Associate Lecturer in Psychology
Lynn is interested in how people make sense of their life experiences.
As an NHS Research Fellow her interest was in patients’ experiences. She looked at the role of illness perceptions, self-regulation and memory in relation to the effects on physiological and behavioural processes in health. This interest includes the use of virtual learning environments and ehealth within the NHS, health policy and media sector.
She has experience as a media psychologist in advertising.
She is also interested in child development, attachment, trauma processing and domestic abuse. Her publications regard the subject of limerence which involves addiction to a specific person.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. PSY306 Psychology and Social Issues
Marshall, L., Waldeck, D., Pancani, L., Churchill, S., & Tyndall, I. (2025). Development and Validation of the Limerence Questionnaire (LQ-11). Psychological Reports, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251394980
(Willmott nee Marshall)
Willmott, L., & Bentley, E. (2015). Exploring the Lived-Experience of Limerence: A Journey Toward Authenticity. The Qualitative Report, 20(1), 20-38. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2015.1420
Willmott, L. A., Harris, P., Gellaitry, G., Cooper, V., Horne, R. (2011) The Effects of Expressive Writing Following First Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Health Psychology. 30 5 642-650
Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology, Director of the Human Attention Laboratory, Coordinator for BSc Criminology and Forensic Psychology Programme, and Thematic Cluster Lead for South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership