Research interests

I am interested in morality and the influence that moral emotions have on behaviour. My research focuses on how the four functions of emotions (communication, appraisal, regulation, learning) differ depending on the circumstances under which they are manipulated. I am also fortunate enough that my research includes the use of fMRI in order to gain a better understanding of how these moral emotions work at the neural level.

Thesis title

Guilt, self-control, and the brain

Supervisor

Dr Roger Giner-Sorolla

Funding

MRC/ESRC

Conference presentations

Greitemeyer, T., & McLatchie, N. (2011). Denying humanness to others: A newly discovered mechanism by which violent video games increase aggressive behaviour. Presented at EASP, Stockholm, Sweden.

McLatchie, N.& Giner-Sorolla, R.S. (2011, June). When is guilt functional? Paper presented at SoDoc conference, Munich, Germany.

McLatchie, N. & Giner-Sorolla, R.S. (2011, June). When is guilt functional? Paper presented at Sconet conference, Birmingham.

Publications

Greitemeyer, T., & McLatchie, N. (2011). Denying humanness to others: A newly discovered mechanism by which violent video games increase aggressive behavior. Psychological Science, 22, 659-665.

Holle, H., McLatchie, N., Maurer, S. & Ward, J. (2011). Proprioceptive drift without illusions of ownership for rotated hands in the 'rubber hand illusion' paradigm. Cognitive Neuroscience, 3, 1-8.

Teaching commitments

SP302 Introduction to Social Psychology (marking)

School of Psychology
Keynes College
University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent
CT2 7NP
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1227 823082
Fax. +44 (0)1227 827030
Email: Neil McLatchie

Office: Olive Cottages 2.03