We are a cognitive neuroscience laboratory focused on studying human visual perceptual processes such as perceptual grouping, figure-ground organisation, perceptual ambiguity, and visual illusions. We use a range of techniques including psychophysics, EEG, brain stimulation, and studies of patients with neurological conditions.
We are based in the green West Midlands of England near Stoke-on-Trent less than an hour by train from Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham and 1.5 hours from London. We are also only a short drive from the Peak District National Park and Snowdonia in Wales.
Martini, et al. (2025). Sensitivity to negative-feedback processing in people with Parkinson’s disease and impulsive-compulsive behaviours. Journal of Neural Transmission
Beck, Brooks, & Stephens (2024). The effect of swearing on error-related negativity as an indicator for state disinhibition. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Bowman, Brooks, Hajilou, Zoumpoulaki, & Litvak (2020). Breaking the Circularity in Circular Analyses: Simulations and Formal Treatment of the Flattened Average Approach . PLOS Computational Biology.
Abdallah & Brooks (2020). Response Dependence of Reversal Related ERP Components in Perception of Ambiguous Figures. Psychophysiology, 57(12), e13685.
Somer, Allen, Brooks, Buttrill, & Javadi (2020). Theta Phase-Dependent Modulation of Perception by Concurrent tACS and Periodic Visual Stimulation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32(6), 1142-1152
Brooks, Zoumpoulaki, & Bowman (2017). Data‐driven region‐of‐interest selection without inflating Type I error rate. Psychophysiology, 54(1), 100-113
Romei, et al. (2016) Causal evidence that intrinsic beta frequency is relevant for enhanced signal propagation in the motor system as shown through rhythmic TMS. NeuroImage, 126. 120 -130.
Inter-Edge Grouping: A new principle of figure-ground organisation
Identifying Patterns of Brain Activity Associated with Perceptual Reversal
Developing data-driven tools for ERP region-of-interest quantification