Nick Donnelly

Professor, Liverpool Hope University. Nick joined Liverpool Hope in September 2019. Their academic research has explored a number of key questions within the broad are of visual cognition. These interests include understanding the psychological processes involved in searching for visual targets, including man-made threats and basic processes in face perception. In recent years he has also become interested in how visuo-cognitive theories can help us to understand the spectatorship of paintings.

CREST Outputs

Projects
Commissioned year
Differences in the Ability to Spot Rare, Non-salient or Hidden Targets
This project reviews the literature on individual differences in the ability to detect rare, hidden, or non-salient targets, and a reanalysis of existing data to pull out the impact of individual differences.
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2016 – 2017
Articles
Article
Nick Donnelly, Anne Hillstrom, Natalie Mestry
Just another face in the crowd – what makes spotting unfamiliar faces difficult?
What can influence our ability to spot faces? Nick Donnelly, Anne Hillstrom, and Natalie Mestry discuss their research on facial recognition ability.
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3 min read
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Nick Donnelly, Anne Hillstrom, Natalie Mestry
What makes spotting faces difficult?
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1 min read
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Nick Donnelly, Anne Hillstrom, Natalie Mestry
Finding hidden targets
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2 min read
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Nick Donnelly, Anne Hillstrom, Natalie Mestry
Individual differences in ability to search
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1 min read
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Nick Donnelly, Anne Hillstrom, Natalie Mestry
Detecting rare targets
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1 min read
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Nick Donnelly, Anne Hillstrom, Natalie Mestry
How training and professional experience affect the ability to spot targets
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1 min read