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Centre for Cognitive Science (COGS)

Faculty

As our faculty often specialise in more than one field and many research areas of cognitive science overlap, listed faculty are only loosely grouped into the following fields and may well identify with other research areas.

 

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Adaptive Systems and Artificial Life

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Phil Husbands

Professor of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial evolution, robotics, evolutionary algorithms, computational neuroscience, computer manipulation of sound and image, history and philosophy of AI, machine learning

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Thomas Nowotny

Professor of Informatics
Dynamical systems theory, statistics and hybrid systems, information processing in nervous systems

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Reader in Informatics
Computational biologyComputational neuroscienceComputer vision & image processing - Pattern recognitionEvolutionary computation, Insect navigation, NavigationRobotics

 

Artificial Intelligence and Computing

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Chris Chatwin

Professor in Engineering
Case-based reasoning, computer vision, intelligent agents, machine learning, pattern recognition, artificial life

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Peter Cheng

Professor of Cognitive Science
Nature of representational systems, cognitive processes of drawing and writing

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Judith Good

Reader in Informatics
Educational simulations and games, constructivist learning environments, artificial intelligence and education, support tools and environments for novice programmers, external representations in reasoning and problem-solving

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Novi Quadrianto

Lecturer in Machine Learning (Informatics)
Statistical machine learning, Bayesian methods, computer vision, and kernel methods

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Donia Scott

Visiting Professor (Informatics)
Personal webpage

Computational linguistics; cognitive linguistics; bioinformatics

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Chris Thornton

Lecturer in Computing Science (Informatics)
Creativity, learning, representation

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Sharon Wood

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence (Informatics)
Computational modelling, human decision-making, psychophysical processes and their limitations to higher level, cognitively based, complex knowledge-based reasoning

 

Arts, Humanities and Education

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Richard Elliott

Lecturer in Popular Music

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Celia Hunt

Emeritus Reader in Continuing Education (Creative Writing)
Cognitive poetics of the creative writing process

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Maria Lauret

Reader in English & American Literature
Multilingualism, migration and subjectivity in the Americas

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Thor Magnusson

Lecturer in Music
CompositionComputational CreativityComputer MusicCreative CodingHuman computer interactionMusicMusic TechnologyPerformanceSoftware Engineering

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Sally-Jane Norman

Director of the Attenborough Centre Forthe Creative Arts
Embodiment and TechnologiesPerforming ArtsPractice-based researchScenography,Sonic ArtsTheatre History

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James Williams

Lecturer in Education
Creationism and Evolution in EducationHistory and Philosophy of ScienceInitial Teacher EducationScience EducationTeaching 'the nature of science' & 'the scientific method',Teaching and Learning

 

Biology and Neuroscience

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Luc Berthouze

Senior Lecturer in Informatics
Mathematical neuroscience, time series analysis, network analysis, EEG, EMG, criticality, coordination, synchronization, motor control

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Jackie Cassell

Head of Department (Primary Care and Public Health)

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Thomas Collett

Emeritus Professor of Neurobiology
Insect vision and navigation

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Chair in Psychiatry
Cognitive Neuroscience, Consciousness, Emotion, Mental health (Human disease),Neuroimaging, neuropsychiatry, Neuroscience (Human disease), Psychophysiology

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Michael Land

Emeritus Professor and Associate Tutor (Life Sciences)

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Paul Graham

Reader (Evolution, Behaviour and Environment)
Animal behaviourLearningMemorynavigationneuroethologysocial insect biology,Vision

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Daniel Colaco Osorio

Professor of Neuroscience
Animal behaviour, colour vision, evolution of communication

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Anil Seth

Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
Cognitive NeuroscienceComputational NeuroscienceConsciousness,  EEGNeuroimagingneuropsychiatry, 
Neuropsychology, Psychology, Time Series, Virtual Reality

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Natasha Sigala

Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience
AgeingAttentionCategorisationCognitive NeuroscienceExecutive Functions,ExpertiseLearningMemoryPrefrontal CortexPsychologyVisual perception

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Liz Somerville

Senior Lecturer in Biology
Archaeomalacology

 

Engineering, Design and Human-Computer Interaction

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Kate Howland

Lecturer in Interaction Design
Computer science, education, learning, Human-computer interaction, creativity

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Marianna Obrist

Lecturer in Interaction Design

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Daniel Roggen

Reader in Sensor Technology

 

Linguistics

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Lynne Cahill

Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics
Lexical representation, phonology and morphology

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Lynne Murphy

Reader in Linguistics
Lexicology, lexical semantics and pragmatics, and lexicography --studying phenomena related to word meaning and how word meanings are learnt and stored in the mind

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Justyna Robinson

Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics
Linguistics, language change

 

Philosophy

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Maggie Boden

Professor of Cognitive Science
Creativity, purpose, freedom, personality, history and philosophy of cognitive science, social Implications

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Ron Chrisley

Reader in Philosophy
Animal cognition; cognitive architecture, concepts and non-conceptual content, consciousness, creativity, emotion, machine learning, philosophy of computation, philosophy of mind, representation, embodiment

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Michael Morris

Professor of Philosophy
Language, mind, world

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Sarah Sawyer

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
Anti-individualismContentEmpty NamesEntitlementEpistemologyExternalism,FictionIndividualismInternalism
Language & Philosophical Logic, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy Of Mind, Warrant

 

Psychology and Psychiatry

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Robin Banerjee

Professor of Developmental Psychology
Psychology, education, social cognition, cognitive development

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David Booth

Visiting Professor (Psychology)

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Jenny Bosten

Lecturer in Psychology
Vision, perception, colour, individual differences, genetics

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Professor of Psychology
Experimental psychology, computational modelling; implicit learning, consciousness, unconscious knowledge, connectionism, hypnosis and Bayesian statistics

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Ben Dyson

Lecturer in Psychology
Attention, Creativity, Representation, Perception, Electroencephalography (EEG)

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Andy Field

Professor of Child Psychopathology
Anxietychild developmentEmotionStatistical Methodology

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Anna Franklin

Reader in Psychology
CognitionPerceptionVision

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Alan Garnham

Professor of Experimental Psychology
Psycholinguistics, psychology of reasoning, mental models theory

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Graham Hole

Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Attention, cognitive development, human factors, visual perception, representation, face recognition

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Ryota Kanai

Reader in Psychology
Perception

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Marv Khammash

Lecturer in Marketing (Business and Management)
Anthropology, philosophy, psychology, attention, decision making, emotion, memory, cross-cultural analysis, human experimentation, mathematical modelling, statistics

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Karen McComb

Professor of Animal Behavior and Cognition
Animal behavior, Psychology

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Nick Medford

Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry
ConsciousnessEmotionMorphologyPsychology

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Jane Oakhill

Professor of Experimental Psychology
Experimental psychologyPsychology

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David Reby

Reader in Psychology
Animal behaviourAnimal CognitionBabies' criesEvolution of communication,Experimental psychologyHuman VocalisationsPsychologySexual communicationVocal anatomyVocal communicationVoice & Gender

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Ryan Scott

Lecturer in Psychology
Psychology

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Nicola Yuill

Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Social cognitive development, children and technology, collaboration, autism