Elinor Bridges
PhD Psychology
- Psychology
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: S1986958@sms.ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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7 George Square
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9JZ
Background
I am a PhD student in my second year, and I am studying genetic and environmental aspects of reading ability.
I started my time at university as an undergraduate in the biological sciences, however after being introduced to social science research during an internship I decided that I would like to explore other areas outside of biology. After my undergraduate degree, I went on to complete a masters in the social sciences, with a particular emphasis on statistics. I found it fascinating to see the ways that statististical analysis can be used to try to answer questions about the world around us, and so to build on that training further I embarked on my PhD in psychology.
Qualifications
Social Research Methods & Statistics MSc, University of Manchester
Biology with Science & Society with Industrial/Professional Experience BSc, University of Manchester
Research summary
Literacy, speech and language, behavioural genetics, gene-environment interactions, quantitative methods