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Research Projects Directory 2017

Compiled by Richard Newton-Chance
Project Organisation Web Site (URL)
Agent-based modelling of human social behaviour Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Ambiguity resolution in speech comprehension Cambridge - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Application of the 3 Rs to common tests of memory Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Associative and non-associative factors in feeding behaviour Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Attention and cognitive control Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
Attention and awareness Durham University - Dept of Psychology Web
Attention and memory Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
Attention disorders: mechanisms and plasticity - how does atypical attention affect developing cognition Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
Atypical attention and memory: how do they operate in a social and non-social context? Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
Atypical development Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Atypical development University of York, Department of Psychology Web
Auditory perception and visual-auditory integration Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Autism spectrum condition Bournemouth University - Interdiscliplinary Neuroscience Research Web
Bayesian Brain Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robitics Web
Behavioural and neural bases of threat-learning during learning through adolescence Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
Binding in working memory, visual memory University of York, Department of Psychology Web
Bipolar disorder, mental imagery and cognitive therapy Cambridge - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Brain and behaviour research Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Behavioural Neuroscience Web
Brain mechanisms of flexible cognition Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Behavioural Neuroscience Web
Brain mechanisms of flexible cognition Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
Brain - computer - interface (BCI) Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
BRAINTRAIN project Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
CatchUp - numeracy intervention project Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Developmental Science Web
Cellular and molecular and cellular neuroscience Sussex University - Sussex Neuroscience Web
Children with an extra sex chromosome: a study of children aged 5-16 years Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Developmental Science Web
Children with autism, Downs syndrome, Williams syndrome, children with language delay and dyslexia) Sheffield University - Department of Psychology Web
Children's Communication Impairments - Twins Study A study of children aged 5-11 years Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Developmental Science Web
Circuits, Systems and Computational Neuroscience Sussex University - Sussex Neuroscience Web
Cognition and Sound Segregation Cambridge - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience Sussex University - Sussex Neuroscience Web
Cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying cognitive control Bournemouth University - Interdiscliplinary Neuroscience Research Web
Cognitive approaches to emotional vulnerability and emotional resilience Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
Cognitive Biases and Anxiety in Paediatric Chronic Pain Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
Cognitive Control and Associative Learning Exeter University - Department of Psychology Web
Cognitive neuroscience of sex and gender Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Cognitive Neuroscience with LEGO Mindstorms NXT Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Cognitive Risk Factors for Children in Care Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
Cognitive robotics Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Cognitive Systems that Self-Understand and Self-Extend Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Cognitive Thalamus  research Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Behavioural Neuroscience Web
Combining machine and neural processing for object detection Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Community size, shared culture and moral partiality Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
Computational modelling Cambridge - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Computational Neuroscience & Robotics Sheffield University - Department of Psychology Web
Confidence in Social Decisions Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
Contextual modulations of value and decision making Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Behavioural Neuroscience Web
Cooperation in authentic adolescent social networks Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neurosciences Web
Cost-benefit valuation and decision making Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Behavioural Neuroscience Web
Cross-cultural differences in development University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Decision making and motivation Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Decision making and social interaction Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Behavioural Neuroscience Web
Decision-making in at-risk adolescents Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Depressed mood, resilience and training positive imagery Cambridge - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Developing interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) Newcastle University - Institute of Neuroscience Web
Development of spatial memory Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Developmental Dyscalculia Cambridge University - Centre for Neuroscience in Education Web
Developmental Stuttering (Stammering) Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Diet, Ageing and Cognition University of Reading - Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics Web
Early Attention and Number How does attention matter to developing numeracy? Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Educational Neuroscience & Developmental Dyslexia Cambridge University - Centre for Neuroscience in Education Web
Emotional autobiographical memories and emotional disorders Cambridge - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Emotional understanding & fear in development Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Engaging the brain's reward system Bristol University - School of Education Web
Evolutionary origins and comparative studies of language and communication University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Examining Social Cognitive Processes in Adolescent Anxiety & Depression Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Executive control in affective contexts Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Exploiting structure in human environments Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Eye Movements and Literary Reading Oxford University - Department of Experiemental Psychology - Developmental Science Web
Face expertise in Autism - A cross-cultural investigation Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
False Memories Durham University - Department of Psychology
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Fetal development Durham University - Department of Psychology
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Fronto-temporal networks involved in social cognition Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Functional specializations within the visual system Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Generalising Robot Manipulation Tasks Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Generating words Centre for Educational Neuroscience - University College London, Birkbeck and the UCL Institute of Education Web
Graphogame Cambridge University - Centre for Neuroscience in Education Web
Growing Pleasure and Growing Pains Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Haptics Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Hearing by Cochlear Implant and Auditory Brainstem Implant Users Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Hemispheric asymmetries and interhemispheric interaction Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
How does a child's social environment affect their acquisition of cultural information, such as stereotypes? Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
How does the brain process visual cues for perceiving emotional expressions and trustworthiness or other personality traits? Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
How does the human brain develop and function across the lifespan? Edinburgh University - Neuroscience Web
How humans make decisions and the brain mechanisms involved Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Human ventral-stream object representations Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Identifying Children aged 7-13 who are underachieving academically relative to their potential Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Developmental Science Web
Impact of Growth Mindset Portsmouth University - Psychology Department Web(pdf)
Individual Differences in functional brain organisation Durham University - Department of Psychology
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Individual differences in object representational space: Do they reflect disorders and personality? Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Interactions between language, perception and social cognition University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Investigating speech communication and its neural basis Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Investigating the effectiveness of Virtual Reality treatment for specific phobia and fear in children with ASD Newcastle University - Institute of Neuroscience Web
Kinship vs friendship and cognitive load Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Language and cognitive development during infancy Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Developmental Science Web
Language development and hearing Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Language learning across the lifespan University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Learning about and attending to faces and emotions University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Learning and consolidation of memory and words University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Learning and consolidation of new word forms and meaning Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Learning and memory Bristol University - School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience Web
Learning to combine the senses Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Learning with multisensory cues throughout childhood Centre for Educational Neuroscience - University College London, Birkbeck and the UCL Institute of Education Web
Learning, contingency and credit assignment Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Behavioural Neuroscience Web
Learning, Reasoning and Science Education in the Developing Brain Centre for Educational Neuroscience - University College London, Birkbeck and the UCL Institute of Education Web
Lexical retrieval difficulties in children Centre for Educational Neuroscience - University College London, Birkbeck and the UCL Institute of Education Web
Lifespan cognition Birmingham University -department of Psychology Web
Machine consciousness Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Making Words Stick- Lexical Consolidation Effects in Learning to Read Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Developmental Science Web
Mechanisms for bonding large scale communities Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Mechanisms of working memory training Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Memory and emotion Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Memory and learning Birmingham University -department of Psychology Web
Memory Selection Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Mental Imagery, Social Cognition, and Anxiety Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Mind wandering and self-generated thought University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Mindfulness in schools Leeds University - School of Psychology Web
Mind-mindedness Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Mind-mindedness University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Model Systems of Inhibitory Control Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Modelling Human Brain Development Newcastle University - Institute of Neuroscience Web
Motivated Forgetting Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Motivational modulation of learning and decision making Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Behavioural Neuroscience Web
Motor function and reinforcement learning Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Movement coordination in development Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Multi-modal imaging techniques Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Natural language acquisition Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Neural basis of decision making and reward learning Durham University - Dept of Psychology Web
Neural correlates of visual perception, adaptation and learning Bournemouth University - Interdiscliplinary Neuroscience Research Web
Neural mechanisms of episodic memory Durham University - Department of Psychology
Web
Neuro- and molecular biology of attention and learning University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Neurobiology of brain systems for communication Newcastle University - Institute of Neuroscience Web
Neurobiology of face and object perception Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Neurocognition of Aberrant Experience and Belief Birmingham University - Department of Psychology Web
Neurodynamics University of Reading - Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics Web
Neuroimaging of short-term memory Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Neuropharmacology Bristol University - School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience Web
Neuropharmacology of cognition Newcastle University - Institute of Neuroscience Web
Neuropsychological screening and rehabilitation Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Non-human-primate object representations and their functional analogies to the human Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Numerical development University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Optimising pattern-information FMRI Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
PacMan - Probabilistic and Compositional Representations of Objects for Robot Manipulation Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Perception and Action University of Reading - Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics Web
Perception and learning of degraded speech Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Perceptual Decision Making Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
PIMMS: A systems-neuroscience framework for memory and perception Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Pitch perception Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Predictive coding of spoken language Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Predictive perception and action Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Prevention and early intervention into mental health disorders Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Processing of social rank, rejection and affiliation in Depression Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Psychological and biological factors that shape learning and cognitive achievement, numerical cognition, synaesthesia, and time perception Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Psychological trauma and involuntary mental images Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience University of Reading - Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics Web
Reading Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Reading and language development University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Representational similarity analysis Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Rhythmic perception, music and language in children with SLI Cambridge University - Centre for Neuroscience and Education Web
Rhythms in the Mind, Brain, and Action Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics
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Role of expertise and intention of demonstrator on the behaviour of a learner Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Sensory and motor systems Bristol University - School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience Web
Short and long-term memory Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Social and emotional development University of York - Department of Psychology
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Social Attention in Typical Development and Developmental Disorders Durham University - Department of Psychology
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Social, Cognitive and Affective neuroscience Durham University - Department of Psychology
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Spatial cognition and navigation Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Spatial Cognition as a contributor to the development of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills Centre for Educational Neuroscience - University College London, Birkbeck and the UCL Institute of Education Web
Spatio-temporal Representations and Activities for Cognitive Control in Long-Term Scenarios Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Specific Language Impairment (SLI) Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Speech Perception Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Speech perception and spoken-word recognition University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Speech Production Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Speech recognition Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Stopping Memory Retrieval Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Storage and retrieval of different types of information University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Supporting the transfer of training Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Synaesthesia Cambridge University - Centre for Neuroscience and Education Web
Synaptic plasticity Bristol University - School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience Web
Testing computational models of object recognition Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
The bodily self Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
The causes of children's learning difficulties and to develop interventions to ameliorate them Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Developmental Science Web
The control mechanisms used when subjects switch cognitive tasks Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
The effect of dementia on memory and the brain Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
The effect of focal brain damage, particularly to MTL, on memory Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
The effect of healthy ageing on memory and the brain Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
The electrophysiological basis of functional brain connectivity in childhood Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
The feeling brain Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
The Influence of Language on Numerical and Arithmetic Development; Cambridge University - Centre for Neuroscience and Education Web
The integration of information across the various different sensory modalities (hearing, vision, touch, taste, and smell) Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
The Learning Brain Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
The Meta-Morphogenesis Project Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
The multisensory brain Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
The neural bases of multimodal lexical and semantic processing University of York - Department of Psychology Web
The neural basis of memory Manchester University - Memory Research Unit (MRU) Web
The neural basis of perception and conscious awareness Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
The neural basis of temporal processing in learning. Durham University - Department of Psychology
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The neural mechanisms of Attention Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
The Nuffield Learning to Read Project Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Developmental Science Web
The operation of neural circuits during decision-making and social interaction Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
The Oxford Children's Corpus - Lessons for Learning to Read Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Developmental Science Web
The Study of Cognition, Adolescents, and Mobile Phones Centre for Educational Neuroscience - University College London, Birkbeck and the UCL Institute of Education Web
Training for robot-mediated motor learning and stroke rehabilitation Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Treatment of mental health disorders Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Typical and Atypical Language University of Reading - Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics Web
Understanding Maths Anxiety; Cambridge University - Centre for Neuroscience and Education Web
Understanding neural networks through intervention and modelling Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Understanding the reasons for poor working memory in childhood Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Understanding the Transition From Novice-to-Expert in Children's reading Development Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Developmental Science Web
UnLocke Centre for Educational Neuroscience - University College London, Birkbeck and the UCL Institute of Education Web
Vision and Visual Cognition Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
Visual Distraction in the Classroom Durham University - Department of Psychology
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Visual long term memory University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Visual object recognition and processing of natural scenes Oxford University department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience - Oxford Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence Web
Visual perception Oxford University department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience Web
Visual perception and the brain Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Visual, auditory and spatial attention University of York - Department of Psychology Web
Visually guided reaching Oxford University department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive Neuroscience - Oxford Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence Web
What are the mechanisms of stereotype threat? Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
What elements within a demonstration are critical to an observer's success at a task? Durham University - Department of Psychology Web
What kinds of complex sentences do children with Autism understand? Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Developmental Science Web
Whole Body Compliant Dynamical Contacts in Cognitive Humanoids Birmingham University - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Web
Working memory Oxford University - Department of Experimental Psychology - Brain and Cognition Laboratory Web
Working memory and following instructions Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Working memory and hypertension Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
Working memory training in children Cambridge University - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Web
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