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Welcome to CRACKLE

What does CRACKLE do? CRACKLE staff and graduate research students conduct research in “applied” or real-world aspects of cognition, learning and emotion with implications for psychological well-being and CRACKLE is part of the University Research Priority Area of…

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CRACKLE’s Psychology Professors present at Space Life & Biomedical Science Symposium

Prof. Graham Edgar and Prof. Di Catherwood presented talks at the UK Space Life and Biomedical Science Symposium (http://www.ukspacelabs.co.uk/) organized by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Their presentations were on Children in Space and also Situation Awareness…

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CRACKLE’s FireFront Project has a new website

The FireFront project, led by CRACKLE, won fundingunder the Erasmus Plus Strategic Partnerships for Vocational Education and Training scheme and operates through a collaborative partnership between EU Fire service personnel and education staff. The project is founded on…

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CRACKLE Research Output has been updated

Click here to view the recent additions to the research output page.

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CRACKLE staff publish ground-breaking paper on Situation Awareness and Human Decision-making!

Dr. Graham Edgar, Dr. Steven Baker and Prof. Di Catherwood with staff from the Centre for Research in Applied Cognition, Knowledge Learning and Emotion (CRACKLE) and the Netherlands national Fire Training HQ (IFV Brandweeracademie) have published a ground-breaking…

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New CRACKLE members

I would like to welcome new members Dr Kim Schenke and Dr Rachel Sumner to the CRACKLE team. You can visit both their research profiles here.

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Firemind Conference 2016

The first Firemind conference took place at the University of Gloucestershire Park Campus in April 2016 and ran for five consecutive days. In attendance were: UK   DIANNE CATHERWOOD, GRAHAM EDGAR, STEVE BAKER and DAVID BROOKES from CRACKLE…

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The Firemind Project: CRACKLE and Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Colleagues Conduct Another Successful Research Exercise With EU Firemind Partners

Geoff Sallis and Dr. Graham Edgar with FireMind colleagues conducting trials of FireMind in Belgium Professor Di Catherwood with FireMind colleagues conducting trials of FireMind at The Fire Training Academy, Arnhem, Netherlands University/CRACKLE members Dr Graham Edgar and Professor Di…

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Human Resilience Symposium 2015

Dr Kerry Rees and Dr Claire Cooke were invited to present a talk in a symposium at Bristol University, which explored the concept and psychology of human resilience. Their talk entitled “Resilience, self-regulation and goal pursuit: What is resilience for?” explored the…

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CRACKLE team extend research project with fire service partners in Belgium and the Netherlands

Dr. Graham Edgar and  Prof. Di Catherwood from CRACKLE and Geoff Sallis (Gloucestershire FRS) have recently returned from another successful visit to two more European partners in their Erasmus Plus FireMind project aimed at developing an online portal to…

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