Dr Laith Alexander My research focuses on the neurobiology of emotion and emotional regulation. In particular, I am interested in how prefrontal cortical regions (area 25 and 32) subserve the regulation of emotional states. Using sophisticated techniques in behaviou...
Chiara Avancini I am starting a PhD course under the supervision of Dr Denes Szucs. I will study the electrophysiology of numerical cognition with a focus on mathematical anxiety.
I am also working on a project investigating the neural correlates of the integrati...
Dr Philip Barnard My programme of work focuses mainly on Executive Control and Emotional Meanings in Cognitive and Neural systems. Current work is organised under four project headings:
[a] Core Theoretical work on Interacting Cognitive Subsystems - a macro-theory...
Dr Annette Brühl My research is concerned with the interaction of emotion and cognition - how cognitive processes regulate emotion, how emotion interacts with cognition - with a particular focus on the neurofunctional processes. These processes are disturbed in af...
Joe Hilton I am interested in the persistence of fear memories in rodent models, specifically how cued fear memory reactivation influences performance in the elevated plus maze.
Mr Shaun Kit Lung Quah Trait anxiety is the enduring disposition of feeling stress, worry, and discomfort and has been proposed to confer an increased vulnerability to developing anxiety disorders. The study of the neural mechanisms underlying trait anxiety is necessary...
Emily Sherman I am interested in the differences between learned and innate odour processing in the cortical amygdala and piriform cortex and the subsequent behavioral output. My project aims to elucidate the mechanism behind how animals observe and internalize...
Dr Yoshiro Shiba I am investigating neural mechanisms underlying anxiety and fear, especially in terms of physiological, behavioural and neurobiological risk factors or traits for development of anxiety disorders.
Yoshiro Shiba Anxiety and fear are adaptive responses against a potential/imminent threat. These consist of changes in physiological (heart rate, blood pressure, endocrine responses etc.), cognitive (attention, vigilance etc.) and behavioural (flight, freeze, f...
Dr Jenny Tillotson This research crosses neuroscience, design, scent, biotechnology, complementary therapies and AI and combines wearable technology with new generation of sensors.
Using aroma-based stress management strategies, anxiety can be reduced using contro...