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Claudia Gaele

Research student

Lancaster University

Fylde College

LA1 4YF

Lancaster

Research overview

I’m interested in the relationship between learning and intrinsic curiosity, particularly how it drives implicit semantic learning and influences the way we process information structurally. My research focuses on how neurotypical and autistic individuals develop semantic specialisations, and whether this knowledge is shaped by curiosity.

Supervised By

Professor Gert Westermann, University of Lancaster

Dr Calum Hartley, University of Lancaster

Dr Francesca Branzi, University of Liverpool

Research Grants

NWSSDTP: PhD scholarship

LuCiD: Travel award March 2024 (Summer internship)

Current Teaching

PSYC115 - Developmental Psychology

PSYC111 - Cognitive Psychology

PSYC224 - Research Methods II

Career Details

I have worked as a research assistant to Dr Francesca Branzi at the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit of the University of Cambridge and to Dr Lacey Okonski and Dr Adan Martinez Cruz at the University of Umea and SLU.

Qualifications

MSc Cognitive Science, Umea University

MPhil by research in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (Psycholinguistics), University of Cambridge

BA Hons Linguistics and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester

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