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Professor Geoff Beattie 

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Professor of Psychology

School of Psychological Sciences
University of Manchester
Coupland 1
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
 

 

Research

Social psychology and applied social psychology; human multi-modal communication, including speech and nonverbal communication, particularly unconscious gesture; perception and processing, including subliminal processing; micro-level analysis of individual behaviour and action in the context of sustainability; advertising; implicit and explicit attitudes to the environment.

See: Reviews of Geoff's books (PDF, 172KB)

  • Beattie, G. (2011). Get The Edge: How Simple Changes Will Transform Your Life. Headline: London.
  • Beattie, G. (2010). Why Aren't We Saving The Planet? A Psychologist's Perspective. Routledge: London.
  • Beattie, G. (2004). Protestant Boy. Granta: London.
  • Beattie, G. (2003). Visible Thought: The New Psychology Of Body Language. Routledge: London.
  • Beattie, G. (2002). The Shadows of Boxing: Prince Naseem and those he left behind. Orion: London.
  • Beattie, G. (2000) The Corner Boys. Klett-Cotta: Berlin.
  • Beattie, G. (1999) Belfastin Pojat. Otava: Helsinki.
  • Beattie, G. (1998). Head-to-Head: Uncovering the Psychology of Sporting Success. Victor Gollancz: London.
  • Beattie, G. (1998). Hard Lines: Voices from Deep within a Recession. University Press: Manchester. Published in paperback, Mandolin: Manchester (1998).
  • Beattie, G. (1998). The Corner Boys. Victor Gollancz: London. Published in paperback, Indigo: London (1999).
  • Beattie, G. (1996). On the Ropes: Boxing as a Way of Life. Victor Gollancz: London. Published in paperback, Indigo: London (1997).
  • Beattie, G. (1992). We Are the People. Journeys Through the Heart of Protestant Ulster. Heinemann: London. (pp. 246). Published in paperback, Mandarin: London (1993). Reprinted twice (1993).
  • Beattie, G. (1990). England After Dark. Weidenfeld & Nicolson:London.
  • Beattie, G. (1989). All Talk: Why it's important to watch your words and everything else you say. Weidenfeld & Nicolson: London.
  • Beattie, G. (1988). Beachwatching. Rambletree Press: Hove.
  • Beattie, G. (1987). Making It: The Reality of Today's Entrepreneurs. Weidenfeld & Nicolson: London.
  • Beattie, G. (1986). Survivors of Steel City. Chatto & Windus: London.
  • Ellis, A. & Beattie, G. (1986). The Psychology of Language and Communication. Lawrence Erlbaum: London (published in the United States by Guilford Press). Reprinted 1988.
  • Beattie, G. (1983). Talk: An Analysis of Speech and Non-Verbal Behaviour in Conversation. Open University Press: Milton Keynes.
 

Teaching

  • PSYC 10601 - Group Working & Communication Skills Workshops
  • PSYC 20351 - Social Psychology & Cognition
  • PSYC 30131 - New Approaches to the Social World
 

Biography

Geoffrey Beattie is Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Manchester and is a Professorial Research Fellow in the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the university. He was formerly Head of Department of Psychology (2000-2004) and Head of School of Psychological Sciences (2004-2011). He obtained his PhD in Psychology from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College) and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS). He was awarded the Spearman Medal by the BPS for 'published psychological research of outstanding merit' and was President of the Psychology section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (2006). Geoffrey has been a keynote speaker at many international conferences and is widely regarded as one of the leading international figures on nonverbal communication.

Books

Geoffrey has published 17 books many of which have either won or been short-listed for major international prizes. His novel entitled 'The Corner Boys' was short-listed for the Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize in 1999 (as was ‘We Are The People: Journeys Through the Heart of Protestant Ulster’ in 1992). 'On the Ropes: Boxing as a Way of Life' is hailed as a boxing classic and was runner-up for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1996. His autobiography 'Protestant Boy' has enjoyed enormous critical acclaim as has his book on body language 'Visible Thought'. His recent book, ‘Why Aren’t We Saving The Planet? A Psychologist’s Perspective’ (2010) has been described as ‘a brilliant book that has opened up a veritable practical path to solving the crises facing the planet. This is required reading for everyone who is interested in our survival’ by Marcel Danesi (University of Toronto and Editor of Semiotica). Geoff's latest book ‘Get the Edge: How Simple Changes Will Transform Your Life’ (2011) has been described by Aaron Beck, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania (and founder of CBT) as being full of ‘wonderful advice based on the wisdom of a lifetime combined with lessons firmly rooted in psychological research. This book is not only profoundly informative, but also a pleasure to read.’

Media

Geoffrey was the psychologist and presenter on 'The Farm of Fussy Eaters' (UKTV Style, 2007) and Channel 4's 'Dump Your Mates in Four Days' (2006/07) and resident on-screen psychologist on ITV's 'Ghost Hunting with...' (2007-11). He was presenter of BBC1's 'Family SOS' (2004/05) and co-presenter of BBC1's 'Life's too Short' (2002). Geoff was also the resident psychologist on ten 'Big Brother' series. His television credits also include 'Child of Our Time' (BBC1), 'Diet Trials' (BBC1), 'Tomorrow's World' (BBC1) and numerous documentaries on ITV and Channel 4. On the run up to the General Election in 2005 Geoff had a regular slot on the ITV news at 10.30 called 'The Body Politic', in which he analysed the body language of the senior politicians involved in the election. He has also been a regular contributor to 'Richard and Judy', the 'Lorraine Kelly Show', 'GMTV', the 'Extreme Celebrity' shows, 'BBC News 24' and 'Sky News'. His academic publications have appeared in a wide variety of international journals including Nature, Semiotica, and the Journal of Language and Social Psychology. Geoff has been keen to show how psychology can illuminate many aspects of human experience and has written for a diverse range of newspapers and magazines including: The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Sunday Telegraph, The Observer, The New Statesman, and Marie Claire.

 

Publications

2011

  • Beattie, G. (2011). Get The Edge: How Simple Changes Will Transform Your Life. London: Headline. eScholarID:111339
  • Beattie G, Sale, L In D.Southerton (Ed.). (2011). Psychology. Encyclopaedia of Consumer Culture. London: Sage. eScholarID:99768
  • Beattie, G. & McGuire L. (2011). Are we too optimistic to bother saving the planet?. Presented at Seventh International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. University of Waikato, New Zealand. eScholarID:113118
  • Beattie, G. & Sale L. (2011). Shopping to save the planet? Implicit rather than explicit attitudes predict low carbon footprint consumer choice (virtual presentation). Presented at Seventh International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. University of Waikato, New Zealand. eScholarID:113143
  • Beattie, G. (2011). Get the Edge: How we reveal our thinking through our unconcious movements. Ulster Museum. eScholarID:144906
  • Beattie, G. (2011). Get the Edge: Understanding the body's little secrets. Presented at Psychology for All event. British Psychological Society, London. eScholarID:144908
  • Beattie, G. (2011). How to manufacture a 'green revolution' (some psychological considerations). Presented at Division of Occupational Psychology Conference on Sustainability. Hallam Conference Centre, London. eScholarID:143992
  • Beattie, G. (2011). The highs and lows of dealing with the media (a cautionary tale?). British Psychological Society. eScholarID:145479
  • Beattie G, Ross J, Webster K. (In-press). Do speakers really unconsciously and imagistically gesture about what is important when they are telling a story? Semiotica, eScholarID:99757
  • Beattie G, Sale L, McGuire L. (2011). An Inconvenient Truth? Can extracts of film really affect our psychological mood and our motivation to act against climate change? Semiotica, 187, 105-126. eScholarID:99191
  • Beattie G, Sale L. (2011). Shopping to save the planet? Implicit rather than explicit attitudes predicts low carbon footprint consumer choice. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 7, 211-232. eScholarID:99767
  • Beattie G, Sale L. (In-press). Do metaphoric gestures influence how a message is perceived? The effects of metaphoric gesture-speech matches and mismatches on semantic communication and social judgment(In press). Semiotica, eScholarID:99758
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2011). An exploration of the other side of semantic communication. How the spontaneous movements of the human hand add crucial meaning to narrative. Semiotica, 176 (1/4), 33-51. eScholarID:1d14481 | DOI:10.1515/semi.2011.021
  • Beattie, G. & Johnson, P. (2011). Possible unconscious bias in recruitment and promotion and the need to promote equality. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 1-7. eScholarID:143934 | DOI:10.1080/13603108.2011.611833
  • Beattie, G. & McGuire, L. (2011). Are we too optimistic to bother saving the planet? The relationship between optimism, eye gaze and negative images of climate change. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 7, 241-256. eScholarID:93654
  • Beattie, G. & McGuire, L. (In-press). See no evil? Only implicit attitudes predict unconscious eye movements towards images of climate change. (In press). Semiotica, eScholarID:93655
  • Beattie, G. (2011). Making an action film. Do films such as Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth really make any difference to how we think and feel about climate change? Nature Climate Change, 1(8), 372-374. eScholarID:143943 | DOI:10.1038/nclimate1257
  • Beattie, G., Cohen, D. & McGuire, L. (In-press). An exploration of possible unconscious ethnic biases in higher education: The role of implicit attitudes on selection for university posts. Semiotica, eScholarID:143989
  • Beattie, G., Webster, K., & Ross, J. (2011). Do imagistic gestures respond to experimental manipulations of the salience of individual elements of a story?(In press). Semiotica, eScholarID:99760
  • Cohen D, Beattie G, Shovelton H. (2011). Tracking the distribution of individual semantic features in gesture across spoken discourse: New perspectives in multi-modal interaction. Semiotica, 185, 147-188. eScholarID:99762
  • Cohen D, Beattie G, Shovelton H. (In-press). The hands of time: A multi-modal investigation into the marking of event duration in spoken narrative(In press). eScholarID:99763

2010

  • Beattie, G. (2010). Why Aren't We Saving the Planet? A Psychologist's Perspective. London: Routledge. eScholarID:79300
  • Beattie, G. (2010). Do we all have unconscious biases?. Presented at Equality Challenge Unit Biennial Conference. Victoria Plaza Hotel London. eScholarID:113098
  • Beattie, G. (2010). How gestures can reveal underlying attitudes and beliefs. Presented at International Conference on Gesture. The Globe Theatre, London. eScholarID:112993
  • Beattie, G. (2010). How I found the media - or how the media found me. Presented at Beacon Communications. Contact Theatre Manchester. eScholarID:113093
  • Beattie, G. (2010). How the unconscious can become visible in everyday talk and why it's so important. Presented at Procter and Gamble Innovation Centre. Brussels. eScholarID:112947
  • Beattie, G. (2010). How we can save the planet?. Presented at The role for gesture research. University of Chicago. eScholarID:112987
  • Beattie, G. (2010). So why aren't we saving the planet?. Presented at Book launch for 'Why Aren't we Saving the Planet? A Psychologist's Perspective'. The Royal Society of Arts London. eScholarID:112968
  • Beattie, G. (2010). The Principles of Non-Verbal Behaviour. Presented at Beacon Communications Workshop. Contact Theatre Manchester. eScholarID:113096
  • Beattie, G. (2010). 'Why Aren't we Saving the Planet? A psychologist's perspective. The Royal Society of Arts, London. eScholarID:144913
  • Beattie, G. (2010). Why aren't we saving the planet?. Presented at A Communication Perspective. University of California, Santa Barbara. eScholarID:112991
  • Beattie, G.W., McGuire, L., & Sale, L. (2010). Do we actually look at the carbon footprint of a product in the initial few seconds? An experimental analysis of unconscious eye movements. Presented at Sixth international Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. University of Cuenca, Ecuador. eScholarID:100478
  • Beattie G, McGuire L, Sale L. (2010). Do we actually look at the carbon footprint of a product in the initial few seconds? An experimental analysis of unconscious eye movements. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 6, 47-65. eScholarID:79301
  • Beattie G, Webster K, Ross J. (2010). The Fixation and Processing of the iconic gestures that accompany talk. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 1-20. eScholarID:79181 | DOI:10.1177/0261927X09359589
  • Cohen D, Beattie G, Shovelton H. (2010). Nonverbal indicators of deception: How iconic gestures reveal thoughts that cannot be suppressed. Semiotica, 182, 133-174. eScholarID:93653 | DOI:10.1515/semi.2010.055

2009

  • Beattie, G.W. & Sale, L. (2009). Explicit and implicit attitudes to low and high carbon footprint products. Presented at Fifth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. University of Technology,Mauritius School of Sustainable Development and Tourism. eScholarID:100472
  • Beattie, G.W. (2009). Consumer demand and promotion of sustainable eating. Presented at Westminster Food and Nutrition Forum. Local Government House, Westminster. eScholarID:100477
  • Beattie, G.W. (2009). Discrepancies between implicit and explicit attitudes to sustainability are reflected in gesture-speech mismatches. Presented at University of Chicago. Chicago. eScholarID:100474
  • Beattie, G.W. (2009). How can we encourage consumers to support sustainable growth?. Presented at Marketing Society 50th Anniversary Conference. Royal Opera House London. eScholarID:100476
  • Beattie, G.W. (2009). Saving the planet (by rehabilitating the unconscious). Presented at the Central office of information. London. eScholarID:100475
  • Beattie G, Sale L. (2009). Explicit and Implicit Attitudes to Low and High Carbon Footprint Products. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 5(4), 191-206. eScholarID:79180
  • Holler J, Shovelton HK, Beattie GW. (2009). Do iconic gestures really contribute to the communication of semantic information in a face-to-face context? Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 33, 73-88. eScholarID:1d17490 | DOI:10.1007/s10919-008-0063-9

2008

  • Beattie G. (2008). What we know about how the human brain works. How Public Service Advertising Works. In Lannon J(ed). (pp. 219-231). UK: World Advertising Research Centre. eScholarID:69042
  • Beattie, G. (2008). Transformational Power of Talk. Presented at The Samaritans Annual Conference. Lancaster University. eScholarID:145484
  • Beattie, G.W. (2008). Can carbon labelling help Europeans live more sustainably? A European symposium associated with the introduction of the EU action plan on sustainable consumption and production. University of Manchester. eScholarID:100471
  • Beattie, G.W. (2008). Target Manchester. Manchester University. eScholarID:100459
  • Beattie, G.W. (2008). Transformational Power of Talk. Presented at The Samaritans Annual Conference. Lancaster University. eScholarID:100464
  • Beattie, G.W. (2008). Visible Thought : The new psychology of body language. Presented at Board of Governors. The University of Manchester. eScholarID:100461
  • Beattie, G.W. (2008). Visible Thought: the new psychology of body language. Presented at Red Brick Road Advertising Agency (Tesco's Agency). London. eScholarID:100470

2007

  • Beattie, G. Shovelton H. (2007). The role of iconic gesture in semantic communication and its theoretical and practical implications. Gesture and the dynamic dimension of language. (pp. 221-241). Philadelphia: John Benjamins. eScholarID:69062
  • Beattie, G.W. (2007). Being single and not able to mingle. Presented at Public lecture. Malaysia. eScholarID:100457
  • Beattie, G.W. (2007). Effective Communication : the new psychology of body language. Presented at National University of Singapore. Singapore. eScholarID:100452
  • Beattie, G.W. (2007). Effective Communication ; The new psychology of body language. Presented at British Council. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. eScholarID:100450
  • Beattie, G.W. (2007). Masterclass Event (Fran Cassidy). Presented at Marketing Society. eScholarID:100439
  • Beattie, G.W. (2007). The brain power of a winner. Presented at Olympic Council for Malaysia for Malaysian Athletes. Malaysia. eScholarID:100447
  • Beattie, G.W. (2007). Visible Thought : the new psychology of body language. Presented at Asia health partners. Singapore. eScholarID:100454
  • Beattie, G.W. (2007). Visible Thought: The new psychology of body language. Presented at Speaker's Corner. Sheffield. eScholarID:100436
  • Beattie, G.W. (2007). Visible Thought: the new psychology of body language. Taylor's College, Malaysia. eScholarID:100444
  • Beattie, G.W. (2007). Workshop on Gesture. Presented at Manchester Academic Enrichment Programme. Manchester. eScholarID:100442
  • Holler J, Beattie GW. (2007). Gesture use in social interaction: how speakers' gestures can reflect listeners' thinking. eScholarID:2d2532

2006

  • Beattie, G.W. (2006). The Psychology of Hate Crime. Presented at Respect Difference : Police Service. Northern Ireland. eScholarID:100425
  • Beattie, G.W. (2006). Visible Thought. How we reveal our thinking through our hand movements. Presented at British Association for the Advancement of Science. London. eScholarID:100432
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2006). A critical appraisal of the relationship between speech and gesture and its implications for the treatment of aphasia. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 8(2), 134-139. eScholarID:1d13158 | DOI:10.1080/14417040600667392
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2006). When size really matters: How a single semantic feature is represented in the speech and gesture modalities. Gesture, 6.1, 63-84. eScholarID:1d10556

2005

  • Beattie, G. (2005). Protestant Boy (Paperback). UK: Granta Books. eScholarID:67856
  • Beattie, G.W. & Shovelton, H. (2005). Interlocutors do get the message; how imagistic gestures add crucial meaning to narrative. Presented at Interacting Bodies International Conference. Lyon. eScholarID:100416
  • Beattie, G.W. (2005). Body Talk. Pricewaterhouse Coopers. eScholarID:100422
  • Beattie, G.W. (2005). How our new understanding of how the brain works could change the very nature of marketing. Presented at Marketing Forum Conference. Cruise from Southampton. eScholarID:100419
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2005). Why the spontaneous images created by the hands during talk can help make TV advertisements more effective. British Journal of Psychology, 96, 21-37. eScholarID:1d8240 | DOI:10.1348/000712605X103500

2004

  • Beattie, G. (2004). Protestant Boy. London: Granta. eScholarID:101157
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2004). Body Language. Oxford companion to the mind. Oxford University Press. eScholarID:3d703
  • Beattie GW. (2004). Protestant Boy. In I. Jack (ed) Hidden Histories. Granta: London. ( 85, ). Granta. eScholarID:3d580
  • Beattie G.W. (2004). A psychological analysis of risk: can we decrease risk aversion in business?. Presented at Unilever Learning to Love Risk Conference. New York. eScholarID:100392
  • Beattie G.W. (2004). TV and the Brain: how speech and natural image contribute to effective communication. Presented at Egta's Research Conference. Istanbul. eScholarID:100400
  • Beattie G.W. (2004). Understanding the Protestants of Ulster. Presented at The Cheltenham Literary Festival. Cheltenham. eScholarID:100402
  • Beattie G.W. (2004). Will we be able to engineer happiness?. Presented at HSBC conference. London. eScholarID:100399
  • Beattie, G.W. (2004). All you ever wanted to know about play but were too afraid to ask. Presented at Adult play conference. Paris. eScholarID:100398
  • Beattie, G.W. (2004). Crossing the boundaries. Presented at Annual Conference of the Association of Educational Psychologists. Stratford-Upon-Avon. eScholarID:100403
  • Beattie, G.W. (2004). Invited discussant on the relationship between gesture and speech. Presented at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. Nijmegen. eScholarID:100406
  • Beattie, G.W. (2004). Why TV adverts work for the human brain. And how we can make them more effective. Presented at Das Marketingforum von publisuisse zum Thema Werbewirkung. Zurich. eScholarID:100395
  • Holler J, Beattie GW. (2004). The interaction of iconic gesture and speech in talk. Springer Verlag. eScholarID:2d1536 | DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-24598-8_6
  • Beattie GW. (2004). Protestant Boy. Protestant Boy. Granta: London, eScholarID:1d33012
  • Lee D. A, Randall F, Beattie GW, Bentall RP. (2004). Delusional discourse: An investigation comparing the spontaneous causal attributions of paranoid and non-paranoid individuals. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 77, eScholarID:1d8208
  • Beattie, G.W. (2004). It's not what Les says that counts. The Times Higher Educational Supplement, 30/01/04, eScholarID:99907

2003

  • Beattie, G. (2003). Visible Thought. London: Routledge. eScholarID:101123
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2003). Making thought visible: The new psychology of body language. eScholarID:2d1538
  • Beattie, G.W. & Cassidy, F. (2003). TV and the Brain : how speech and natural image contribute to effective communication. Presented at Marketing Forum Conference. New York. eScholarID:100384
  • Beattie, G.W. & Shovelton H. (2003). An experimental investigation of the role of different types of iconic gesture in communication: A semantic feature approach. Presented at international Conference on Speech and Gesture. Chicago University. eScholarID:100378
  • Beattie, G.W. & Shovelton, H. (2003). Making thought visible : the new psychology of body language. Presented at ATR Conference on Ubiquitous Experience Media. ATR, Kyoto Japan. eScholarID:100381
  • Beattie, G.W. (2003). A psychological analysis of risk: can we decrease risk aversion in business?. Presented at Unilever Learning to Love Risk Conference. Berlin. eScholarID:100390
  • Beattie, G.W. (2003). A psychological analysis of risk: can we decrease risk aversion in business?. Presented at Unilever Learning to Love Risk Conference. New York. eScholarID:100389
  • Beattie, G.W. (2003). A psychological analysis of risk: can we decrease risk aversion in business?. Presented at Unilever Learning to Love Risk Conference. Tokyo. eScholarID:100386
  • Beattie, G.W. (2003). TV and the Brain: how speech and natural image contribute to effective communication. Presented at Marketing Week Conference. Bath. eScholarID:100376
  • McLoughlin, N. & Beattie, G.W. (2003). The effects of iconic gestures on the recall of semantic information in narrative. Presented at Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society. Bournemouth. eScholarID:100374
  • Holler J, Beattie GW. (2003). How iconic gestures and speech interact in the representation of meaning: are both aspects really integral to the process? Semiotica, 146, 81-116. eScholarID:1d8511 | DOI:10.1515/semi.2003.083
  • Holler J, Beattie GW. (2003). Pragmatic aspects of representational gestures: do speakers use them to clarify verbal ambiguity for the listener? Gesture, 3, eScholarID:1d8512 | DOI:10.1075/gest.3.2.02hol
  • Jordan R, Beattie GW. (2003). Understanding male interpersonal violence: A discourse analytic approach to accounts of violence 'on the door'. Semiotica, 144, 101-141. eScholarID:1d8207
  • Beattie GW. Visible Thought: The New Psychology Of Body Language. 2003. Routledge. eScholarID:19d272

2002

  • Beattie, G. (2002). The Shadows of Boxing. London: Orion. eScholarID:101121
  • Beattie G.W. (2002). Understanding the power of television advertising through a better understanding of the nature of human communication. Presented at Joint conference organised by Unilever and ITV. London Television Centre. eScholarID:100364
  • Beattie, G.W. (2002). TV - the mind and the brain. Presented at Carlton Television. British Museum, London. eScholarID:100369
  • Beattie, G.W. (2002). TV and the Brain : how speech and natural image contribute to effective communication. Presented at Media Research Group Conference. Budapest. eScholarID:100373
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2002). An experimental investigation of some properties of individual iconic gestures that mediate their communicative power. British Journal of Psychology, 93, 179-192. eScholarID:1d8241 | DOI:10.1348/000712602162526
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2002). Blue-eyed boys? A winning smile? An experimental investigation of some core facial stimuli that may affect interpersonal perception. SEMIOTICA, 139, 1-4, 1-21. eScholarID:1d7548 | DOI:10.1515/semi.2002.019
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2002). Lexical access in talk: A critical consideration of transitional probability and word frequency as possible determinants of pauses in spontaneous speech. SEMIOTICA, 141, 1-4, 49-71. eScholarID:1d7546 | DOI:10.1515/semi.2002.066
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2002). What properties of talk are associated with the generation of spontaneous iconic hand gestures? BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 41, 3, 403-417. eScholarID:1d7547 | DOI:10.1348/014466602760344287
  • Holler J, Beattie GW. (2002). A micro-analytic investigation of how iconic gesture and speech represent core semantic features in talk. Semiotica, 142, 31-69. eScholarID:1d8510 | DOI:10.1515/semi.2002.077
  • Lee V, Beattie GW. (2002). Why talking about negative emotional experiences is good for your health: A microanalytical perspective. Semiotica, 1-81. eScholarID:1d33154

2001

  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2001). How gesture viewpoint influences what information decoders receive from iconic gestures. Oralite et Gestualite: Interactions et comportements multimodaux dans la communication,L'Harmattan: France. In Cave, C at al (Eds.). eScholarID:3d551
  • Beattie, G.W. & Shovelton, H. (2001). How gesture viewpoint influences what information decoders receive from iconic gestures. Presented at Speech and Gesture in Multi-Modal Communication and Interaction Conference. Aix-en-Provence, France. eScholarID:100363
  • Anderson I, Beattie GW, Spencer C. (2001). Can blaming victims of rape be logical? Attribution theory and discourse analytic perspectives. HUMAN RELATIONS, 54, 4, 445-467. eScholarID:1d22218
  • Anderson I, Beattie GW. (2001). Depicted rapes: How similar are vignette and newspaper accounts of rape? SEMIOTICA, 132, 1-4, 1-21. eScholarID:1d7549
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2001). An experimental investigation of the role of different types of iconic gesture in communication: a semantic feature approach. Gesture, 1:2, 129-149. eScholarID:1d25947

2000

  • Beattie G.W. (2000). The Corner Boys. Presented at Munich Book Festival. Munich. eScholarID:100361
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (2000). Iconic hand gestures and the predictability of words in context in spontaneous speech. British Journal of Psychology, 91, 473-492. eScholarID:1d8614
  • Lee V, Beattie GW. (2000). Why talking about negative emotional experiences is good for your health: A microanalytic perspective. SEMIOTICA, 130, 1-2, eScholarID:1d22219
  • Beattie G.W. (2000). Growing into silk boxer shorts. New Statesman, 18/9/00, eScholarID:99905
  • Beattie G.W. (2000). Sex and viagra and rock 'n' roll. New Statesman, 26/6/00, eScholarID:99902
  • Beattie G.W. (2000). Unquenchable, except by death. New Statesman, 17/7/00, eScholarID:99904
  • Beattie, G.W. (2000). In cold, driving rain, a brief burst of sunshine. New Statesman, 22/5/00, eScholarID:99900
  • Beattie, G.W. (2000). Working flat out for £20 and a Kit Kat. New Statesman, 17/1/00, eScholarID:99896

1999

  • Beattie, G. W. & Jordan, R. (1999). Language and violence : The discursive deployment of attributional dimensions. Presented at British Psychological Society Forensic Conference. Churchill College, Cambridge. eScholarID:100358
  • Beattie, G.W & Shovelton H. (1999). Mapping the range of information in the iconic hand gestures accompanying speech. Presented at British Psychological Society Annual Conference. Belfast. eScholarID:100313
  • Beattie, G.W. (1999). The Corner Boys. Presented at Edinburgh Book Festival. Edinburgh. eScholarID:100360
  • Beattie, G.W. (1999). The Corner Boys. Presented at John Hewitt Summer School. Belfast. eScholarID:100355
  • Beattie GW, Coughlan J. (1999). An experimental investigation of the role of iconic gestures in lexical access using the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. British Journal of Psychology, 90, 1, 35-56. eScholarID:1d22220
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (1999). Do iconic hand gestures really contribute anything to the semantic information conveyed by speech? An experimental investigation. Semiotica, 123,, 1-30. eScholarID:1d7550
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. (1999). Mapping the range of information contained in the iconic hand gestures that accompany spontaneous speech. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, eScholarID:1d8601
  • Beattie, G.W. (1999). My night with mad Frankie Fraser. New Statesman, 6/12/99, eScholarID:99895

1998

  • Beattie, G. (1998). Hard Lines. Manchester New York: Mandolin. eScholarID:101153
  • Beattie, G. (1998). Head to Head. London: Victor Gollancz. eScholarID:101151
  • Beattie, G. (1998). The Corner Boys. London: Gollancz. eScholarID:101119
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK, In Santi S, Guaitella I, Konopczynski G. (1998). The communicational significance of the iconic hand gestures which accompany spontaneous speech: An experimental and critical appraisal. Oralite et gestualite communication multimodale, interaction. eScholarID:3d698
  • Beattie, G. W. & Shovelton, H. (1998). Do iconic gestures and speech really cooperate together in cognitive representation? New evidence from spontaneous speech. Presented at Speech and Gesture in Multi-modal Communication and Interaction Conference. Besancon, France. eScholarID:100310
  • Beattie, G.W. (1998). Truth and Lies in Body Language. Presented at Science Week. The University of Manchester. eScholarID:100308
  • Jordan, R. & Beattie, G.W. (1998). 'I did what I had to..' Descriptions as attributions in constructions of violence by club doormen. Presented at British Psychological Society Annual Conference. Brighton. eScholarID:100284
  • Lee, V. & Beattie, G.W. (1998). Why talking about negative emotional experiences is good for your health. Presented at British Psychological Society Annual Conference. Brighton. eScholarID:100302
  • Beattie GW, Coughlan J. (1998). Do iconic gestures have a functional role in lexical access? An experimental study of the effects of repeating a verbal message on gesture production. Semiotica, 119, 3-4, 221-249. eScholarID:1d22222
  • Lee V, Beattie GW. (1998). The rhetorical organization of verbal and nonverbal behavior in emotion talk. Semiotica, 120, 1-2, 39-92. eScholarID:1d22221

1997

  • Anderson, I. & Beattie, G.W. (1997). Depicted rapes in rape perception research: How real are they?. Presented at Social Psychological Section Conference. University of Sussex. eScholarID:100282
  • Beattie, G.W. & Shovelton, H. (1997). What do iconic hand gestures contribute to the semantic information conveyed by speech?. Presented at British Psychological Society. London Conference. eScholarID:100283

1996

  • Beattie, G. (1996). On the Ropes. London: Victor Gollancz. eScholarID:101125
  • Beattie G. (1996). For God and Ulster - a personal perspective. In Thomson A (ed) Faith in Ulster. Belfast: ECONI. eScholarID:99877
  • Beattie, G.W. (1996). Current Trends in Body Language. Presented at NCH Action for Children National Schools Conference. eScholarID:100277
  • Beattie, G.W. (1996). Recent Developments in Research on Nonverbal Communication. Presented at Leadership Trust. Ross-on-Wye. eScholarID:100278
  • Beattie, G.W. (1996). The perceived role of the loyalist paramilitary organisations in North Belfast: A discourse analytic approach. Presented at XXV1 international Congress of Psychology. Montreal. eScholarID:100279
  • Beattie, G.W. (1996). The Ring Cycle. Presented at Institute of Contemporary Arts. London. eScholarID:100276
  • Lee, V. & Beattie, G.W. (1996). the rhetorical organisation of verbal and nonverbal behaviour in emotion (best poster prize). Presented at International conference on the (Non) expression of emotions. Tilburg, The Netherlands. eScholarID:100280
  • Aboudan R, Beattie G.W. (1996). Cross-cultural similiarities in gestures - the deep relationship between gestures and speech which transcends language barriers. Semiotica, 111, 3-4. SEMIOTICA, 111, 3-4, 269-294. eScholarID:1d22223
  • Anderson I, Beattie G.W. (1996). How important is Kelley model of the attribution process when men and women discuss rape in conversation. Semiotica, 110, 1-2. SEMIOTICA, 110,, 1-21. eScholarID:1d22224

1995

  • Anderson I, Beattie G. (1995). Gender differences in reasoning about rape during actual conversation. In Clark NK and Stephenson GM (eds) Criminal Behavour: Perceptions, Attributions and Rationality. Leicester: British Psychological Society. eScholarID:99871
  • Beattie G. (1995). Men as chickens. Food: The Vital Stuff. (pp. 203-213). Granta. eScholarID:99868
  • Beattie, G.W, & Doherty, K. (1995). The discursive construction of identity in accounts of paramilitary violence. Presented at British Psychological Society, Social Psychology Section Conference. University of York. eScholarID:100270
  • Beattie GW, Anderson I. (1995). Questioning Attribution Theory - Are Kelley Dimensions spontaneously requested. Semiotica, 103, 3-4. SEMIOTICA, 103,, 277-290. eScholarID:1d22226
  • Beattie GW, Doherty K. (1995). I saw what really happened - the discursive construction of victims and perpetrators in firsthand accounts of paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 14, 4. JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 14, 408-433. eScholarID:1d22225

1994

  • Beattie, G. & Doherty, K. (1994). A discourse analytic approach to the troubles in Northern ireland. Presented at Symposium on 'psychological perspectives on the troubles'. Sussex University. eScholarID:100226
  • Beattie, G. W. & Doherty, K. (1994). The discursive construction of 'victims' and 'perpetrators' in first-hand accounts of paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland. Presented at Northern Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society. Letterkenny. eScholarID:100227
  • Beattie, G.W. & anderson, I. (1994). Sex differences in reasoning about rape during actual conversation. Presented at British Psychological Society, Division of Criminological and Legal Psychology. Rugby. eScholarID:100245
  • Beattie, G.W. & Doherty, K. (1994). Power in discourse: the social construction of the role of victim in everyday talk in the troubles in Northern Ireland. Video-presentation. Presented at 5th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology. Queensland, Australia. eScholarID:100256
  • Doherty, K., Nicolson, P. & Beattie, G.W. (1994). Gender, power and subjectivity: constructing health. Presented at Second International Qualitative Health Research Conference. Pennsylvania, USA. eScholarID:100251
  • Thomasson, A. & Beattie G.W. (1994). Why me? Gender differences in the construction of accounts of a heart attack. Presented at British Psychological Society Special Group in Health Psychology. Sheffield. eScholarID:100262
  • Beattie GW, Aboudan R. (1994). Gestures, Pauses and Speech - An Experimental Investigation of the effects of changing social -context on their precise temporal relationships. Semiotica, 99, 3-4. SEMIOTICA, 99,, 1-40. eScholarID:1d22227
  • Beattie, G. and Downes, R. (1994). From a view to a kill : UK perceptions of the troubles in Northern Ireland (a discourse analytic approach). Fortnight, 330, eScholarID:99893

1993

  • Beattie, G.W. (1993). Living the Troubles. Presented at Fortnight Educational Trust entitled Imagining Ireland. Dublin. eScholarID:100225
  • Beattie, G.W. (1993). To PC or not to PC (a psychological analysis of politically correct language). Counselling News, 12, eScholarID:99891

1992

  • Beattie, G. (1992). We Are The People. London: Heinemann. eScholarID:101113
  • Beattie, G. & Anderson I. (1992). Talking about rape: A Conversational analytic perspective on causal attributions. Presented at London Conference of the British Psychological Society. London. eScholarID:100217
  • Beattie, G.W. & Anderson I. (1992). Sex differences in reasoning abut rape - a discourse analysis approach. Presented at Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society. Scarborough. eScholarID:100213
  • Beattie G.W. (1992). Poetic injustice. New Statesman and Society, 5, eScholarID:99890
  • Beattie, G.W. (1992). Brimstone in Belfast. New Statesman and Society, 5, 221, eScholarID:99889

1991

  • Beattie, G. W. & Aboudan, R. (1991). Are gestures verbal?. Presented at 4th International Conference on language and Social Psychology. Santa Barbara, California. eScholarID:100211
  • Beattie G.W. (1991). Bareknuckles in the park. New Statesman and Society, 4, 173, eScholarID:99886
  • Beattie G.W. (1991). From inside to outside and back. New Statesman and Society, 4, 176, eScholarID:99888
  • Beattie, G.W. (1991). Is dyslexia a general learning deficiency. New Scientist, 129, eScholarID:99885
  • Beattie, G.W. (1991). Warning Shots. New Statesman and Society, 4,, eScholarID:99884

1990

  • Beattie, G. (1990). England After Dark. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. eScholarID:101117
  • Beattie, G. & Aboudan, R. (1990). Computational models of language production using gestures as evidence - why a social dimension is crucial. Presented at Social Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society Annual Conference. Leeds. eScholarID:99974
  • Beattie, G.W. & Aboudan, R. (1990). Are gestures really part of language? New data challenges some old and some not-so-old claims. Presented at The British Psychological Society London Conference. London. eScholarID:99979
  • Beattie, G.W. (1990). Occupational Psychology: why a communicational perspective is necessary. Presented at Annual Conference of the Occupational Section of the British Psychological Society. Bowness-on-Windermere. eScholarID:99970
  • Beattie, G.W. (1990). What our subjects are really saying to us. Presented at Northern Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society. Belfast. eScholarID:99972

1989

  • Beattie G.W. (1989). A top-down approach to understanding communication. Presented at CEPEC. Bromley, Kent. eScholarID:99966
  • Beattie G.W. (1989). Communication in nursing - a psychological perspective. Presented at A Time for Change - the Sheffield Experience. Sheffield. eScholarID:99968
  • Beattie G.W. (1989). The psychology of communication, and its implications for PACE. Presented at Conference at South Yorkshire Police Headquarters. Sheffield. eScholarID:99964
  • Beattie, G.W. (1989). Writing the North. Presented at Opening the Book - a Unique Festival of Reading and Writing. Sheffield. eScholarID:99969
  • Beattie G.W. (1989). Nonverbal Communication. Counselling News for Managers, 6, 3,, eScholarID:99881
  • Beattie, G.W. (1989). To hell and back. New Statesman and Society, 2, eScholarID:99878

1988

  • Beattie, G. (1988). All Talk. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. eScholarID:101122
  • Beattie, G. (1988). Beach Watching. London: Rambletree Publishing. eScholarID:101120
  • Beattie G. (1988). Making Conversation. In March P (ed) Eye to Eye: How people interact. (pp. 104-111). Oxford: Andromeda. eScholarID:99866
  • Beattie G. (1988). So to speak. In Sussel A et al (eds) Work Out. Paris: Hachette. eScholarID:99880
  • Beattie G.W. (1988). Doctor-patient talk. When Doctors and Patients meet. Presented at International Conference on Communication in Medicine. Churchill College, Cambridge. eScholarID:99962
  • Beattie G.W. (1988). Nonverbal communication and the police. Presented at Psychology in Police Training Conference. London. eScholarID:99963
  • Beattie G.W. (1988). The significance of nonverbal communication in everyday life. Presented at Searle International Annual Conference. Brighton. eScholarID:99949
  • Beattie, G.W. (1988). The mirror cracked. The Listener, 120, eScholarID:99875

1987

  • Beattie, G. (1987). Making It. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. eScholarID:101118
  • Beattie G.W, Zangwill O.L. (1987). Body language: New research challenges some old claims. In R. Gregory (ed) Oxford Companiion to the Mind. (pp. 99-100). Oxford. eScholarID:99864
  • Beattie G.W. (1987). Recent advances in the psychology of language and communication. Presented at Association for the Teaching of Psychology Annual Conference, Invited speaker. Nottingham University. eScholarID:99931
  • Beattie, G.W. (1987). Survival strategies of Britain's new entrepeneurs. Presented at British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Annual Conference. St Edmund Hall, Oxford University. eScholarID:99948
  • Beattie, G.W. (1987). Good old Ken. New Society, 79, eScholarID:99870
  • Beattie, G.W. (1987). Naughty but necessary. New Society, 79, eScholarID:99872
  • Beattie, G.W. (1987). The big fight as metaphor. New Society, 82, eScholarID:99874
  • Beattie, G.W. (1987). The chattering class. New Society, 82, eScholarID:99873

1986

  • Beattie, G. (1986). Survivors of Steel City. London: Chatto & Windus. eScholarID:101105
  • Ellis, A. and Beattie, G. (1986). The Psychology of Language and Communication. New York London: The Guilford Press. eScholarID:101102
  • Beattie G.W. (1986). Survivors of Steel City - invited speaker. Presented at Yorkshire Post Literary Luncheon. Cutlers Hall, Sheffield. eScholarID:99927
  • Beattie, G.W. & Stephens, J. (1986). Projecting ahead in conversation to take the floor or avoid saying anything - how turn-taking proceeds or doesn't. Presented at American Sociological Association Talk and Social Structure Conference. Santa Barbara, California. eScholarID:99924
  • Beattie, G.W. (1986). A dramaturgical analysis of survival strategies in an industrial city. Presented at British Sociological Association Conference on 'Erving Goffman'. University of York. eScholarID:99925
  • Beattie, G.W. (1986). Just another Friday night. New Society, 77, eScholarID:99869

1985

  • Beattie, G.W. (1985). The psychological analysis of political charisma. Presented at Welsh Branch of BPS. Cardiff. eScholarID:99921
  • Beattie G.W. (1985). The threads of discourse and the web of interpersonal involvement. BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 38, JUN, eScholarID:1d22228
  • Beattie G.W. (1985). The threads of discourse and the web of interpersonal involvement. BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 38,, 169-175. eScholarID:1d22229
  • Beattie, G.W. (1985). A Santa exclusive. New Society, 74, eScholarID:99861
  • Beattie, G.W. (1985). Mission impossible. New Society, 63, eScholarID:99859
  • Beattie, G.W. (1985). Trevor's back. New Society, 73, eScholarID:99860

1984

  • Beattie G.W. (1984). Speaking and conversation. Presented at Nordic Summer School on 'Speaking and Writing'. Saro, Sweden. eScholarID:99918
  • Beattie G.W. (1984). The analysis of speech and nonverbal behaviour in conversation. Presented at Interdisciplinary Approaches to Interpersonal Communication. York. eScholarID:99910
  • Beattie G.W. (1984). The threads of discourse and the web of interpersonal involvement. Spearman Medal Lecture. Presented at British Psychological Society. London Conference. eScholarID:99920
  • Beattie G.W. (1984). Are there cognitive rhythms in speech - a reply. LANGUAGE AND SPEECH, 27, 193-195. eScholarID:1d22230
  • Beattie G.W. (1984). Body Movement and Interpersonal Communication. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 75, AUG, eScholarID:1d22231

1983

  • (1983). Talk. Milton Keynes: Open University Press. eScholarID:101098
  • Beattie, G. (1983). Language and non-verbal communication. Presented at International Social Psychology and Language Conference. Bristol. eScholarID:112552

  • Beattie G. Meet the burglar. In SoarsJ and Soars L (eds) Headway. Oxford: University Press. eScholarID:99882
  • Beattie GW, Shovelton HK. Understanding iconic gesture: a semantic feature approach. Gesture and Speech. APA Books: New York. In Duncan, S. and Levy, E. (eds.). eScholarID:3d460
  • (In-press). Do metaphoric gestures influence how a message is percieved? The effects of metaphoric gesture-speech matches and mismatches on semantic communication and social judgement. Semiotica, eScholarID:145783
  • Beattie, G. Sale, L. (In-press). How discrepancies between implicit and explicit attitudes on green issues are reflected in gesture-speech mismatches. Semiotica, eScholarID:145782
  • Beattie, G.W. The body in question, Part a. New Society, 75, eScholarID:99865
  • Beattie, G.W. The shoplifters. New Society, 73, eScholarID:99837

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