Dr Michele Anne

Dr Michele Anne

  • Lecturer
Department of Psychology

Biography

Dr Michele Anne is a registered clinical psychologist with the Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council under Ministry of Health Malaysia. She has experience working as a lecturer in UK and Malaysia, and as a clinical psychologist in Malaysia. Her interest revolves around the links between clinical psychology and cognitive psychology. Dr Michele’s research focuses on differences in autobiographical memories for people with various mental health issues in clinical and sub-clinical populations. She also studies the underlying cognitive mechanisms, the impacts, and the ways to reduce those autobiographical memory differences.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD in Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK (2021)
  • Master of Clinical Psychology, HELP University, Malaysia (2017)
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University, Malaysia (2014)

Research Interests

  • Autobiographical memory
  • Mental health
  • Cognitive mechanisms underlying memory recall
  • Interventions and training to improve memory and mental health

Teaching Areas

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Statistical Methods

Courses Taught

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Statistical Methods

Notable Publications

1.    Buchanan, E. M., Lewis, S., Paris, B., … Anne. M., … Primbs, M. A. (2023). PSACR: The Psychological Science Accelerator's COVID-19 Rapid-Response Dataset. Scientific Data, 10(87). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01811-7  
2.    Dorison, C., Wang, K, Heller, B. H., … Anne, M., … Lerner, J. S. (2022). In COVID-19 health messaging, loss framing increases anxiety without concomitant benefits: Experimental evidence from 84 countries. Affective Science, 3(3), 577-602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00128-3  
3.    Legate, N., Ngyuen, T., Weinstein, N., … Anne, M., … Primbs, M. A. (2022). A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 119(22), 2111091119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111091119  
4.    Janssen, S. M. J., Anne, M., & Parker, D. J. (2022). Recollective experience mediates the relation between visual perspective and psychological closeness in autobiographical memory. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 34(1), 64–81.  https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2021.1936537  
5.    Wang, K, Goldenberg, A., Dorison, C., … Anne, M., …Gross, J. (2021). A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behaviour, 5, 1089–1110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x  
6.    Anne, M., & Boholst, F. A. (2021). Life positions and depression: The role of convictions. Psychological Reports, 124(3), 1015-1030 https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294120928273 
7.    Anne, M., & Janssen, S. M. J. (2021). Relations between cultural life scripts, individual life stories, and psychological distress. Psychological Reports, 124(2), 521-542. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294120913490 
8.    Jones, B. C., DeBruine, L. M., Flake, J. K., … Anne, M., … Coles, N. A. (2021). To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply? Nature Human Behaviour, 5, 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-01007-2  
9.    Janssen, S. M. J., & Anne, M. (2019). And one more for the road: Commentary on the special issue on alcohol and eyewitness memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(3), 456-462. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3562

 

Professional Associations

1. Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) – Full member
2. Malaysian Society of Clinical Psychology – Full member