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Alia Ataya

3rd Year Postgraduate
Supervisor : Dr Marcus Munafò

telephone: +44 (0)117 92 88494 email: aa6613@bris.ac.uk

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Biographical details

I graduated from the American University of Beirut in June 2006 with a BA in Psychology. I recently completed an Msc in Research Methods in Psychology at the University of Bristol. My Dissertation involved examining the effects of acute alcohol consumption on perception of facial cues of emotion.


Research interests

My main research interests involve Addiction with a particular interest in alcohol addiction. My PhD research will focus on the role of attentional bias and attentional re-training in both alcohol dependant users as well as social drinkers.


Publications



Attwood A.S., Ataya A., Penton-Voak I. S., Benton C. P., Munafo M. R. Effects of alcohol and expectancy on the miscategorisation of facial cues of emotional expression (in preparation)

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