Overview
Profile summary
Professional memberships
- Former AFBPsyS (Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society; now resigned)
- SFHEA (Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy)
Roles on external bodies
- Grant Reviewer for the EPSRC, ESRC, and BBSRC;
- on the Peer Review Colleges of the EPSRC and BBSRC.
- Referee for:
- Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Journal Of Experimental Psychology: Applied
- Memory & Cognition
- British Journal of Psychology
- Cognition and Emotion
- Addictive Behaviors
- ERAB: Foundation for Addiction research
- British Journal of Medical Psychology
- British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Journal of Neuroscience Methods
- International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
- Human Computer Interaction
- ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
- Interacting with Computers
- Behaviour and Information Technology
- Information Science Review
- and several international HCI conferences.
Supervised research degrees
- Dr Nicandro Cruz-Ramirez: (Oct 98-Jan 02) Building Bayesian Networks from Data: a Constraint based Approach
- Mark Irwin MPhil: (Oct 00-Jan 02) Interference in memory from pre-existing associates
- Dr Stuart Booth: (Feb 98-Mar 02 PT) Multi-sensory theory for interface design
- Dr Marc Bühner: (Oct 98-Mar 02 PT) Delay and Knowledge Mediation in Human Causal Reasoning
- Dr Evanilza Loureiro: (Oct 98-Dec 03) Logical and Emotional Argumentation by Brazilian Religious Ministers
- Dr Nathalie Panabokke: (Oct 01-Oct 04) Role of Visual Imagery in Craving
- Graeme Stewart MPhil: (Oct 03-Jun 05) A Hybrid Computational Model of Interacting Cognitive Subsystem
- Dr Tim Gamble : (Feb 01-Sept 06 PT) Doing two things: the effect of task complexity and structure on switch costs
- Dr Lisa-Marie Berry : ( Oct 05 - Sept 08) Cognitive Models of Craving
- Dr Joanna Blackburn : ( Jan 07 - Dec 09) The role of imagery in eating disorders
- Dr HelenBatey: (Jan 2007-June 2011 FT, ESRC National Competition) Intrusive Thoughts and Mindfulness in Deliberate Self Harm
- Dr Jessica Skorka-Brown: (April 2010 to March 2015)University of Plymouth Studentship; Imagery in craving
- Dr. Lucie Clements: (October 2014-2017). The definition, identification and assessment of creativity in contemporary dance education. Leverhulme Trust, FT.
- Dr. Klara Lucznik: (04/14 to 03/17) Imagery, Creativity and Collaboration in Choreography
EU Marie-Curie Fellowship, - Dr. Becca Weber (April 2015-Jan 2018) Somatics, Creativity, and Choreography: Creative Cognition in Somatics-based Contemporary Dance. Leverhulme Trust, FT.
- Dr. Jon Rhodes: (Oct 2015-Dec 2019) Enhancing Grit in Elite Athletes through Functional Imagery Training; University of Plymouth studentship
- Dr. Karol Nedza: (Oct 2017-Feb 24) The effectiveness of imagery use in motivating physical activity and exercise; University of Plymouth studentship
Teaching interests
- Cognitive Psychology
- Cognition and Emotion
- Applied Psychology
Academic qualifications
Psychology, Doctorate, A Cognitive Analysis of Flexible Thinking, University of Exeter
Award Date: 18 Jul 1987
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education
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Designing a systemic intervention for student loneliness and social connectedness using a mixed-methods, co-creation approach
Homer, S., Andrade, J., May, J., Meinert, E., Milne-Ives, M., Relf, O., Rogers, A., Cornford, E. & Richardson, R., 21 Feb 2026, In: npj Mental Health Research. 5, 12.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early phase testing of functional imagery training as an intervention for anxiety
Andrade, J., Kavanagh, D. J., Bowditch, C., Mackriel, E., Ravenshill, E., Sime, A., Trumfield, E., Watts, J. & May, J., 1 Sept 2025, In: Behaviour Research and Therapy. 192, 104786.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hikikomori Risk in the UK
Gorman, G., Bacon, A., May, J. & Minton, S., 5 Jul 2025, In: International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 71, 8, p. 1621-1632 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nature contact and health risk Behaviours: Results from an 18 country study
Martin, L., White, M. P., Pahl, S. & May, J., Jul 2025, In: Health and Place. 94, 103479.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing immediate emotions in the theory of planned behavior can substantially contribute to increases in pro-environmental behavior
Ho, V. C., Berman, A. H., Andrade, J., Kavanagh, D. J., Branche, S. L., May, J., Philson, C. S. & Blumstein, D. T., 14 Mar 2024, In: Frontiers in Climate. 6, 1344899.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data and analysis supplement for: Functional imagery training versus motivational interviewing for weight loss: a randomised controlled trial of brief individual interventions for overweight and obesity.
Solbrig, L. (Creator), Whalley, B. (Creator), Kavanagh, D. (Creator), May, J. (Creator), Parkin, T. (Creator) & Andrade, J. (Creator), ZENODO, 20 Dec 2017
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1120364, https://zenodo.org/record/1120364
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Creative Flow in Dance: Consensual Assessment of Creative Outcomes of Dance Group Improvisation
Lucznik, K. (Creator) & May, J. (Creator), ZENODO, 27 Jun 2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5035386, https://zenodo.org/record/5035386
Dataset