Catriona Scrivener

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh working with Dr Ed Silson. We are examining the roles of category-selective cortex in supporting mental imagery using EEG/fMRI fusion methods. My general interests are in spatial attention, visual imagery, and cognitive control. 

More specifically, I am interested in the neural mechanisms that determine which stimuli from our environment reach our awareness, and the role of feedforward/feedback communication between brain areas in support of this process. I am also interested in multimodal neuroimaging and method development, including multivariate approaches for MRI/EEG analysis.

For my first postdoctoral position, I worked with Prof. Alex Woolgar at the MRC Congition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge. We set up combined TMS-fMRI in the unit, and optimised the recording parameters for future cognitive experiments. Following this, I used TMS-fMRI to investigate the top-down role of the intraparietal sulcus on processing in the visual cortex.

I completed a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Reading in the  Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics.  There I used simultaneous EEG-fMRI to measure change detection and visual awareness.