Research

I have been researching human behaviour for more than 20 years, so the list of findings and topics I’ve looked at is pretty lengthy. You can find more info under the various research tabs at the top of this page.

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My main focus now includes behaviour change, particularly since we have been using Do Something Different to help people lose weight, stop smoking and improve their health and well-being. I am also applying knowledge from cognitive and social psychology to the domain of Fashion (and am a Professor in the Department of Fashion at Istanbul Bilgi University) and continue to write and speak about a range of women’s issues.

 

Some topics I’ve researched:

The Psychology of Fashion (CLICK HERE FOR THE FASHION LITERACY TEST)

Children’s implicit and explicit representations

Fashion and first impressions

Advertising and children

Gestures and cognition

Behavioural economics

Gestures and speech

Women & money

Spelling development

Maths developemnt

Development of science concepts

Educational interventions

Infant gesture

Weight loss without dieting

Effects of ‘babysign’

Gestures as influencers

Behavioural change

Body image

The microgenetic method

Kids & technology

Happy children

Family functioning

Smoking cessation