Staff in the Department of Psychology
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Staff list
Dr Caspar Addyman
c.addyman (@gold.ac.uk)
Caspar investigates the cognitive, social and emotional development of babies using a combination of behavioural research and computational modelling.
Professor Michael Banissy
m.banissy (@gold.ac.uk)
Michael is an expert in social neuroscience, studying how we perceive and interact with each other.
Professor Joydeep Bhattacharya
j.bhattacharya (@gold.ac.uk)
Joy is an expert in EEG, and studies complex human behaviour including music, language, aesthetics, decision making and creativity
Dr Herb Blumberg
h.blumberg (@gold.ac.uk)
Herb’s research is rooted in social psychology, studying the cognitive aspects of social issues and conflict resolution.
Natalie Bowling
psychology (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr Marinella Cappelletti
m.cappelletti (@gold.ac.uk)
Marinella is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in studying how the brain learns and how it ages.
Dr Rebecca Chamberlain
r.chamberlain (@gold.ac.uk)
Rebecca’s research sets out to understand how and why individuals create and respond so powerfully to works of art.
Dr Rebecca Charlton
r.charlton (@gold.ac.uk)
Rebecca is an expert in cognitive ageing, studying age-related changes in brain and how they influence cognition and social-cognition.
Dr Gianna Cocchini
g.cocchini (@gold.ac.uk)
Gianna’s expertise is in cognitive neuropsychology, with particular interest on body mental representation and cognitive disorders caused by brain lesions
Dr Andrew Cooper
a.cooper (@gold.ac.uk)
Andrew’s research understands how variations in personality traits is underpinned by emotional and motivational states.
Dr Deborah Custance
d.custance (@gold.ac.uk)
Deborah’s research is in comparative-developmental psychology; studying human and non-human primate behaviour.
Professor Jules Davidoff
j.davidoff (@gold.ac.uk)
Jules researches the mental representation of objects, the relationship between our memory and recognition of them.
Professor Jan de Fockert
j.de-fockert (@gold.ac.uk)
Jan is an expert in selective attention, studying how we prioritise the processing of relevant information in our environment.
Professor Jonathan Freeman
j.freeman (@gold.ac.uk)
Jonathan is an expert in media psychology and the human factors of digital media services and products.
Professor Christopher French
c.french (@gold.ac.uk)
Chris is an expert in the area of anomalistic psychology, focusing upon non- paranormal explanations for ostensibly paranormal experiences.
Professor Fiona Gabbert
f.gabbert (@gold.ac.uk)
Fiona is an expert in applied cognitive psychology, studying the reliability of human memory via understanding its strengths and weaknesses.
Dr Lorna Goddard
l.goddard (@gold.ac.uk)
Lorna’s main research interests are in how autobiographical memory functions in personal problem-solving.
Agnieszka Golec de Zavala
a.golec (@gold.ac.uk)
Agnieszka is an expert in social and personality psychology studying intergroup relations, prejudice and narcissism, especially collective narcissism.
Professor Alice Gregory
a.gregory (@gold.ac.uk)
Alice is an expert in the science of sleep, studying the links between sleep and psychopathology across the lifecourse
Professor Pam Heaton
p.heaton (@gold.ac.uk)
Pam’s primary research interest is in developmental disorders, especially autism and its relation to musical cognition.
Dr Maria Herrojo Ruiz
M.Herrojo-Ruiz (@gold.ac.uk)
María is an expert in the neuroscience of sensorimotor learning and motor control.
Professor Elisabeth Hill
e.hill (@gold.ac.uk)
Elisabeth’s research concerns cognitive dysfunction across and within neurodevelopmental disorders.
Dr Ashok Jansari
a.jansari (@gold.ac.uk)
Ashok explores different aspects of cognitive neuropsychology, particularly memory/amnesia and face recognition.
Dr Alice Jones
a.jones (@gold.ac.uk)
Alice is the Director of the Unit of School and Family Studies, studying school behaviour and socio-emotional development.
Professor Yulia Kovas
y.kovas (@gold.ac.uk)
The goal of Yulia’s research is to investigate the development of individual differences in cognitive abilities.
Dr Gustav Kuhn
g.kuhn (@gold.ac.uk)
Gustav is an expert in cognitive psychology, studying how we perceive the world and manipulate people beliefs and experiences
Dr Madoka Kumashiro
m.kumashiro (@gold.ac.uk)
Madoka is a personality and social psychologist whose research interest is in personal growth and well-being.
Dr Karina J Linnell
k.j.linnell (@gold.ac.uk)
Karina studies visual cognition, attention, perception and awareness, as well as cross-cultural and individual differences in these fundamental processes.
Caoimhe McAnena
c.mcanena (@gold.ac.uk)
Caoimhe research interests are in the area of personality disordered offenders, especially sexual offenders.
Dr James Moore
j.moore (@gold.ac.uk)
James is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience of voluntary action
Dr Daniel Müllensiefen
d.mullensiefen (@gold.ac.uk)
Daniel is an expert in music psychology, studying music perception and musical abilities.
Dr Lucy Oldfield
l.oldfield (@gold.ac.uk)
Lucy is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, a BABCP accredited CBT Therapist and a lecturer in Clinical Psychology.
Dr Bonamy Oliver
b.oliver (@gold.ac.uk)
Bonamy is a developmental psychologist and behavioural geneticist specialising in family processes associated with children's wellbeing and mental health.
Dr Diana Omigie
Diana.omigie (@gold.ac.uk)
Diana has research interests that revolve around the behaviour, physiology and neurology of music-induced emotions.
Dr Guido Orgs
g.orgs (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr Guido Orgs is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience of dance and choreography
Professor Alan Pickering
a.pickering (@gold.ac.uk)
Alan’s research aims to understand the cognitive functions and behaviours that are affected by rewards.
Dr Caroline Rix
c.rix (@gold.ac.uk)
Caroline is a teaching only member of staff, with particular interest in developing approaches to teaching, as well as internet psychology.
Professor Adam Rutland
a.rutland (@gold.ac.uk)
Adam studies social-cognitive development, prejudice, intergroup relationships, social reasoning and morality.
Dr Adrian Scott
a.scott (@gold.ac.uk)
Adrian has interests in forensic psychology, focussing on stalking, investigative interviewing and eyewitness testimony.
Professor Peter Smith
p.smith (@gold.ac.uk)
Peter is a developmental psychologist, with interests in school bullying, children’s play, and grandparenting.
Professor Lauren Stewart
l.stewart (@gold.ac.uk)
Lauren is an expert on how music is represented in the mind and brain.
Dr Devin Terhune
d.terhune (@gold.ac.uk)
Devin’s research concerns the neural basis of individual differences in conscious awareness and its top-down regulation.
Dr José van Velzen
j.vanvelzen (@gold.ac.uk)
José’s research focuses on multisensory processing, spatial attention, body representation and sensory processing in the context of motor behaviour.
Dr Keon West
keon.west (@gold.ac.uk)
Keon is an expert in intergroup social psychology, investigating the way we treat people we believe to be different from ourselves.
Dr Gordon Wright
g.wright (@gold.ac.uk)
Gordon studies the personality and behaviour of liars, manipulators, cheats, scammers and fraudsters.