Dr Sylvia Terbeck
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health
Email: S.Terbeck@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 904 6437
I am a Senior Lecturer in Psychology, researching social psychology and neuroscience. I am investigating intergroup relations and moral decision making.
Degrees
2013, Oxford University, United Kingdom, DPhil Experimental Psychology
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2019 - present
Lecturer in Psychology, Plymouth University, 2013 - 2019
Journal article
Palace M, Zamazii O, Terbeck S, Bokszczanin A, Berezovski T, Gurbisz D, Szwejka L. 2023. Mapping the factors behind ongoing war stress in Ukraine-based young civilian adults Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Terbeck S, Case C, Turner J, Spencer V, Bacon A, Howard C, Howard IS. 2022. Assessing reactive violence using Immersive Virtual Reality PloS one, 17 :e0268191 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Terbeck S, Charlesford J, Clemans H, Pope E, Lee A, Turner J, Gummerum M, Bussmann B. 2021. Physical presence during moral action in immersive virtual reality International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Terbeck S. 2020. How moral are you? No, really? NEW SCIENTIST, 245 :23-23 Author Url
Akkus F, Terbeck S, Haggarty CJ, Treyer V, Dietrich JJ, Hornschuh S, Hasler G. 2020. The role of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in nicotine addiction. CNS Spectrums, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Farmer H, Hewstone M, Spiegler O, Morse H, Saifullah A, Pan X, Fell B, Charlesford J, Terbeck S. 2020. Positive intergroup contact modulates fusiform gyrus activity to black and white faces Scientific Reports, 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Francis KB, Gummerum M, Ganis G, Howard IS, Terbeck S. 2019. Alcohol, empathy, and morality: acute effects of alcohol consumption on affective empathy and moral decision-making Psychopharmacology, 236 :3477-3496 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
McCutcheon R, Bloomfield MAP, Dahoun T, Quinlan M, Terbeck S, Mehta M, Howes O. 2018. Amygdala reactivity in ethnic minorities and its relationship to the social environment: an fMRI study Psychological Medicine, 48 :1985-1992 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Francis KB, Gummerum M, Ganis G, Howard IS, Terbeck S. 2018. Virtual morality in the helping professions: Simulated action and resilience BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 109 :442-465 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Davison SMC, Deeprose C, Terbeck S. 2018. A comparison of immersive virtual reality with traditional neuropsychological measures in the assessment of executive functions ACTA NEUROPSYCHIATRICA, 30 :79-89 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Francis KB, Terbeck S, Briazu RA, Haines A, Gummerum M, Ganis G, Howard IS. 2017. Simulating Moral Actions: An Investigation of Personal Force in Virtual Moral Dilemmas Scientific Reports, 7 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Terbeck S. 2017. The social neuroscience of biases in in-and-out-group face processing Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40 :38-40 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Francis KB, Howard C, Howard IS, Gummerum M, Ganis G, Anderson G, Terbeck S. 2016. Virtual Morality: Transitioning from Moral Judgment to Moral Action? PLoS One, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bialek M, Terbeck S. 2016. Can cognitive psychological research on reasoning enhance the discussion around moral judgments? COGNITIVE PROCESSING, 17 :329-335 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Terbeck S, Savulescu J, Chesterman LP, Cowen PJ. 2016. Noradrenaline effects on social behaviour, intergroup relations, and moral decisions Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 66 :54-60 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Maron E, Wall M, Norbury R, Godlewska B, Terbeck S, Cowen P, Matthews P, Nutt DJ. 2016. Effect of short-term escitalopram treatment on neural activation during emotional processing JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 30 :33-39 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Terbeck S, Kahane G, McTavish S, McCutcheon R, Hewstone M, Savulescu J, Chesterman LP, Cowen PJ, Norbury R. 2015. beta-Adrenoceptor blockade modulates fusiform gyrus activity to black versus white faces Psychopharmacology, 232 :2951-2958 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Terbeck S, Akkus F, Chesterman LP, Hasler G. 2015. The role of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in the pathogenesis of mood disorders and addiction: combining preclinical evidence with human Positron Emission Tomography (PET) studies FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE, 9 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Levy N, Douglas T, Kahane G, Terbeck S, Cowen PJ, Hewstone M, Savulescu J. 2015. Disease, normality, and current pharmacological moral modification Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 21 :135-137 DOI Publisher Url
Levy N, Douglas T, Kahane G, Terbeck S, Cowen PJ, Hewstone M, Savulescu J. 2015. Are you morally modified? The moral effects of widely used pharmaceuticals Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 21 :111-125 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Akkus F, Terbeck S, Ametamey SM, Rufer M, Treyer V, Burger C, Johayem A, Mancilla BG, Sovago J, Buck A, Hasler G. 2014. Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 binding in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 17 :1915-1922 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Terbeck S, Kahane G, McTavish S, Savulescu J, Levy N, Hewstone M, Cowen P. 2014. Beta adrenergic blockade reduces utilitarian judgement (vol 92, pg 323, 2013) BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 103 :370-370 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Białek M, Terbeck S, Handley S. 2014. Cognitive Psychological Support for the ADC Model of Moral Judgment AJOB Neuroscience, 5 :21-23 DOI Publisher Url
Terbeck S, Chesterman LP. 2014. Will There Ever Be a Drug with No or Negligible Side Effects? Evidence from Neuroscience NEUROETHICS, 7 :189-194 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Sylvia T, Guy K, Sarah M, Julian S, Neil L, Miles H, Cowen PJ. 2014. Corrigendum to Beta adrenergic blockade reduces utilitarian judgment [Biol. Psychol. 92 (2) (2013) 323-328] Biological Psychology, 97 :67 DOI Publisher Url
Sylvia T, Guy K, Sarah M, Julian S, Neil L, Miles H, Cowen PJ. 2013. Beta adrenergic blockade reduces utilitarian judgement Biological Psychology, 92 :323-328 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Terbeck S. 2013. Why Students Bother Taking Adderall: Measurement Validity of Self-Reports AJOB Neuroscience, 4 :21-22 DOI Publisher Url
Terbeck S, Chesterman LP. 2012. Parents, ADHD and the internet ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders, 4 :159-166 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Terbeck S, Kahane G, McTavish S, Savulescu J, Cowen P, Hewstone M. 2012. Reply to Burchett, TS and Glenn, LL 'Measurement validity of tests for implicit negative bias' PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 222 :723-724 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Terbeck S, Kahane G, McTavish S, Savulescu J, Cowen PJ, Hewstone M. 2012. Propranolol reduces implicit negative racial bias PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 222 :419-424 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Terbeck S, Chesterman P, Fischmeister FPS, Leodolter U, Bauer H. 2008. Attribution and Social Cognitive Neuroscience: A new approach for the "online-assessment" of causality ascriptions and their emotional consequences JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS, 173 :13-19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Chesterman LP, Terbeck S, Vaughan F. 2008. Malingered psychosis JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY, 19 :275-300 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Chapters
Stevens ST, Jussim L, Anglin SM, Contrada R, Welch CA, Labrecque JS, Motyl M, Duarte J, Terbeck S, Sowden W, Edlund J, Campbell WK. 2017. Political exclusion and discrimination in social psychology: Lived experiences and solutions The Politics of Social Psychology :210-244 DOI Publisher Url
Conference publication
Simpson W, Longmore C, Anderson G, Terbeck S. 2016. What causes the other-race effect? Evidence from classification images PERCEPTION, 45 :87-87 Author Url
Books (authored)
Terbeck S. 2016. The social neuroscience of intergroup relations: Prejudice, can we cure it? :1-92 DOI Publisher Url