Research

Richard conducts research into where and how the human brain stores and flexibly uses our knowledge of people, objects, and words (in other words, our semantic memory). To do so, he employs a multi-method approach that includes behavioural measures (e.g., accuracy and reaction times), brain imaging and non-invasive brain stimulation.  Further, his research seeks to advance our understanding of language and behavioural impairments that result from brain injury and dementia, and use research findings to help people manage their language disabilities and social difficulties.

For further information regarding my research activity, please visit these external websites:

Lab Website

OSF Project Pages

Google Scholar Profile

Teaching and Mentoring

Richard teaches both on undergraduate and postgraduate modules, specialising in the following:

• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Cognitive Neuropsychology
• Neuroimaging
• Neuromodulation (e.g., TMS, tES)
• Neuroanatomy
• Semantic Cognition
• Language
• Cognitive Communication Disorders

Ystafell 307

Fford Penrallt

Bangor

LL57 2DG

You can also connect with me via the following social media:

BlueSky

LinkedIn

• MSc
  University of Bristol,
• BSc
  College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, 9 TR10 9EZ, UK.,
• PhD
  University of Manchester,
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Richard is Module Co-Organiser for:

PPP-1005: Brain & Mind

PPP-4008: Methods in Language & Bilingualism Research

Richard supervises dissertations/projects at both the Batchelors' and Masters' level, and also supervises PhD candidates.

He is lead supervisor on the PhD projects undertaken by the following:

Irina Giurgea

Beca Mills

Richard's research spans several themes, including but not limited to:

• where and how the human brain stores our knowledge of people, objects, words and actions (in other words, our semantic memory). 
• how processes involved in semantic memory contribute to our engagement in social interactions (social cognition)
• what are the consequences of social and semantic processes  being impaired by brain damage or disease
• how is the brain wired to give rise to various cognitive functions
• how can we improve methods to study brain functions and connectivity (e.g., brain imaging methods)

For further information regarding my research activity, please visit these external websites:

Lab Website

OSF Project Pages

Google Scholar Profile

Self-funded (inc. agency-funded) projects:

Richard welcomes informal enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in projects related to semantic cognition, social cognition, cognitive communication impairment, and/or brain anatomy and connectivity. Please submit a draft research proposal (1-2 pages) to the above email address.

Funded/Studentships:

Studentship opportunities within the schol can be found at https://www.bangor.ac.uk/studentfinance/postgraduate/funding#psychology 

2025

• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuAbstract Words are Hard to Acquire; Does Social Relevance Help?
  Mahmood, F., Muraki, E. J., Diveica, V., Binney, R. J., Protzner, A. B. & Pexman, P. M., 24 Meh 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuContrasting the Organization of Concrete and Abstract Word Meanings
  Diveica, V., Muraki, E. J., Binney, R. J. & Pexman, P. M., 3 Maw 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuMapping Contributions of the Anterior Temporal Semantic Hub to the Processing of Abstract and Concrete Verbs
  Muraki, E. J., Pexman, P. M. & Binney, R. J., 15 Ebr 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Human Brain Mapping. 46, t. e70210
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• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuPractical Routes to Preregistration: A Guide to Enhanced Transparency and Rigour in Neuropsychological Research
  Binney, R. J., Smith, L. J., Rossit, S., Demeyere, N., Learmonth, G., Olgiati, E., Halai, A. D., Rounis, E., Evans, J., Edelstyn, N. M. J. & McIntosh, R. D., 28 Ebr 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Brain Communications.
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• CyhoeddwydThe multidimensionality, variability and flexibility of concepts. Opening Editorial
  Diveica, V., Muraki, E. J., Binney, R. J. & Pexman, P. M., 1 Gorff 2025, Yn: Cortex. 188, t. A7-A14
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2024

• CyhoeddwydA neuroanatomical and cognitive model of impaired social behaviour in frontotemporal dementia
  Rouse, M. A., Binney, R. J., Patterson, K., Rowe, J. B. & Lambon Ralph, M. A., 3 Meh 2024, Yn: Brain. 147, 6, t. 1953-1966 14 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydMapping Semantic Space: Exploring the Higher-order Structure of Word Meaning
  Diveica, V., Muraki, E. J., Binney, R. J. & Pexman, P. M., Gorff 2024, Yn: Cognition. 248, 105794.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydOverlapping Neural Correlates Underpin Theory of Mind and Semantic Cognition: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis of 344 Functional Neuroimaging Studies
  Balgova, E., Diveica, V., Jackson, R. L. & Binney, R. J., Gorff 2024, Yn: Neuropsychologia. 200, 108904.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuSocialness Effects in Lexical-Semantic Processing
  Diveica, V., Muraki, E. J., Binney, R. J. & Pexman, P. M., 21 Maw 2024, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2023

• CyhoeddwydA Network-level Test of the Role of the Co-activated Default Mode Network in Episodic Recall and Social Cognition
  Jackson, R. L., Humphreys, G. F., Rice, G. E., Binney, R. J. & Lambon Ralph, M. A., Awst 2023, Yn: Cortex. 165, t. 141-159
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydGraded functional organisation in the left inferior frontal gyrus: evidence from task-free and task-based functional connectivity
  Diveica, V., Riedel, M. C., Salo, T., Laird, A. R., Jackson, R. L. & Binney, R. J., 27 Tach 2023, Yn: Cerebral Cortex. 33, 23, t. 11384-11399 16 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydInvestigating the Role of Working Memory Resources across Aesthetic and Non-Aesthetic Judgments
  Bara, I., Binney, R. & Ramsey, R., Mai 2023, Yn: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 76, 5, t. 1026–1044
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydQuantifying Social Semantics: An Inclusive Definition of Socialness and Ratings for 8,388 English Words
  Diveica, V., Pexman, P. M. & Binney, R. J., Chwef 2023, Yn: Behavior Research Methods. 55, 2, t. 461-473 13 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydSocial Semantics: The Organisation and Grounding of Abstract Concepts
  Pexman, P. M., Diveica, V. & Binney, R. J., 13 Chwef 2023, Yn: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 378, 1870, 20210363.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2022

• CyhoeddwydA Generalised Semantic Cognition Account of Aesthetic Experience
  Bara, I., Binney, R. J., Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., 13 Awst 2022, Yn: Neuropsychologia. 173, 108288.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe Role of the Ventrolateral Anterior Temporal Lobes in Social Cognition
  Balgova, E., Diveica, V., Walbrin, J. & Binney, R. J., 15 Hyd 2022, Yn: Human Brain Mapping. 43, 15, t. 4589-4608 20 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2021

• CyhoeddwydEstablishing a Role of the Semantic Control Network in Social Cognitive Processing: A Meta-analysis of Functional Neuroimaging Studies
  Diveica, V., Koldewyn, K. & Binney, R., 15 Rhag 2021, Yn: Neuroimage. 245, 118702.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

• CyhoeddwydSocial Semantics: The role of conceptual knowledge and cognitive control in a neurobiological model of the social brain
  Binney, R. & Ramsey, R., Mai 2020, Yn: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 112, May, t. 28-38
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2019

• CyhoeddwydA behavioral study of the nature of verb-noun dissociation in the nonfluent variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia
  Costa Beber, B., Mandelli, M. L., Santos-Santos, M. A., Binney, R. J., Miller, B. L., Chaves, M., Gorno-Tempini, M. L. & Shapiro, K., 1 Chwef 2019, Yn: Aphasiology. 33, 2, t. 200-215
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• Cyhoeddwyd“Looks familiar, but I do not know who she is”: The role of the anterior right temporal lobe in famous face recognition
  Borghesani, V., Narvid, J., Battistella, G., Shwe, W., Watson, C., Binney, R., Sturm, V., Miller, Z. A., Mandelli, M. L., Miller, B. L. & Gorno-Tempini, M. L., Meh 2019, Yn: Cortex. 115, t. 72-85 14 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2018

• CyhoeddwydCathodal tDCS of the Bilateral Anterior Temporal Lobes Facilitates Semantically-Driven Verbal Fluency
  Binney, R., Zuckerman, B., Waller, H., Hung, J., Ashaie, S. & Reilly, J., Maw 2018, Yn: Neuropsychologia. 111, t. 62-71
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydConcrete versus abstract forms of social concept: an fMRI comparison of knowledge about people versus social terms
  Rice, G. E., Hoffman, P., Binney, R. J. & Ralph, M. A. L., 5 Awst 2018, Yn: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 373, 1752
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydConcrete vs. abstract forms of social concept: An fMRI comparison of knowledge about people vs. social terms
  Rice, G., Hoffman, P., Binney, R. J. & Lambon Ralph, M., 5 Awst 2018, Yn: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 373, 20170136.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydEstablishing the cognitive signature of human brain networks derived from structural and functional connectivity
  Jung, J., Visser, M., Binney, R. J. & Lambon Ralph, M., Rhag 2018, Yn: Brain Structure and Function. 223, 9, t. 4023-4038
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydFrontotemporal stimulation modulates semantically-guided visual search during confrontation naming: a combined tDCS and eye tracking investigation
  Binney, R. J., Ashaie, S., Zuckerman, B., Hung, J. & Reilly, J., Mai 2018, Yn: Brain and Language. 180-182, t. 14-23
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2017

• CyhoeddwydAdvancing functional dysconnectivity and atrophy in progressive supranuclear palsy
  Brown, J. A., Hua, A. Y., Trujillo, A., Attygalle, S., Binney, R. J., Spina, S., Lee, S. E., Kramer, J. H., Miller, B. L., Rosen, H. J., Boxer, A. L. & Seeley, W. W., 2017, Yn: NeuroImage: Clinical. 16, t. 564-574 11 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydData-driven regions of interest for longitudinal change in three variants of frontotemporal lobar degeneration
  Binney, R. J., Pankov, A., Marx, G., He, X., McKenna, F., Staffaroni, A. M., Kornak, J., Attygalle, S., Boxer, A. L., Schuff, N., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., Weiner, M. W., Kramer, J. H., Miller, B. L. & Rosen, H. J., 12 Ebr 2017, Yn: Brain and behavior. 7, 4, t. e00675
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe structural connectivity of higher order association cortices reflects human functional brain networks
  Jung, J., Cloutman, L., Binney, R. & Lambon Ralph, M., Rhag 2017, Yn: Cortex. 97, December, t. 221-239
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2016

• CyhoeddwydA Neuropsychological Perspective on Abstract Word Representation: From Theory to Treatment of Acquired Language Disorders
  Binney, R. J., Zuckerman, B. & Reilly, J., Medi 2016, Yn: Current neurology and neuroscience reports. 16, 9, t. 79
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydData-driven regions of interest for longitudinal change in frontotemporal lobar degeneration
  Pankov, A., Binney, R. J., Staffaroni, A. M., Kornak, J., Attygalle, S., Schuff, N., Weiner, M. W., Kramer, J. H., Dickerson, B. C., Miller, B. L. & Rosen, H. J., Chwef 2016, Yn: NeuroImage: Clinical. 12, t. 332-40 9 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydDoes the sound of a barking dog activate its corresponding visual form? An fMRI investigation of modality-specific semantic access
  Reilly, J., Garcia, A. & Binney, R. J., Awst 2016, Yn: Brain and Language. 159, t. 45-59 15 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydFeatures of Patients With Nonfluent/Agrammatic Primary Progressive Aphasia With Underlying Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Pathology or Corticobasal Degeneration
  Santos-Santos, M. A., Mandelli, M. L., Binney, R. J., Ogar, J., Wilson, S. M., Henry, M. L., Hubbard, H. I., Meese, M., Attygalle, S., Rosenberg, L., Pakvasa, M., Trojanowski, J. Q., Grinberg, L. T., Rosen, H., Boxer, A. L., Miller, B. L., Seeley, W. W. & Gorno-Tempini, M. L., 1 Meh 2016, Yn: JAMA neurology. 73, 6, t. 733-42 10 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydHealthy brain connectivity predicts atrophy progression in non-fluent variant of primary progressive aphasia
  Mandelli, M. L., Vilaplana, E., Brown, J. A., Hubbard, H. I., Binney, R. J., Attygalle, S., Santos-Santos, M. A., Miller, Z. A., Pakvasa, M., Henry, M. L., Rosen, H. J., Henry, R. G., Rabinovici, G. D., Miller, B. L., Seeley, W. W. & Gorno-Tempini, M. L., Hyd 2016, Yn: Brain: A journal of Neurology. 139, Pt 10, t. 2778-2791 14 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydMapping the Multiple Graded Contributions of the Anterior Temporal Lobe Representational Hub to Abstract and Social Concepts: Evidence from Distortion-corrected fMRI
  Binney, R., Hoffman, P. & Ralph, M. A. L., 17 Hyd 2016, Yn: Cerebral Cortex. 26, 11, t. 4227-4241
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydProgression of brain atrophy in PSP and CBS over 6 months and 1 year
  Dutt, S., Binney, R., Heuer, H., Luong, P., Attygalle, S., Bhatt, P., Marx, G., Elofson, J., Tartaglia, M., Litvan, I., McGinnis, S., Dickerson, B., Kornak, J., Waltzman, D., Voltarelli, L., Schuff, N., Rabinovici, G., Kramer, J. H., Jack, C. & Miller, B. L. & 2 eraill, Rosen, H. J. & Boxer, A. L., 8 Tach 2016, Yn: Neurology. 87, 19, t. 2016-2025
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• CyhoeddwydReading words and other people: A comparison of exception word, familiar face and affect processing in the left and right temporal variants of primary progressive aphasia
  Binney, R. J., Henry, M. L., Babiak, M., Pressman, P. S., Santos-Santos, M. A., Narvid, J., Mandelli, M. L., Strain, P. J., Miller, B. L., Rankin, K. P., Rosen, H. J. & Gorno-Tempini, M. L., Medi 2016, Yn: Cortex. 82, t. 147-63 17 t.
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2015

• CyhoeddwydDiffering contributions of inferior prefrontal and anterior temporal cortex to concrete and abstract conceptual knowledge
  Hoffman, P., Binney, R. J. & Lambon Ralph, M., Chwef 2015, Yn: Cortex. 63, t. 250-66 17 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydEstablishing task- and modality-dependent dissociations between the semantic and default mode networks
  Humphreys, G. F., Hoffman, P., Visser, M., Binney, R. J. & Lambon Ralph, M., 23 Meh 2015, Yn: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 25, t. 7857-62 6 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydUsing a combination of fMRI and anterior temporal lobe rTMS to measure intrinsic and induced activation changes across the semantic cognition network
  Binney, R. J. & Ralph, M. A. L., Medi 2015, Yn: Neuropsychologia. 76, t. 170-81 12 t.
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2014

• CyhoeddwydFrontal white matter tracts sustaining speech production in primary progressive aphasia
  Mandelli, M. L., Caverzasi, E., Binney, R. J., Henry, M. L., Lobach, I., Block, N., Amirbekian, B., Dronkers, N., Miller, B. L., Henry, R. G. & Gorno-Tempini, M. L., 16 Gorff 2014, Yn: Journal of Neuroscience. 34, 29, t. 9754-67 14 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe anterior temporal lobes support residual comprehension in Wernicke's aphasia
  Robson, H., Zahn, R., Keidel, J., Binney, R. J., Sage, K. & Lambon Ralph, M., 1 Maw 2014, Yn: Brain: A journal of Neurology. 137, 3, t. 931-43 13 t.
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2013

• CyhoeddwydUsing in vivo probabilistic tractography to reveal two segregated dorsal 'language-cognitive' pathways in the human brain
  Cloutman, L., Binney, R. J., Morris, D. M., Parker, G. J. M. & Lambon Ralph, M., Tach 2013, Yn: Brain and Language. 127, 2, t. 230-40 11 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2012

• CyhoeddwydConvergent connectivity and graded specialization in the rostral human temporal lobe as revealed by diffusion-weighted imaging probabilistic tractography
  Binney, R. J., Parker, G. J. M. & Lambon Ralph, M. A., Hyd 2012, Yn: Journal of Cognitive Neurosience. 24, 10, t. 1998-2014 17 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe variation of function across the human insula mirrors its patterns of structural connectivity: evidence from in vivo probabilistic tractography
  Cloutman, L., Binney, R. J., Drakesmith, M., Parker, G. J. M. & Lambon Ralph, M. A., 15 Chwef 2012, Yn: Neuroimage. 59, 4, t. 3514-21 8 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2010

• CyhoeddwydThe ventral and inferolateral aspects of the anterior temporal lobe are crucial in semantic memory: evidence from a novel direct comparison of distortion-corrected fMRI, rTMS, and semantic dementia
  Binney, R. J., Embleton, K. V., Jefferies, E., Parker, G. J. M. & Ralph, M. A. L., 1 Tach 2010, Yn: Cerebral Cortex. 20, 11, t. 2728-38 11 t.
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2025

• Cortex (Elsevier) - A Journal devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior (Sefydliad allanol)

  Associate Editor

  1 Ion 2025 →

  Cysylltau:

  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cortex
  Gweithgaredd: Aelodaeth o fwrdd (Aelod)

2022

• British Neuropsychological Society (Sefydliad allanol)

  Meetings Secretary (Executive Committee Member, appointed)

  2 Tach 2022 →

  Cysylltau:

  • https://www.the-bns.org/meetings
  Gweithgaredd: Aelodaeth o bwyllgor (Cadeirydd)

• Social Semantics: An exploration of the meaning underpinning social words

  01/04/2020 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)