School of Psychology Seminar Series
Past Seminars: 2019–2020
Psychology Seminar Series (PSS)
Organiser: Patricia Bestelmeyer
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Tuesday 17 September 2019
EXTRA: Prof Chris McManus, University College London @ 3PM
Title: Left and right, hands and brains, myths and truths
Host: Dr David Carey
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Friday 4 October 2019
Dr Tamar Makin, University College London
Title: Homo Cyberneticus: Neurocognitive considerations for the embodiment of artificial limbs
Host: Dr Ken Valyear
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Friday 11 October 2019
Dr Nicholas Holmes, University of Nottingham
Title: On being 'a methods person': Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to answer questions in sensory-motor neuroscience
Host: Dr David Carey
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Friday 18 October 2019
Dr Simon Watt, Bangor University
Title: Is there a special link between binocular vision and the dexterity of the human hand?
Host: Dr Patricia Bestelmeyer
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Friday 25 October 2019
(soon-to-be-Dr) Marco Gandolfo, Bangor University
Title: Towards a model of human body perception
Host: Dr Patricia Bestelmeyer
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Friday 1 November 2019
Dr Kay Ritchie, Lincoln University
Title: Variability, the problem of likeness, and the role of averages in face recognition
Host: Dr David Carey
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Friday 8 November 2019
Dr Dan Mirman, University of Edinburgh
Title: Complementary Semantic Systems
Host: Dr Richard Binney
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Friday 15 November 2019
Dr JeYoung Jung, University of Nottingham
Title: The neural basis of semantic cognition and its plasticity: a multimodal approach
Host: Dr Richard Binney
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Friday 22 November 2019
Dr Tim Davies, Bangor University
Title: Temporal-Difference learning underpins the acquisition of intertemporal preferences for high-value food rewards
Host: Prof Robert Rogers
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Friday 29 November 2019
(soon-to-be-Dr) Aoife Fitzpatrick, Bangor University
Title: Hand choice and the role of the posterior parietal cortex
Host: Dr Patricia Bestelmeyer
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Friday 6 December 2019
Dr Daniel Bush, University College London
Title: Temporal Coding of Spatial Trajectories in Rodents and Humans
Host: Dr Katja Kornysheva
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Monday 13 January 2020
EXTRA: Dr Thomas Bak, University of Edinburgh
Title: Conflicting findings in bilingualism and cognition research: a curse or a blessing in disguise? -- ***!!!TALK STARTS AT 3PM!!!***
Host: Prof Guillaume Thierry
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Friday 31 January 2020
Prof Oliver Turnbull, Bangor University
Title: The Neuroscience of Sex ***!!!TALK STARTS AT 4PM!!!***
Host: Dr David Carey
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Friday 7 February 2020
Dr Fernando Zelaya, King's College London
Title: New horizons in imaging of cerebral physiology: cerebral blood flow and cerebral metabolism
Host: Dr Paul Mullins
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Friday 14 February 2020
Dr Julie Kirkby, Bournemouth University
Title: Parafoveal processing and transposed-letter effects in dyslexic reading
Host: Dr Manon Jones
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Friday 21 February 2020
Dr Ruth Tuura, Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich
Title: Sleep and the brain: a multimodal MRI, MRS and EEG study
Host: Dr Paul Mullins
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Friday 28 February 2020
Dr Silvia Paracchini, University of St Andrews
Title: Handedness genetics: are we measuring the right thing?
Host: Dr David Carey
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Friday 6 March 2020
Dr Nick Puts, King's College London
Title: Shared and distinct behavioral and neurochemical abnormalities in neurodevelopmental disorders
Host: Dr Paul Mullins
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Friday 13 March 2020
Dr Dean D'Souza, Anglia Ruskin University -- TO BE RE-SCHEDULED
Title: Understanding constraints on early language and cognitive development
Host: Prof Debbie Mills
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Friday 15 May 2020
Dr Moritz Wurm, CiMEC Trento, Italy
Title: A novel framework for the neural organization of action and object knowledge
Host: Dr Katja Kornysheva
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Friday 22 May 2020
Prof Anjan Chatterjee, Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, USA
Title: The aesthetic brain
Host: Dr Richard Binney
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Friday 29 May 2020
Prof Daniel Ansari, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Title: Building blocks of mathematical skills: evidence from brain and behaviour?
Host: Dr Richard Binney
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Friday 26 June 2020
Dr Eugen Wassiliwizky, Max-Planck-Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Title: Chills, Tears and Being Moved – An Empirical Approach to Intense Aesthetic Experiences
Host: Dr Ciara Egan
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Friday 3 July 2020
Dr Paloma Mari-Beffa, Bangor University
Title: How to tell the brain what to do: The impact of speech on cognitive control
Host: Dr Patricia Bestelmeyer
Bilingualism Seminar Series (BSS)
Organiser: Dr Marie-Josephe Tainturier
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Professional Development Seminar Series (Psychology Doctoral Programme)
Date & Time |
Title |
Presenters |
2019-20 |
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25 Sept 4-5pm |
Resilience: How to keep sane during your PhD |
Prof. John Parkinson |
23 Oct 4-5pm |
Ivory tower? Career inside Academia |
Dr Katja Kornysheva, Prof. Rob Ward & Prof. Paul Downing |
6 Nov 4-5pm |
Getting funded: Early career fellowships and grants |
Dr Katja Kornysheva & Dr Kami Koldewyn |
20 Nov 4-5pm |
Brave new world: Careers outside Academia |
Dr Sofie Meyer (Data Scientist & Clinical Design Research Lead, Ctr group Ltd), Dr Anne-Marike Schiffer (Senior Editor, Nature Human Behaviour) & Dr Katja Kornysheva |
22 Jan |
Aiming high I: Precursors of a high-impact paper |
Prof. Downing |
29 Jan |
Aiming high II: Writing a high-impact paper |
Prof. Thierry |
12 Feb |
Transparency: Intro to Open Science |
Dr Chris Saville |