Personal profile
Research Interests
I am an experimental cognitive psychologist by background. Most of my research is on judgment and decision-making. In recent years, I have focussed on surrogate decision-making (DMfO), behavioural addiction and impulsivity. Other research interests include: implicit learning and categorization, episodic memory, second-language acquisition, and pro-social behaviour.
For more information see my ResearchGate profile and GoogleScholar profile.
Qualifications
Employment
- 2018 - present: Professor and Head of Psychology, Aston University.
- 2006 - 2018: Associate Professor, University of Nottingham.
- 2004 - 2006: Lecturer in Human Experimental Psychology, University of Nottingham.
- 2002 - 2004: Lecturer in Psychology, Keele University.
- 2001 - 2002: Senior Research Fellow, University College London.
- 1999 - 2001: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University College London.
Responsibilities
Head of the School of Psychology
Teaching Activity
- Judgment and decision-making (PY3023)
PhD Supervision
- Jodie Raybould
Contact Details
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Artificial grammar learning and the transfer of sequential dependencies, Department of Psychology, University of York, York, UK.
Award Date: 1 Jun 1999
Keywords
- BF Psychology
- decision-making
- addiction
- signal detection theory
- DMfO
- gambling
- impulsivity
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Assessing the factor structure of the Problem and Pathological Gambling Measure (PPGM)
Mou, C., Ferguson, E., Tunney, R. J. & James, R. J. E., 2025, In: International Gambling Studies. 25, 2, p. 307-322 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lower caution, not inhibitory control, predicts gambling severity – a Registered Report
Oxtoby, M. C., Pennington, C. R., Tunney, R. J. & Hedge, C., 2 Sept 2025, In: Addiction Research & Theory. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Registered Report › peer-review
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Measuring Gambling Harm in Self-Reported Questionnaires: A Scoping Review
Mou, C., Kailasnathan, S. A., Ferguson, E., Tunney, R. & James, R. J. E., 28 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) 24 p.Research output: Preprint or Working paper › Preprint
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Disordered gambling, or dependence and consequences: a bifactor exploratory structural equation model analysis of the problem gambling severity index
James, R. J. E., Tillsley, J. E., Hitcham, L., Mou, C., Kim, H. & Tunney, R. J., 20 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction Research and Theory. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Factor Analysis of Impulsivity in Gaming Disorder and Internet Gaming Disorder
Tunney, R. & Raybould, J., Dec 2024, In: BMC Psychiatry. 24, 1, 9 p., 652.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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