Dr Alice Oliver

Role

• Deliver service evaluations, diversity projects, and community engagement activities

• Coordinate our Friends of MARC Reference Group

• Co-produce quarterly Research Newsletters with Friends of MARC

• Deliver memory assessments, interviews and questionnaires with research participants and their study partners

Special Interests

• Patient and Public Involvement

• Delivering person-centred research

• Science communication

Qualifications

Doctorate in Psychology, University of Southampton, ‘Benefits of Nostalgia Within Spatial Environments for People with and without Alzheimer’s Disease’

Master of Science in Social Research Methods, University of Southampton

Bachelor of Science in Human Physiology, University of Portsmouth

Publications 

Benefits of nostalgic landmarks for people living with Alzheimer's disease (2024) Journal of Alzheimer’s disease

Nostalgia assuages spatial anxiety (2024) Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Nostalgia enhances route learning in a virtual environment (2023) Cognition and Emotion

Induction of spatial anxiety in a virtual navigation environment (2023) Behavior Research Methods