Schedule

Research group meetings take place at 4-5pm on Wednesdays (sometimes, we will also have meetings on Thursday, please see schedule below!). Meetings are very informal and include discussions about current research topics or invited speakers. They can be used to talk about a current research issue, a new result, an idea for a grant proposal, a published paper; anything that relates to the group’s research interests. When there is no specific topic or theme arranged for a session, members meet for a more general discussion and catch-up on what we have been doing recently.

OUR MEETING SCHEDULE:

Dr. Elisabeth V.C. Friedrich, University of Zurich – April 11th 2024    

Decoding Illusions: How Interpersonal Predictive Coding Shapes Our Social
Perception.

BIOPAC WORKSHOP – March 13th 2024    

Exploring Cognitive Neuroscience with VR and fNIRS.

Dr Peter Goodwin, NTU – February 28th 2024 

How does the spatial layout of scenes affect the ways we search them?.

Patrycja Korzeniowska – February 14th 2024  

Self-esteem Influences on Perception and Sensitivity to Facial Cues of Acceptance and Rejection.

Dr Yannik Hilla, Bundeswehr University, Munich – January 31st 2024 

Alpha‐tACS alters attentional control but not cognitive functions as video games do: A psychophysical investigation based on the theory of visual attention.

Dr. Sarah Sauve – December 6th 2023  

Understanding learning using an artificial grammar.

Dr. Domenico Tullo (Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts) – November 22nd 2023   

A Novel Approach to Assessing and Training Attention Resource Capacity in Neurodivergent Learners: Repurposing the Multiple Object Tracking Task .

Stephen Clifford Biopac – October 25th 2023      

Demonstration functional near infrared spectroscopy system (fNIRs) .

Dr. Umair Akram – October 11th 2023  

Student mental health difficulties: the role of sleep.

Dr. Valeria Occelli, Edge Hill – May 3rd 2023    

Auditory localization skills in the early blind.

Dr. Louise O’Hare, NTU – May 3rd 2023      

Linear Mixed Effects Models.

Dr. Anirban Dutta – February 22nd 2023      

Portable neuroimaging and computational modelling approach to non-invasive brain stimulation.

Dr. Vassilis Cutsuridis, Dr. Kun Guo – November 30th 2022    

Computational psychiatry: A theory-driven approach to decision making in early-stage Huntington’s disease . 30th november at 4 pm face to face in SSB 0102.

Michael Mireku – November 16th 2022  

Michael will talk about sample size justification and Power Analysis.

Tim Hodgson – November 2nd 2022      

Tim will present: Visual attention and eye movements in viewing of Paeleolithic stone tools.

Blaine Monaghan – October 19th 2022  

Discussion with Blaine Monaghan how the College Research office can support the Cognitive Psychology Research Group.

Patrycja Korzeniowska – October 5th 2022   

Patrycja will present: The role of self-esteem discrepancy in perception of facial cues of acceptance and Moreover, we will discuss any news and updates about the schedule of our research group meetings.

All members – June 1st 2022    

Future research group sessions will be discussed. Any ideas and thoughts about the schedule are welcome

Simon Durrant and Polly Atkins – May 18th 2022      

Simon will talk about the BA/Leverhulme project: Neural Entrainment of Brain Rhythms to Aid Sleep Polly will present: The impact of sensory cues on Multiple Object Tracking (MOT) performance: behavioural and neural correlates.

Tessa Flack, Andrei Zarie, Gareth Croft – May 4th 2022 

Tessa will talk about: The pairs training effect in unfamiliar face matching. Andrei Zarie will talk about: Mimicry and emotion recognition: recent developments in body expressions research and present two research papers.

Steven Clifford, Biopac – April 20th 2022 

Steven Clifford, Biopac representative will come to the University and show the Biopac system (measuring electrodermal response, heart rate)

Kay Ritchie, Robin Kramer – March 22nd 2022      

Robin will talk about: “metacognition and face matching”. Kay will talk about making student work publishable

Zarin S. Chowdhury, Kay Ritchie – March 9th 2022   

Zarin will present: ‘Investigating factors leading to emotion positivity in older Adults Kay will talk about: Making student work publishable, and grant feedback request

George Mather, Kun Guo – February 23rd 2022  

George will discuss research ideas and Kun will talk about a grant application

All group members – February 9th 2022      

The main aim of this meeting is to: discuss and exchange our current research interests. We will briefly inform each other about our current research, research interests and ideas.

All group members – January 26th 2022  

The main aim of this meeting is to: discuss the Research and Knowledge Exchange Strategy discuss the format of this meeting (e.g. presentations, external speakers, skill sharing) and the schedule