Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience (C&CN)

There are 3 dominant research themes in this group relating to the investigation of Movement, Sensory and Attention processes, and Self, Emotion and Memory:

• Movement: 
  • Investigating human movement and motor control, particularly in individuals with developmental Coordination Disorder.
  • Investigating the impact of spelling and working memory on handwriting speed.
• Sensory and Attention processes:
  • Understanding object formation processes, visual representations and the comparison of visual information.
  • Investigating brain bases of sensory process in clinical conditions.
• Self, Emotion and Memory:
  • Investigating how memory and future thinking are related to identity and wellbeing.
  • Exploring dynamic interactions between the self and emotional systems at the brain level and how such interactions manifest in depression. 

Our research includes work in healthy adult populations, as well as in certain clinical groups such as those with dementia, Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and depression. Some members of the group work alongside clinicians at local hospitals and have collaborators at other academic institutions both nationally and internationally.