Staff in the Department of Psychology In this section Academic staff Professional staff Research staff Research students Academic staff Professional staff Research staff Research students Staff list Dr Caspar Addyman Lecturer in Psychology 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 Professor of Psychology and Co-Head of Department m.banissy (@gold.ac.uk) Michael is an expert in social neuroscience, studying how we perceive and interact with each other. Dr Elaine Beattie Lecturer in Psychology e.beattie (@gold.ac.uk) Elaine's main research interests are personality and associative learning; neuroticism, trait anxiety, and individual differences in fear and disgust reactivity. Professor Joydeep Bhattacharya Professor of Psychology 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 Reader emeritus h.blumberg (@gold.ac.uk) Herb’s main interests are: small groups and social cognition; peace psychology; social research methods Dr Marinella Cappelletti Reader m.cappelletti (@gold.ac.uk) Marinella is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in studying how the brain learns and how it ages. Dr Rebecca Chamberlain Lecturer in Psychology 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 Reader in Psychology 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 Senior Lecturer in Psychology 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 Senior Lecturer in Psychology a.cooper (@gold.ac.uk) Andrew’s research understands how variations in personality traits is underpinned by emotional and motivational states. Dr Deborah Custance Senior Lecturer in Psychology d.custance (@gold.ac.uk) Deborah’s research is in comparative-developmental psychology; studying human and non-human primate behaviour. Professor Jules Davidoff Professor of Psychology j.davidoff (@gold.ac.uk) Jules researches the mental representation of objects, the relationship between our memory and recognition of them. Professor Clive Fletcher Emeritus Professor c.fletcher (@gold.ac.uk) Clive is concerned with the influence of personality and cognitive factors in self-assessment and self-awareness. Professor Jan de Fockert Professor of Psychology and Co-Head of Department 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 Professor of Psychology and Managing Director, i2 media research j.freeman (@gold.ac.uk) Jonathan is an expert in media psychology and the human factors of digital media services and products. Christopher French Professor of Psychology 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 Professor of Psychology and Director of Goldsmiths' Forensic Psychology Unit 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 Senior Lecturer in Psychology l.goddard (@gold.ac.uk) Lorna is an expert in cognition and psychopathology, studying how memory and future thinking interact with emotion and the self-concept. Agnieszka Golec de Zavala Reader in Psychology 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 Professor of Psychology 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 Professor of Psychology 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 Lecturer in Psychology M.Herrojo-Ruiz (@gold.ac.uk) María is an expert in the neuroscience of sensorimotor learning and motor control. Professor Elisabeth Hill Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Pro-Warden (Learning, Teaching & Enhancement) e.hill (@gold.ac.uk) Elisabeth’s research concerns cognitive dysfunction across and within neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr Ashok Jansari Senior Lecturer in Psychology a.jansari (@gold.ac.uk) Ashok specializes in the field of neuropsychology, mainly in mental brain function we use every day including memory and face-recognition. Dr Alice Jones Reader in Psychology 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 Professor of Genetics and Psychology y.kovas (@gold.ac.uk) Yulia is an expert in psychology and behavioural genetics, studying individual differences and complex processes through which they develop. Dr Gustav Kuhn Reader in Psychology 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 Senior Lecturer 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 Reader in Psychology 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. Dr Evelyne Mercure Lecturer e.mercure (@gold.ac.uk) Evelyne studies infant neurocognitive development and especially the impact of language and communicative experience Caoimhe McAnena Clinical Lecturer in Psychology c.mcanena (@gold.ac.uk) Caoimhe research interests are in the area of personality disordered offenders, especially sexual offenders. Dr James Moore Reader in Psychology j.moore (@gold.ac.uk) James is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience of voluntary action Professor Daniel Müllensiefen Professor of Psychology d.mullensiefen (@gold.ac.uk) Daniel is an expert in music psychology, studying music perception and musical abilities. Dr Lucy Oldfield Lecturer in Psychology and Clinical Psychologist 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 Senior Lecturer in Psychology b.oliver (@gold.ac.uk) Developmental Psychology, Family Psychology, Behavioural Genetics, Prevention and Intervention Science Dr Diana Omigie Lecturer in Psychology Diana.omigie (@gold.ac.uk) Diana has research interests that revolve around the behaviour, physiology and neurology of music-induced emotions. Dr Guido Orgs Senior Lecturer in Psychology g.orgs (@gold.ac.uk) Dr Guido Orgs is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience of dance and choreography Professor Alan Pickering Professor of Psychology a.pickering (@gold.ac.uk) Alan’s research aims to understand the cognitive functions and behaviours that are affected by rewards. Professor Linda Pring Emeritus Professor l.pring (@gold.ac.uk) Developmental psychology and neuroscience, including savant syndrome, is central to Linda’s research. Dr Caroline Rix Senior Lecturer in Psychology 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. Dr Adrian Scott Senior Lecturer in Psychology a.scott (@gold.ac.uk) Adrian has interests in forensic psychology, focussing on stalking, investigative interviewing and eyewitness testimony. Professor Peter Smith Emeritus Professor of Psychology p.smith (@gold.ac.uk) Peter is a developmental psychologist, with interests in school bullying, children’s play, and grandparenting. Professor Lauren Stewart Professor of Psychology l.stewart (@gold.ac.uk) Lauren is an expert on how music is represented in the mind and brain. Dr Serra Tekin Eriksson Lecturer s.tekineriksson (@gold.ac.uk) Serra’s research interests are mainly information elicitation and deception detection in police interviews. Evidence disclosure and the role of culture are central to her research. Dr Devin Terhune Reader d.terhune (@gold.ac.uk) Devin studies the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying time perception and how awareness can be regulated by suggestion. Professor Tim Valentine Emeritus professor t.valentine (@gold.ac.uk) Tim works to understand our ability to recognise people’s faces, currently focussing on eyewitness identification. Professor Max Velmans Emeritus Professor m.velmans (@gold.ac.uk) Max’s research is in consciousness studies, particularly integrating philosophy and psychology in clinical practice. Dr José van Velzen Reader in Psychology 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 Reader in Psychology keon.west (@gold.ac.uk) Keon is an expert in intergroup social psychology, investigating how we treat people we see as different from ourselves. Dr Gordon Wright Lecturer in Psychology g.wright (@gold.ac.uk) Gordon studies the personality and behaviour of liars, manipulators, cheats, scammers and fraudsters. Dr Daniel Yon Lecturer d.yon (@gold.ac.uk) Daniel studies how our actions and expectations influence how we perceive and make decisions about the world around us. Dr. Peter Collins Teaching Fellow p.collins (@gold.ac.uk) Peter researches how we make judgments and decisions and how we reason, especially in social and communicative contexts. Dr Rotem Perach Teaching Fellow r.perach (@gold.ac.uk) Rotem is a social and health psychology researcher. His main interests include existential motivations, cultural legacy, older persons, and sleep. Dr. Helen Spray Teaching fellow h.spray (@gold.ac.uk) Helen is a teaching fellow, and her research focuses on cross-cultural differences in perception and perceptual development. Dr Louis Williams Teaching fellow l.williams (@gold.ac.uk) Louis is a Teaching Fellow who also conducts research into the aesthetic experience using eye-tracking methods. Article
Dr Caspar Addyman Lecturer in Psychology 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 Professor of Psychology and Co-Head of Department m.banissy (@gold.ac.uk) Michael is an expert in social neuroscience, studying how we perceive and interact with each other.
Dr Elaine Beattie Lecturer in Psychology e.beattie (@gold.ac.uk) Elaine's main research interests are personality and associative learning; neuroticism, trait anxiety, and individual differences in fear and disgust reactivity.
Professor Joydeep Bhattacharya Professor of Psychology 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 Reader emeritus h.blumberg (@gold.ac.uk) Herb’s main interests are: small groups and social cognition; peace psychology; social research methods
Dr Marinella Cappelletti Reader m.cappelletti (@gold.ac.uk) Marinella is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in studying how the brain learns and how it ages.
Dr Rebecca Chamberlain Lecturer in Psychology 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 Reader in Psychology 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 Senior Lecturer in Psychology 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 Senior Lecturer in Psychology a.cooper (@gold.ac.uk) Andrew’s research understands how variations in personality traits is underpinned by emotional and motivational states.
Dr Deborah Custance Senior Lecturer in Psychology d.custance (@gold.ac.uk) Deborah’s research is in comparative-developmental psychology; studying human and non-human primate behaviour.
Professor Jules Davidoff Professor of Psychology j.davidoff (@gold.ac.uk) Jules researches the mental representation of objects, the relationship between our memory and recognition of them.
Professor Clive Fletcher Emeritus Professor c.fletcher (@gold.ac.uk) Clive is concerned with the influence of personality and cognitive factors in self-assessment and self-awareness.
Professor Jan de Fockert Professor of Psychology and Co-Head of Department 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 Professor of Psychology and Managing Director, i2 media research j.freeman (@gold.ac.uk) Jonathan is an expert in media psychology and the human factors of digital media services and products.
Christopher French Professor of Psychology 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 Professor of Psychology and Director of Goldsmiths' Forensic Psychology Unit 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 Senior Lecturer in Psychology l.goddard (@gold.ac.uk) Lorna is an expert in cognition and psychopathology, studying how memory and future thinking interact with emotion and the self-concept.
Agnieszka Golec de Zavala Reader in Psychology 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 Professor of Psychology 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 Professor of Psychology 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 Lecturer in Psychology M.Herrojo-Ruiz (@gold.ac.uk) María is an expert in the neuroscience of sensorimotor learning and motor control.
Professor Elisabeth Hill Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Pro-Warden (Learning, Teaching & Enhancement) e.hill (@gold.ac.uk) Elisabeth’s research concerns cognitive dysfunction across and within neurodevelopmental disorders.
Dr Ashok Jansari Senior Lecturer in Psychology a.jansari (@gold.ac.uk) Ashok specializes in the field of neuropsychology, mainly in mental brain function we use every day including memory and face-recognition.
Dr Alice Jones Reader in Psychology 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 Professor of Genetics and Psychology y.kovas (@gold.ac.uk) Yulia is an expert in psychology and behavioural genetics, studying individual differences and complex processes through which they develop.
Dr Gustav Kuhn Reader in Psychology 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 Senior Lecturer 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 Reader in Psychology 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.
Dr Evelyne Mercure Lecturer e.mercure (@gold.ac.uk) Evelyne studies infant neurocognitive development and especially the impact of language and communicative experience
Caoimhe McAnena Clinical Lecturer in Psychology c.mcanena (@gold.ac.uk) Caoimhe research interests are in the area of personality disordered offenders, especially sexual offenders.
Dr James Moore Reader in Psychology j.moore (@gold.ac.uk) James is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience of voluntary action
Professor Daniel Müllensiefen Professor of Psychology d.mullensiefen (@gold.ac.uk) Daniel is an expert in music psychology, studying music perception and musical abilities.
Dr Lucy Oldfield Lecturer in Psychology and Clinical Psychologist 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 Senior Lecturer in Psychology b.oliver (@gold.ac.uk) Developmental Psychology, Family Psychology, Behavioural Genetics, Prevention and Intervention Science
Dr Diana Omigie Lecturer in Psychology Diana.omigie (@gold.ac.uk) Diana has research interests that revolve around the behaviour, physiology and neurology of music-induced emotions.
Dr Guido Orgs Senior Lecturer in Psychology g.orgs (@gold.ac.uk) Dr Guido Orgs is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience of dance and choreography
Professor Alan Pickering Professor of Psychology a.pickering (@gold.ac.uk) Alan’s research aims to understand the cognitive functions and behaviours that are affected by rewards.
Professor Linda Pring Emeritus Professor l.pring (@gold.ac.uk) Developmental psychology and neuroscience, including savant syndrome, is central to Linda’s research.
Dr Caroline Rix Senior Lecturer in Psychology 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.
Dr Adrian Scott Senior Lecturer in Psychology a.scott (@gold.ac.uk) Adrian has interests in forensic psychology, focussing on stalking, investigative interviewing and eyewitness testimony.
Professor Peter Smith Emeritus Professor of Psychology p.smith (@gold.ac.uk) Peter is a developmental psychologist, with interests in school bullying, children’s play, and grandparenting.
Professor Lauren Stewart Professor of Psychology l.stewart (@gold.ac.uk) Lauren is an expert on how music is represented in the mind and brain.
Dr Serra Tekin Eriksson Lecturer s.tekineriksson (@gold.ac.uk) Serra’s research interests are mainly information elicitation and deception detection in police interviews. Evidence disclosure and the role of culture are central to her research.
Dr Devin Terhune Reader d.terhune (@gold.ac.uk) Devin studies the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying time perception and how awareness can be regulated by suggestion.
Professor Tim Valentine Emeritus professor t.valentine (@gold.ac.uk) Tim works to understand our ability to recognise people’s faces, currently focussing on eyewitness identification.
Professor Max Velmans Emeritus Professor m.velmans (@gold.ac.uk) Max’s research is in consciousness studies, particularly integrating philosophy and psychology in clinical practice.
Dr José van Velzen Reader in Psychology 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 Reader in Psychology keon.west (@gold.ac.uk) Keon is an expert in intergroup social psychology, investigating how we treat people we see as different from ourselves.
Dr Gordon Wright Lecturer in Psychology g.wright (@gold.ac.uk) Gordon studies the personality and behaviour of liars, manipulators, cheats, scammers and fraudsters.
Dr Daniel Yon Lecturer d.yon (@gold.ac.uk) Daniel studies how our actions and expectations influence how we perceive and make decisions about the world around us.
Dr. Peter Collins Teaching Fellow p.collins (@gold.ac.uk) Peter researches how we make judgments and decisions and how we reason, especially in social and communicative contexts.
Dr Rotem Perach Teaching Fellow r.perach (@gold.ac.uk) Rotem is a social and health psychology researcher. His main interests include existential motivations, cultural legacy, older persons, and sleep.
Dr. Helen Spray Teaching fellow h.spray (@gold.ac.uk) Helen is a teaching fellow, and her research focuses on cross-cultural differences in perception and perceptual development.
Dr Louis Williams Teaching fellow l.williams (@gold.ac.uk) Louis is a Teaching Fellow who also conducts research into the aesthetic experience using eye-tracking methods.