Dr Celia Lie completed her PhD in 2007 at the University of Otago under the supervision of Dr Brent Alsop. After working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington for two years, Celia returned to Otago in 2009 to take up a Teaching Fellow position in the Department of Psychology. Her research and teaching interests are in the general area of behaviour analysis, focusing on factors that influence people's choice behaviour, and behavioural intervention strategies that target community issues.
Celia has two decades of demonstrating and lecturing experience, and is involved with the co-ordination of the laboratory programmes for PSYC 111 (Brain and Behaviour) and PSYC 112 (Human Thought and Behaviour). She is also the paper co-ordinator and lecturer for PSYC 328 (Behaviour Analysis in Everyday Life), and is involved in outreach and community engagement activities, promoting Psychology outside of the University community.
Mason, A., Johnstone, G., Riordan, B. C., Lie, C., Rapsey, C., Treharne, G. J., Jang, K., Collings, S., & Scarf, D. (2022). Understanding Aotearoa New Zealand university students intentions to seek help if experiencing mental distress: A comparison of naturalistic and interventional findings. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19, 15836. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192315836
Journal - Research Article
Flett, J. A. M., Lie, C., Riordan, B. C., Thompson, L. M., Conner, T. S., & Hayne, H. (2017). Sharpen your pencils: Preliminary evidence that adult coloring reduces depressive symptoms and anxiety. Creativity Research Journal, 29(4), 409-416. doi: 10.1080/10400419.2017.1376505
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Lie, C., Macaskill, A. C., & Harper, D. N. (2016). The effect of MDMA on sensitivity to reinforcement rate. Behavioral Neuroscience, 130(2), 243-251. doi: 10.1037/bne0000125
Journal - Research Article
Flett, J. A. M., Lie, C., Riordan, B. C., Thompson, L. M., Hayne, H., & Conner, T. S. (2016). Adult colouring books and mental health: Are they all they're chalked up to be? Maybe, yes! International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 23(Suppl. 1), (pp. S3). doi: 10.1007/s12529-016-9586-3
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O'Byrne, C., Schonthal, B., Shephard, K., Lie, C., & Townsend, S. (2016). Exploring the value and potential of peer-led models of teacher education. Proceedings of the Tertiary Education Research in New Zealand (TERNZ) Conference. Retrieved from http://herdsa.org.nz/ternz/2016
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Lie, C. (2015). Effects of an online learning platform on exam performance and student satisfaction. Proceedings of the New Zealand Association for Behaviour Analysis (NZABA) Annual Conference. (pp. 21). Retrieved from https://nzaba.org
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Lie, C., Alsop, B., & Goh, R. (2013). Human performance in a five-alternative choice task. Proceedings of the 10th Annual New Zealand Association for Behaviour Analysis (NZABA) Conference. (pp. 6). Retrieved from https://nzaba.org
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Lie, C., Baxter, J., & Alsop, B. (2013). The effect of opponent type on human performance in a three-alternative choice task. Behavioural Processes, 99, 87-94. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.07.005
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Lie, C., Alsop, B., Roker, J., & Baxter, J. (2012). Decision making in a three choice game. Proceedings of the New Zealand Association for Behaviour Analysis (NZABA) Annual Conference. Retrieved from https://nzaba.org
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Lie, C., Hunt, M., Peters, H., Veliu, B., & Harper, D. (2010, November). Credit cards: Spending-facilitating or spending-limiting stimuli? Verbal presentation at the Psycolloquy Seminar, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Lie, C., Jack, F., Healey, D., Murachver, T., & Alsop, B. (2010). Forward versus backward classical conditioning: A laboratory demonstration. Proceedings of the New Zealand Association for Behaviour Analysis Annual Conference. NZABA. Retrieved from http://nzaba.org/previous-conferences/
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Lie, C., & Alsop, B. (2010). Stimulus disparity and punisher control of human signal-detection performance. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 93(2), 185-201. doi: 10.1901/jeab.2010.93-185
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Lie, C., & Alsop, B. (2009). Effects of punishment on choice in a concurrent schedule gambling task. Proceedings of the New Zealand Association for Behaviour Analysis 6th Annual Conference. (pp. 8). NZABA. Retrieved from http://nzaba.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/nzaba_info_and_prgm2.pdf
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Lie, C., & Alsop, B. (2009). Effects of point-loss punishers on human signal-detection performance. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 92(1), 17-39. doi: 10.1901/jeab.2009.92-17
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Lie, C., & Alsop, B. (2007). Reinforcement and punishment in behavioral models of signal detection. Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis, 33, 45-55.
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Lie, C., & Alsop, B. L. (2007, August). Signal detection and punishment for errors. Verbal presentation at the Association for Behavior Analysis 4th International Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Lie, C. (2006). Human signal detection and punisher control? Proceedings of the New Zealand Association for Behaviour Analysis 3rd Annual Conference. (pp. 7). NZABA. Retrieved from http://nzaba.org/previous-conferences/
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