Dr Sahar Nadeem Hamid
BSc, MA, PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
Tel: 01978 293553
Email: s.hamid@glyndwr.ac.uk
Background
Sahar N. Hamid completed her B.S. in Psychology at Roanoke College, Virginia, USA, with a concentration in Biology. She completed her Masters and PhD in Cognition and Perception at the University of Texas at Austin in 2008. In 2010 Sahar started teaching Psychology at Glyndwr University. Before that she taught in Universities in Pakistan and the United States of America.
Sahar Nadeem Hamid is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA)
Research Interests
Sahar’s primary research interests are in cognition and perception. She is interested in exploring how people decide what information needs to be encoded while navigating.
Sahar is also interested in multi-cultural research on religious attitudes and its effect on psychological well-being.
Publications and Presentations
Hamid, S. N., Hayhoe, M. & Stankiewicz, B.J. (2010). Gaze patterns in navigation: Encoding information in large-scale environments. Journal of Vision, 10 (12):28
Hamid, S.N., Hayhoe, M. & Stankiewicz, B.J. (Oct, 2009). Knowledge acquisition in navigation. A look at memory limitations in the use of landmarks. Presentation to Visual Perception Group at Liverpool University, UK.
Nadeem, S., Hayhoe, M. & Stankiewicz, B.J. (May, 2008). Knowledge acquisition in navigation: A look at memory limitations in the use of landmarks. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida.
Nadeem, S., Hayhoe, M. & Stankiewicz, B.J. (March 2008). Knowledge acquisition in navigation. Poster presented at the workshop on Natural Environments Tasks and Intelligence, Austin, Texas.
Nadeem, S., & Stankiewicz, B.J. (May, 2007). How much can vision tell us about where we are? Measuring the channel capacity between visual perception and spatial layout. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida.
