Dr Matthew Haigh

Associate Professor

Department: Psychology

Matthew is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. He conducts research in the field of Experimental Pragmatics with a particular interest in the pragmatic inferences that people make while reasoning, reading, and conversing. This work has been supported by The Leverhulme Trust and the Experimental Psychology Society.

Matthew is a Chartered Psychologist and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He leads the following undergraduate modules:

Collecting & Managing Data (Level 3)

Advanced Experimental Methods and Laboratory Experience (Level 5)

Campus Address

Northumberland Building
Room NB142

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Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
“Experts think…” The production and comprehension of propositional attitude generics, Haigh, M., Birch, H., Clelland, H. 2 Jan 2025, In: Thinking and Reasoning
Generic Language in the Communication of Health Research, Clelland, H., Haigh, M. 7 Feb 2025, In: Health Behavior Research
“There is a 1 in 10 chance of catching Ebola” The 1-in-X Bias in Probability Judgment is Independent of Outcome Severity, Clelland, H., Haigh, M. 2 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Cognitive Psychology
Politeness and the Communication of Uncertainty when Breaking Bad News, Clelland, H., Haigh, M. Aug 2023, In: Discourse Processes
Valence of agents and recipients moderates the side-effect effect: Two within-subjects, multi-item conceptual replications, Stewart, S., Kennedy, B., Haigh, M. 17 Feb 2022, In: Journal of Cognitive Psychology
Tracking the eye of the beholder: is explanation subjective?, Stewart, A., Singmann, H., Haigh, M., Wood, J., Douven, I. 17 Feb 2021, In: Journal of Cognitive Psychology
When 'Scientists say' coffee is good for you one day and bad for you the next: Do generic attributions to ‘Scientists’ and ‘Experts’ amplify perceived conflict?, Haigh, M., Birch, H. 10 May 2021, In: Collabra: Psychology
Does ‘Scientists believe…’ imply ‘All scientists believe...’? Individual differences in the interpretation of generic news headlines, Haigh, M., Birch, H., Pollet, T. 23 Nov 2020, In: Collabra: Psychology
Affective theory of mind inferences contextually influence the recognition of emotional facial expressions, Stewart, S., Schepman, A., Haigh, M., McHugh, R., Stewart, A. 17 Feb 2019, In: Cognition and Emotion
An eye-tracking examination of readers’ sensitivity to pragmatic scope information during the processing of conditional inducements, Wood, J., Haigh, M., Stewart, A. Sep 2018, In: Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology