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Professor Michael Aitken

Professor of Experimental Psychology

  • Deputy Head, Department of Psychology
  • Programme Director, Undergraduate Psychology

Biography

Professor Mike Aitken joined King’s in January 2014, to lead the development of the BSc Psychology programme. Previous appointment was Deputy Director of Education in the School of Biological Sciences, and Director of Teaching at the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Selwyn College Cambridge.  

MA (Cantab) and PhD in Experimental Psychology from University of Cambridge. 

Co-author of two textbooks ‘Mathematics for Biological Sciences’ and ‘Analysis of Variance for Behavioural Sciences Researchers’. Awarded the 2014 University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize for Teaching

Research Interests: 

  • Gambling, Luck and Decision-making 
  • Associative Learning and Cognition 

 

Teaching: 

  • Research methods & decision-making  

 

    News

    IoPPN BSc Psychology excels in National Student Survey 2022

    The undergraduate courses at the IoPPN (BSc Psychology and BSc Psychology with Professional Placement) were ranked fourth highest for student satisfaction for...

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      News

      IoPPN BSc Psychology excels in National Student Survey 2022

      The undergraduate courses at the IoPPN (BSc Psychology and BSc Psychology with Professional Placement) were ranked fourth highest for student satisfaction for...

      Logo: NSS National Student Survey