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Michael Roy is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Elizabethtown College and a Research Associate at North-West University, Potchefstroom. He earned a BA from Bates College (1991) and a PhD from the University of California, San Diego (2003). His research focuses on time estimation biases, self-assessment, music’s psychological impact, and interdisciplinary topics like dogs resembling their owners.
Key research areas include cognitive biases in memory and prediction, music’s role in geriatric well-being and South African youth development, and social psychology phenomena like the better-than-average effect. Recent work explores naturalness bias in sports and intuition’s role in decision-making.
Publications span cognitive psychology, forensic psychology, and music therapy, with notable studies on witness memory accuracy and cultural music programs. Collaborations include South African music education initiatives. No scientific awards are listed, but his work has been featured in media like NPR and The Guardian.
He advises no listed students but has engaged in cross-cultural research projects. No lab affiliations are explicitly mentioned.
