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Janice E. Murray

New Zealand psychologist

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About Janice E. Murray

Janice E. Murray was an academic and psychologist.

Janice Elizabeth Murray is a Canadian–New Zealand academic psychologist, and is professor emerita at the University of Otago. Her research focuses on object and face recognition, and age-related changes in perception.

Early life and education

Murray was born and raised in a small town in Nova Scotia. As an undergraduate at Dalhousie University, Murray studied infant language acquisition and speech perception under Professor Peter Jusczyk. She followed this with a Masters degree and a PhD titled The role of spatial separability and attention in dichotic listening both at the University of Waterloo.

Academic career Murray spent two years doing postdoctoral research at the University of Auckland. She returned to Canada, but had decided to make New Zealand her home, and accepted a lectureship position at the University of Otago, arriving with a young family in 1991. Murray was appointed associate professor in 2016, and full professor at the beginning of 2021. Her inaugural professorial lecture in July of that year coincided with her retirement, and she was subsequently appointed professor emerita. She was part of a team that found older people are less good at recognising emotions in other people, and less good at lying, and at detecting lies by others.

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Important facts

Education
Dalhousie University, University of Waterloo
Positions held
Full professor, Associate professor, Professor emeritus
Employers
University of Otago
Also known as
J. Murray, Janice Murray, J. E. Murray, Janice Elizabeth Murray

Frequently asked questions

Who was Janice E. Murray?

New Zealand psychologist

What was Janice E. Murray's occupation?

Janice E. Murray was an academic and psychologist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Janice E. Murray

· Wikidata: Q104139677

· DBpedia: Janice Murray (psychologist)

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