of probabilities in cognitive tasks’, ‘Office and call centre noise: Acoustic, cognitive and individual determinants of auditory distraction’, ‘A multi-agency community-based intervention to reduce excessive drinking in Cardiff city centre’, and ‘Attentional selectivity and semantic memory: Studies of auditory distraction’.
Nick primarily researches auditory distraction and emotion and cognition but is interested in supervising most aspects of experimental research with a cognitive flavour.
Research Publications
Acoustics, noise, and soundscapes
Perham, N. & Hodsman, P., 1 Jan 2024, The Science of People and Office Design: Planning for Thinking, Discussing and Achieving. Augustin, S. & Oseland, N. (eds.). CRC Press, p. 77-93 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Estimating the Effects of Secure Services on Reconviction. Part 2–Fewer Convictions Than Expected? Six Year Follow Up of an England and Wales Medium Secure Cohort
Hill, C., Bagshaw, R., Hewlett, P., Perham, N., Davies, J., Maden, A. & Watt, A., 1 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 23, 1, p. 76-84 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Estimating the Effects of Secure Services on Reconviction. Part 1–Predictive Validity of the Offending Groups Reconviction Scale (OGRS-2) and Redundancy of Patient Social and Clinical Features
Hill, C., Bagshaw, R., Hewlett, P., Perham, N., Davies, J., Maden, A. & Watt, A., 28 Feb 2023, In: International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 23, 1, p. 85-91 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cohort profile: The UK COVID-19 Public Experiences (COPE) prospective longitudinal mixed-methods study of health and well-being during the SARSCoV2 coronavirus pandemic
Phillips, R., Taiyari, K., Torrens-Burton, A., Cannings-John, R., Williams, D., Peddle, S., Campbell, S., Hughes, K., Gillespie, D., Sellars, P., Pell, B., Ashfield-Watt, P., Akbari, A., Seage, C. H., Perham, N., Joseph-Williams, N., Harrop, E., Blaxland, J., Wood, F. & Poortinga, W. & 5 others, , 13 Oct 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 10 October, e0258484.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Association Between Effectiveness of Tinnitus Intervention and Cognitive Function—A Systematic Review
Lan, T., Cao, Z., Zhao, F. & Perham, N., 6 Jan 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 11, 553449.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Can sound overcome challenges and boost students creativity?
Alhussain, D., Counsell, J., Perham, N. & Pigott, J., 2020, Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020. Buck, L., Bohemia, E. & Grierson, H. (eds.). The Design Society, (Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2020).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Can a simple, short-term memory task help to screen dyslexia?
Perham, N., Howell, T. & Watt, A., 14 Dec 2019, In: Current Psychology. 41, 1, p. 360-368 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A double dissociative study into the effectiveness of computational thinking
Calderon, A. C., Skillicorn, D., Watt, A. & Perham, N., 10 Oct 2019, In: Education and Information Technologies. 25, 2, p. 1181-1192 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Postcategorical auditory distraction in short-term memory: Insights from increased task load and task type
Marsh, J. E., Yang, J., Qualter, P., Richardson, C., Perham, N., Vachon, F. & Hughes, R. W., 1 Jun 2018, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition. 44, 6, p. 882-897 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Are sound abatement measures necessary in the cytology reading room? A study of auditory distraction
Evered, A., Watt, A. & Perham, N., 7 Sept 2017, In: Cytopathology. 29, 1, p. 84-89 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review