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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

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.