Stuart Lipscombe

Stuart lectures in Psychology and Criminology. He is the Module Leader for all three psychology-related criminology modules, Principles of Psychology for Criminologists (Levels 4), Psychology and Crime (Level 5), and Forensic Psychology (Level 6); and the Research Skills and Academic Development (Level 4) module.

Stuart’s academic research is in inhibitory control (IC) in young children aged 3- to 7-years-old.  IC relates to the ability to stop the production of automatic responses. In recent research he has investigated differences between children’s manual and verbal imitative responses, with a particular emphasis on the inhibitory effects of complex and simple words, and the extent to which word similarity and dissimilarity may impact on imitative responding. Another strand of research Stuart is involved in investigates whether reconceptualization of rule structure and delay may enable young children to overcome their weak IC in developmental tasks.