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Current Research
- Visual Processing and Reading in the NBR Group
Understanding how visual processing gives rise to word recognition and reading, using psychophysical
and neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, DTI, MEG). Investigating the fundamental relationships between letter-string position encoding,
dynamic visual attention and visual word recognition. Exploring how auditory and visual processing perceptual impairments
may contribute in developmental dyslexia.
- Form and Motion Perception
Investigation of the human cortical areas responsible for the perception of motion, the delineation of the different types of
perceived motion and their cortical specialisation. The relationship between different types of motion and form processing.
- Role of the Cerebellum in Perception and Cognition in the PRISM Lab
Investigation of the role of the cerebellum in cognition and perception, in particular motion perception.
- Neural Basis of Creative Intelligence
The investigation of models of adaptive frontal recruitment, particularly in gifted individuals, using open-ended creative
fluid analogy tasks and neuroimaging, with particular emphasis on the relationship between such creative thinking tasks, standard
IQ measures and reading ability.
- Cortical Plasticity and Synaesthesia
Neuroimaging and psychophysics of cortical plasticity in synaesthesia, particularly coloured-grapheme synaesthesia. The investigation,
of where and how sensory information is processed and combined in synaesthetes.
- Multisensory Integration
Neuroimaging of crossmodal processing and integration arising from multiple sensory inputs, such as audio-visual and visuo-tactile
combinations. The investigation, utilizing fMRI and MEG, of where, when and how these sensory inputs combine. The relationship between
multisensory integration of auditory and visual senses and language/reading development.
Current Teaching
- Tutorial Teaching 1st year Psychology ndergraduates
- Tutorial Teaching 2nd year Psychology undergraduates
- TDP/M.Res Programme in Brain Imaging & Cognitive Neuroscience - Introduction to Image Analysis
- TDP/M.Res Programme in Brain Imaging & Cognitive Neuroscience - Reading
- TDP/M.Res Programme in Brain Imaging & Cognitive Neuroscience - Introduction to Matlab Module
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