Dr Perry Bhatarah
Perry has an an MSc in Cognitive Science (Birmingham), an MSc (BPS conversion) in Psychology (Essex) and a PhD in Cognitive Psychology (Essex).
Perry is a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
Perry's research interests are in broad areas of cognitive psychology, including emotion. Recent projects have focused on factors affecting short and long term memory (e.g. impact of anxiety on memory), factors affecting face recognition and emotion perception (e.g. use of face mask during COVID on face recognition and emotion perception.
Teaching Interests:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Research Methods
- Higher Education & Orientation Research Methods
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Empirical Projects
- Behavioural studies
Research Interests:
- Memory structures and processes.
- Face Recognition
Bhatarah, P., Ward, G., Smith, J., & Hayes. L. (2009). Examining the relationship between free recall and immediate serial recall: Similar patterns of rehearsal and similar effects of word length, presentation rate, and articulatory suppression. Memory & Cognition, 37 (5), 689-713.
Ward, G., Tan, L., & Bhatarah, P. (2009). The roles of short-term and long-term memory in free and serial recall: Towards a recency-based perspective. In A. S. C. Thorn and M. P. A. Page, (Eds.), Interactions between short-term and long-term memory in the verbal domain. Psychology Press. Hove , UK
Bhatarah, P., Ward. G. and Tan, L. (2008). Examining the relationship between free recall and immediate serial recall: The serial nature of recall and the effect of test expectancy. Memory and Cognition, 36(1), 20-34).
Bhatarah, P., Ward, G. & Tan, L. (2006) Examining the relationship between free recall and immediate serial recall: The effect of concurrent task performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition , 32(2), 215-229.
Dr Perry Bhatarah
Course Leader for Psychology MSc
E: p.bhatarah@londonmet.ac.uk