Aaron Laycock
PhD student

Profile

Biography

• PhD in Psychology, University of York, UK, 2021-2025 (current)
• MA, Social Research Methods, University of York, UK, 2021-2022
• MSci, Psychology, University of York, UK, 2017-2021
• Research Assistant, LifeLike lab, University of York, UK, 2018 - present
• Ministry Of Defence, Royal Marine Commando, 1999-2017

Career

Since 2018 I have worked alongside my studies as a research assistant in the LifeLike lab led by Dr Cade McCall. Current projects are focused on understanding the effects of uncertainty and threat on psychophysiology, subjective experience, and cognitive performance. Previous to this role I was employed by the Ministry of Defence and was actively involved in security operations as a Commando in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the UK. Here I served in various command positions and specialised units from 2003.