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Chris Westbury, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Science - Psychology Science
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Contact

Professor, Faculty of Science - Psychology Science
Email
chrisw@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-5275
Address
P-577 Bio Science - Psychology Wing
11355 - Saskatchewan Drive
Edmonton AB
T6G 2E9

Overview

About

I was born and raised in Calgary.I have two undergraduate degrees from McGill University, one in philosophy (major) and computer science (minor) and the other in psychology (major). I also graduated with a PhD in clinical psychology from McGill University. 

Research

My research interest focus on understanding the structure and neurological underpinnings of language processing, mostly focused on written words. I have a particular interest in semantics, the study of word meaning.

Teaching

I currently teach the graduate Professional and Ethical Issues course (PSYCO502) and a 4th year course in psychometrics, the measurement of psychological constructs such as IQ and clinical diagnostic categories (PSYCO431).

Featured Publications

Wriggly, squiffy, lummox, and boobs: What makes some words funny?

Chris Westbury and Geoff Hollis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 2019 May; 148 (1):97-123.

Weighing up the evidence for sound symbolism: Distributional properties predict cue strength

Westbury, C., Hollis, G., Siidhu, D.M., & Pexman, P.M.

Journal of Memory and Language. 2018 April; 99 (28)

Imaging Imageability: Behavioral Effects and Neural Correlates of Its Interaction with Affect and Context.

Westbury, C. F., Cribben, I., & Cummine, J.

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 10

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain: Explaining semantics without semanitcs

Westbury, C.

The Mental Lexicon. 11 (3):350-374

The principals of meaning: Extracting semantic dimensions from co-occurrence models of semantics.

Geoff Hollis, Chris Westbury

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 23 (6):1744-1756