Lance Workman is a British psychologist whose specialisms include

biological psychology Behavioral neuroscience, also known as biological psychology, biopsychology, or psychobiology,Psychobi ...

clinical psychology Clinical psychology is an integration of human science, behavioral science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well ...

, and

evolutionary psychology Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach in psychology that examines cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to identify human psychological adaptations with regard to the ancestral problems they evolved ...

. He currently teaches on the psychology undergraduate programme at

Bath Spa University Bath Spa University is a public university in Bath, Somerset, Bath, England, with its main campus at Newton Park, about west of the centre of the city. The university has other campuses in the city of Bath, and one at Corsham Court in Wiltshi ...

. He is an Associate Fellow of and a Chartered Psychologist with the

British Psychological Society The British Psychological Society (BPS) is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom. History It was founded on 24 October 1901 at University College London (UCL) as ''The Psychological Society'', the org ...

Education

He received an undergraduate degree in psychology and biology from

Keele University Keele University is a Public university#United Kingdom, public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, it was granted uni ...

and his doctorate from the

University of Sussex The University of Sussex is a public university, public research university, research university located in Falmer, East Sussex, England. It lies mostly within the city boundaries of Brighton and Hove. Its large campus site is surrounded by the ...

Works

His book written with Will Reader, ''Evolutionary Psychology: An Introduction'', has been published in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and Europe and includes a French edition. Research includes his finding that British

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s have regional dialects, a number of research articles on

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and various works on the cerebral lateralisation of emotion. He is consultant editor for the journal ''

Animal Behaviour Ethology is a branch of zoology that studies the behavior, behaviour of non-human animals. It has its scientific roots in the work of Charles Darwin and of American and German ornithology, ornithologists of the late 19th and early 20th cen ...

'' and is on the editorial board for ''

The Psychologist ''The Psychologist'' is the monthly publication of the British Psychological Society. It provides a forum for communication, discussion and controversy among all members of the society and it helps promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledg ...

''.

Appearances

On 13 April 2014, he appeared at the

Leicester Square Theatre The Leicester Square Theatre is a 400-seat theatre in Leicester Place, immediately north of Leicester Square, in the City of Westminster, London. It was previously known as Notre Dame Hall, Cavern in the Town and The Venue. The theatre hosts st ...

in London, as "the expert interviewee", with comedian

Richard Herring Richard Keith Herring (born 12 July 1967) is an English stand-up comedian and writer whose early work includes the comedy double act Lee and Herring (alongside Stewart Lee). He is described by ''The British Theatre Guide'' as "one of the leadin ...

in the show ''Richard Herring's Meaning of Life'' with comedian

, discussing "Good and Evil".

Books

Workman, L. and Reader, W. (2004) ''Evolutionary Psychology: An Introduction''. Cambridge University Press, .

References

External links

Dr Lance WorkmanLance Workman
at researchgate.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Workman, Lance Living people Alumni of the University of Sussex Evolutionary psychologists Academics of Bath Spa University Year of birth missing (living people)