Halima Ahmed, Lecturer

Halima Ahmed

Lecturer

Dr Halima Ahmed is a Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

She completed her PhD studies in 2021 at Leeds Beckett University. Her research focuses on creativity, memory, and cognitive ageing.

Prior to beginning her PhD studies, Halima completed her BSc in psychology at Leeds Beckett University in 2014. She then worked as a Research Assistant for some time following her degree. During her PhD studies, Halima also worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at LBU.

Current Teaching

  • Research Methods
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psychology and Mental Health

Research Interests

Halima's research so far has primarily focused on understanding the effects of declarative memory processes on creative divergent thinking in the context of healthy ageing. Her PhD investigated the impact of inducing several declarative memory relevant processes, and examining their impact on subsequent divergent thinking task performance in younger and healthy older adults. She is also more broadly interested in age-related changes in creative cognition.

Halima Ahmed, Lecturer