- Professor of Cognitive Psychology, UCL
I am interested in the neural basis of vocal communication - how our brains process the information in speech and voices, and how our brains control the production of our voice. Within this, I am interested in the roles of streams of processing in auditory cortex, hemispheric asymmetries, and the interaction of speech processing with attentional and working memory factors. I have extended this to the study of non-verbal emotional vocal expressions and have recently been exploring the perception and neurobiology of laughter.
Experience
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–presentProfessor of Cognitive Psychology, UCL
Education
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1994UCL, PhD
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1990Polytechnic of Central London, BSc (Hons)
Grants and Contracts
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2010neurobiology of speech perception - from sound to social interactions
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- Wellcome Trust
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2005neurobiology of speech perception - cognitive and clinical links
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- Wellcome Trust
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2001neurobiology of speech perception
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- Wellcome Trust
Professional Memberships
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Member of the British Psychology Society
- Member of the Society for Neuroscience
- Associate Member, Royal Society of Chemistry
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- Location: London, UK
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