Research students
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Ramisa Maliat Ahmed
PhD Student
rahme006 (@gold.ac.uk)
The use of non-invasive brain stimulation to understand social perception
Mahnoosh Allahghadri
PhD Candidate
mahnoosh.al (@gold.ac.uk)
Mahnoosh's research examines the various personality and demographic factors that may affect reactions to the pandemic.
Tudor Balinisteanu
PhD Student
mbali001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Tudor's research explores the origins of rhythmic capacity by investigating the dynamics of empathy and cognitive control in small-scale societies dances from Australasia to Africa and South America.
Paul Bejjani
PhD Student
pbejj001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Doctoral researcher in cognitive neuroscience with research interests in Flow, Hot Hand, Emotion and Music Cognition.
Alice Bowmer
PhD Student
abowm001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Researcher of early development with a focus on music, language and motor development during infancy
Abigail Burgess
PhD Student
aburg003 (@gold.ac.uk)
Research Focus: Using a mindfulness smartphone app to improve parent's stress and children's mental health.
Hannah Brett
PhD Student
hbret001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Psychology researcher exploring the role of interpersonal relationships in cyberbullying involvement.
Celine Brouillard
PhD Student
c.brouillard (@gold.ac.uk)
Research focus: Building trust and rapport in remote investigative interviews
Ondine Cami Delaye
PhD Student
ondinedelayepro (@gold.ac.uk)
My PhD research focuses on the neurophenomenology of nitrous oxide
Soma Chaudhuri
PhD Student
schau002 (@gold.ac.uk)
Neurocognitive and linguistic correlates of poetic creativity
Matthew Copeman
PhD Student
mcope001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Research Focus: Early Interventions to Mental Health using Video Games
Oliver Durcan
PhD Student
odurc001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Oliver researches Flow states, specialising in Flow's domain-specificity, temporality, and experimental methodology.
George Evangelou
PhD Student
gevan001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Doctoral Researcher and Associate Lecturer in Psychology with a research focus on the sense of agency in human-computer interaction.
Teresa Facchetti
PhD Student
t.facchetti (@gold.ac.uk)
Research Focus: Awareness of verbal and non-verbal communication skills in patients with acquired brain injuries and children with atypical development.
Jacqueline Francis
PhD student
j.francis (@gold.ac.uk)
Research focus: Ethnic differences in physical activity behaviour change and inter-group perception in relation to physical activity.
Gabriela Georgescu
PhD Student
ageor005 (@gold.ac.uk)
Research focus: If psychopaths are likely to commit suicide or self-harm.
Sarah Hashim
PhD Student
shash002 (@gold.ac.uk)
Psychology researcher investigating the content, neural correlates, and functions of visual mental imagery during music listening.
Kirsty Hawkins
PhD Student
khawk001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Doctoral Researcher and Associate Lecturer in Psychology
Aleksandra Igdalova
PhD student
a.igdalova (@gold.ac.uk)
Researcher in Psychology of Art and Neuroaesthetics
Luca Kiss
PhD Student
l.kiss (@gold.ac.uk)
Research focus: The effects of background music on sustained attention
James Lloyd-Cox
PhD Student
jlloy001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Research Focus: The trade-off in creativity: flexibility and efficiency during creative thinking
Chloe MacGregor
PhD Student
cstac001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Chloe is a music psychology researcher investigating the development of musical skills in childhood.
Gabriela Morris
PhD Student
gmorr003 (@gold.ac.uk)
Research focus: Instrumental deception in female subclinical psychopaths in social and sexual contexts.
Linda Mortimer
PhD Student
mlind002 (@gold.ac.uk)
Doctoral Researcher and Associate Lecturer in Psychology, exploring how we think about the future.
Haeeun Lee (Hennie)
PhD Student
hlee025 (@gold.ac.uk)
Researcher in Social Neuroaesthetics and Performing Arts
Helen Olawole-Scott
PhD Student
holaw001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Research focus: The underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms of perceptual metacognition.
Claudia Pulcini
PhD Student
cpulc002 (@gold.ac.uk)
Claudia's research explores face recognition: acquired and developmental prosopagnosia.
Betul Rauf
PhD Student
brauf001 (@gold.ac.uk)
The associations between sleep variables and ostensibly paranormal experiences and paranormal beliefs.
Julia Santomauro
PhD Student
jsant005 (@gold.ac.uk)
Doctoral researcher in individual differences and the phenomenology of sleep paralysis.
Saule Sauciunaite
PhD student
ssauc001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Research focus: Using non-invasive brain stimulation techniques and EEG to examine the neural mechanisms underlying learning and memory processes.
Margherita Tecilla
PhD Student
mteci003 (@gold.ac.uk)
Doctoral Researcher and Associate Lecturer in Psychology investigating how beliefs about reward probability modulate motor vigour in adults, ageing and patients with Parkinson's Disease.
Katie Toolin
PhD Student
k.toolin (@gold.ac.uk)
Doctoral researcher in psychology with a research focus on behavioural recognition in investigative interviewing.
Francesca Torno Jimenez
PhD Student
ftorn001 (@gold.ac.uk)
Francesca's research focus is interoceptive sensitivity and its relationship with the ability to switch modes of thought.
Amy van Langeraad
PhD Student
a.vanlangeraad (@gold.ac.uk)
Doctoral researcher in psychology exploring what is most effective in missing person appeals.