Emily Long - D.Phil Student
I am primarily interested in the processes behind making mental state inferences, known as theory of mind. Across the course of my MSc and DPhil, I hope to find out how we represent the minds of others and use that information to infer what they are thinking.
I take an additional interest in the ways that these processes might go wrong in disorders which affect social cognition. I hope to explore the ways in which different conditions affect theory of mind and empathy, with a view to elucidating the differential impacts of autism and alexithymia.
My work is funded by an ESRC studentship.
Becci Davis - D.Phil Student
I am primarily interested in how our current understanding of anxiety in autism can be further specified, particularly in children and adults who may struggle to self-report on the nature of their anxiety. I am currently working on novel experimental methods of measuring intolerance of uncertainty in this group. My research is funded by a kind donation to support autism research.
Leora Sevi - D.Phil Student
I am interested in how we understand other people's characteristics and their emotional states. In particular, I study how the two relate and why abilities might differ across people and depending on the person being interpreted. I also consider how we integrate other sources of information (e.g., the situation) during emotional inference, and how this process might be conceptualised within a predictive coding framework. My previous work investigated hypotheses within this framework regarding the role of interoception in emotion perception. My research is funded by a Medical Sciences Division Studentship.
Dr Hannah Hobson - Lecturer, University of York
Dr Jane Conway - Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study Toulouse
Dr Sophie Sowden - Lecturer, University of Birmingham
Dr Tegan Penton - Lecturer, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Jennifer Murphy - Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr Annabel Nijhof - Research Fellow, University of Ghent
Dr Mirta Stantic
Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr Eri Ichijo - Stipendiary Lecturer, St Hugh's College, Oxford & Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Dr Kenneth Ka Shu Lee
Office of National Statistics
Kiera Adams - D.Phil Student
Research Fellow, La Trobe University
Dr Zoë Pounder
Dr David Plans
Royal Holloway