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William Curran is a Senior Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast’s School of Psychology, affiliated with the EPIC research group. He holds a BSc (1991) and PhD (1994) in Psychology from University College London. His career includes postdoctoral roles at UCL, Royal Holloway, and the Visual Development Unit. Research focuses on visual perception, time perception, and laughter’s role in social interaction. He teaches perception at undergraduate levels.
- Education: BSc (UCL, 1991), PhD (UCL, 1994)
Research interests span visual perception mechanisms (e.g., motion transparency, neural adaptation), time perception illusions, and laughter’s social context. Recent work addresses laughter in cooperative/competitive settings and contextual classification of spontaneous laughter. He leads projects funded by EU FP7 (e.g., ILHAIRE) and industry collaborations (e.g., Mediasights Ltd).
Key awards include the International Fellowship Award (2005) and Promising Researcher Award (2006). He reviews for journals like Perception, Frontiers in Psychology, and Journal of Vision. Active in grant-funded research (e.g., EU FP7 projects, laughter context analysis).
