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Psychology-Research lecture: David Clark (Oxford), Developing and disseminating effective psychological therapies: Science, practice and economics

You are cordially invited to attend the Psychology-Research lecture on Friday Feb 21 by David M. Clark professor and chair of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford and Oxford Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma (OxCADAT).   “Developing and disseminating effective psychological therapies: Science, practice and economics” (see abstract below). Date: Friday February 21st…

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Helmholtz lecture Antti Oulasvirta, University of Aalto: Psychology as the science of design: what psychological theories do

Psychology as the science of design: what psychological theories do Antti Oulasvirta, University of Aalto (http://users.comnet.aalto.fi/oulasvir/ ) 31 January 2020, 16:00 – 17:00. Location: Ruppert building, room Red Kurt Lewin famously said that ‘There’s nothing more practical than a good theory’. But what makes a theory applicable to practical problems? Is it validity, reliability, or…

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