Staff in the Department of Psychology
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Staff list
Dr Manuel Anglada-Tort
Manu studies the psychology of complex cultural systems, such as music, creativity, and the arts.
Professor Joydeep Bhattacharya
Joy studies complex human behaviour including music, language, aesthetics, decision making, flow and creativity.
Dr Herb Blumberg
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Herb’s main interests are: small groups and social cognition; peace psychology; social issues; social research methods
Dr Marinella Cappelletti
Marinella is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in studying how the brain learns and how it ages.
Dr Rebecca Chamberlain
Rebecca’s research sets out to understand how and why individuals create and respond so powerfully to works of art.
Dr Robert Chapman
Robert's interests are in the areas of genetics, (non)typical developmental psychology and science communication.
Professor Rebecca Charlton
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Rebecca is a Professor in Psychology at Goldsmiths.
Dr Gianna Cocchini
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Gianna is a cognitive neuropsychologist interested in distortions of body representation and awareness.
Dr Andrew Cooper
Andrew’s research understands how variations in personality traits is underpinned by emotional and motivational states.
Dr Emma Davies
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Emma’s work focuses on the relationship between research, policy, and practice. She currently leads research and development on trauma-informed practice in Higher Education.
Dr Nicole Eisen
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Nicole is interested in the impact of mindfulness and compassion on mental health, wellbeing, and prosociality
Professor Jan de Fockert
Jan is an expert in selective attention, studying how we prioritise the processing of relevant information in our environment.
Professor Jonathan Freeman
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Jonathan is an expert in media psychology and the human factors of digital media services and products.
Christopher French
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Chris is an expert in the area of anomalistic psychology, focusing upon non- paranormal explanations for ostensibly paranormal experiences.
Professor Fiona Gabbert
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Fiona is an expert in applied cognitive psychology, studying the reliability of human memory via understanding its strengths and weaknesses.
Professor Agnieszka Golec de Zavala
Agnieszka proposed the theory of collective narcissism to explain prejudice and intergroup hostility. She investigates s
Professor Pam Heaton
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Pam’s primary research interest is in developmental disorders, especially autism and its relation to musical cognition.
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Dr Maria Herrojo Ruiz
María is interested in computational approaches to motor learning and decision making.
Dr Peter Holland
My research focusses on virtual reality and understanding the control and learning of actions and sequences of actions.
Dr Stacey Humphries
Stacey studies how we represent conceptual knowledge, what makes us curious, and the cognitive basis of aesthetic experiences.
Dr Ashok Jansari
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Ashok specializes in the field of neuropsychology, mainly in mental brain function we use every day including memory and face-recognition.
Professor Alice Jones
Alice is the Director of the Unit of School and Family Studies, studying school behaviour and socio-emotional development.
Professor Yulia Kovas
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Research in bio-psycho-social factors in development; aetiology of individual differences; accessible genetics.
Dr Madoka Kumashiro
Madoka is a personality and social psychologist whose research interest is in personal growth and well-being.
Dr Karina J Linnell
Karina studies visual cognition, attention, perception and awareness, as well as cross-cultural and individual differences in these fundamental processes.
Dr Evelyne Mercure
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Evelyne studies infant neurocognitive development and especially the impact of language and communicative experience
Dr James Moore
James is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience of voluntary action
Professor Daniel Müllensiefen
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I'm a music psychologist and Co-Director of the MSc in Music, Mind, and Brain.
Dr Hilary Norman
My research to date has focussed on mental health and wellbeing, and specifically on suicide and self-harm.
Dr Lucy Oldfield
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Clinical Psychology
Dr Diana Omigie
Diana has research interests that revolve around the behaviour, physiology and neurology of music-induced emotions.
Dr Bence Palfi
Bence`s research focuses on decision-making in human-AI interactions, meta-science and improving research practices
Professor Alan Pickering
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Alan’s research aims to understand the cognitive functions and behaviours that are affected by rewards.
Professor Linda Pring
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Developmental psychology and neuroscience, including savant syndrome, is central to Linda’s research.
Dr Caroline Rix
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Caroline is a teaching only member of staff, with particular interest in developing approaches to teaching, as well as internet psychology.
Dr Sinead Rocha
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience of Music
Dr Adrian Scott
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Adrian has interests in forensic psychology, focussing on stalking, investigative interviewing and eyewitness testimony.
Professor Peter Smith
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Peter is a developmental psychologist, with interests in school bullying, children’s play, and grandparenting.
Dr Teemu Toivainen
Teemu main research interests are individual differences in creative cognition, cognitive abilities and personality.
Professor Max Velmans
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Max’s research is in consciousness studies, particularly integrating philosophy and psychology in clinical practice.
Professor José van Velzen
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José’s research focuses on multisensory processing, spatial attention, body representation and sensory processing in the context of motor behaviour.
Dr Gordon Wright
Gordon studies the personality and everyday behaviour of liars, lie detectors and antagonistic individuals