At the CNRU we seek to understand human thought and behaviour, taking a perspective that is closely informed by the properties of neural activity in the brain.
We bring this distinct biopsychological perspective to topics traditionally investigated by cognitive and social psychologists, for example perception (vision, audition, touch and temporal perception), attention (both within and across sensory modalities), memory and interpersonal social processes (including face and body perception, imitation, "mirror" neurones and action understanding).
Cognitive neuroscience forms an important part of the MSc in Cognitive, Social and Clinical Neuroscience and the BSc in Psychology.
It informs teaching right across the three years of the BSc degree including final-year option modules on "Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience", "How the Neurosciences inform Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy" and "Emotions" which are part of the BSc in Psychology with Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience pathway.
People
- Dr Beatriz Calvo-Merino
- Dr Elliot Freeman
- Dr Corinna Haenschel
- Dr Kielan Yarrow
- Professor Tina Forster
- Dr Danai Dima
- Dr Francesco Rigoli
- Dr Anne-Kathrin Fett
- Dr Andreas Kappes
- Dr Dimitris Pinotsis
- Dr Andreas Jarvstad
- Dr Lúcia Garrido
- Dr Sebastian Gaigg
- Dr Carsten Allefeld
- Dr Mehdi Keramati
- Ansgar Endress
- Steven Samuel.
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