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Department Of Psychology
Research Centres
- Centre for the Coevolution of Biology and Culture
- Centre for Vision and Visual Cognition
- Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit
- Durham University Neuroimaging Centre
Research Groups
- Applied, Clinical and Health Psychology
- Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
- Developmental Psychology
- Neuroscience of Learning and Memory
- Social, Emotional and Evolutionary Psychology
Research Facilities
- Language Cognition lab based at Durham City with Msec timing computers and Eyelink II Eyetracking system.
- Cambridge Research Systems Robson Suite with 6 CRS ViSaGe systems with response recording and CRT displays including 2 additional CRS video-based 200 Hz eye-trackers.
- Durham Based Child Development lab, observation suite with two remote control cameras. Adjoining control room with central mixing desk, three monitors and VITC time code generator.
- 2 Queen’s Campus based Child development labs with 2 wall mounted remote control cameras. A central control room contains 3 TVs, VCR and central mixing desk.
- 2 Video Editing Suites (one each at Durham City and Queen’s Campus) with Digital video editing system, scanner, DVD/VHS/HD recorders and various video editing equipment.
- Teaching Lab at Durham City for up to 72 students with 20 PCs and 10 TVs with VCRs.
- Teaching lab at Queen’s Campus with 44 PCs and 11 TVs with VCRs
- Durham City based IT Computer Access Room with 14 PCs (including 4 with access to the University network) and 2 network printers.
- Durham City based Eye movement lab with dual Purkinje eye tracker and dedicated computer for stimulus presentation and data logging.
- Emotion Perception lab at Durham City with Biopac Equipment for recording psycho-physiological responses, currently skin conductance responses and facial electro-myographic responses.
- Memory Cognition lab at Durham City with CRS ViSaGe, response recording and CRT display, CRS VSG 2/5 response recording and CRT display, reduction viewing tunnel and calibration equipment (e.g. CRS OptiCAL and UDT photometer).
- Durham City based face interpretation lab with dual channel EDA recorder
- Queen’s Campus based Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation lab with frameless stereotaxy.
- General experiment lab at Queen’s Campus with PCs plus eye-tracker and CRS ViSaGe stimulus generator. Black out blinds are fitted for use as necessary.
- Attention lab at Queen’s Campus with CRS ViSaGe stimulus generator, Biopac system for recording electroculography, E-Prime stimulus presentation software and AcqKnowledge software for recording EOG.
- Visuomotor lab at Queen’s Campus for eye-tracking using EyeLink II and movement tracking using OptoTrak 3020. Monitoring stations and touch screen monitor and projector allowing configuration using either E-Prime or Matlab.
- All student computers at Durham City and Queen’s Campus are equipped with Microsoft Office software including Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 as well as SPSS v.17 and Endnote XI. A small number of machines are also installed with EQS 6
- Student access at Durham City and Queen’s Campus to basic electrical equipment including digital cameras, digital camcorders, audio tape recorders, dictaphones, microphones, tripods, laptops, headphones, speakers, stopwatches, Keepads etc.
- Full IT and Mechanical support from departmental technicians between 8:30am and 4:30pm Monday to Friday.
Staff
Academic Staff
- Dr John Adams
- Dr Anthony Atkinson
- Dr Lynda Boothroyd
- Dr Mike Burt
- Professor Anne Campbell
- Dr Luna Centifanti
- Dr Jason Connolly
- Dr Judith Covey
- Professor Madeline Eacott
- Dr Alexander Easton
- Dr Amanda Ellison
- Dr Charles Fernyhough
- Dr Emma Flynn
- Dr Markus Hausmann
- Professor Charles Heywood
- Dr Ala Hola
- Dr Bob Kentridge
- Dr Alison Lane
- Dr Colin Lever
- Dr Anthony McGregor
- Professor Elizabeth Meins
- Dr Rachel Mitchell
- Dr Nadja Reissland
- Dr Harriet Rosenthal
- Dr David Sanderson
- Dr Alexandre Schaefer
- Dr Johannes Schultz
- Dr Daniel Smith
- Dr Lore Thaler
- Professor Graham Towl
- Dr Susanne Weis
- Dr Bob Williams
Teaching Staff
Emeritus Staff
Associated Staff
Research Staff
- Dr Ben Alderson-Day
- Dr Luciano Buratto
- Dr Cristiana Cavina Pratesi
- Dr Gillian Cooper
- Dr Vincent Douchamps
- Miss Anna Peel
- Mr Cameron Turner
Research Student
- Miss Kamar Eleanor Ameen-Ali
- Mr Joseph Austen
- Miss Dawn Branley
- Mr Gregory Carter
- Mr Lee Copping
- Mr Stephen Dunne
- Ms Rebecca Gomm
- Miss Catherine Grainger
- Miss Emma Grisdale
- Ms Miranda Hines
- Ms Fiona Kaley
- Miss Helen Knight
- Mr Peter Moseley
- Mr Hoshiar Muhammad
- Miss Francesca Pibiri
- Mr Steven Poulter
- Dr Robin Schacht
- Ms Rei Shimoda
- Mr David Smailes
- Ms Manuela Stets
- Miss Nazool-e Tabassum
- Mrs Mandy Tyson
- Miss Sarah Watts
- Ms Susanne Wolf
- Miss Lara Wood
Secretarial Staff
- Mrs Anne Armstrong
- Ms Janet Cooper
- Mr Peter Fawcett
- Miss Rachel Jackson
- Ms Ruth Jowett
- Mrs Fiona McKee
- Mr David O'Donnell
- Mrs Sarah Thompson
- Mrs Norma Twomey
- Mrs Julia Warbrick