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Academic Staff

  Name Key research interests

Tim Andrews
Professor

01904 324356
timothy.andrews@york.ac.uk

cognitive neuroscience, computational modelling, face perception and recognition, fMRI, social perception, visual perception, 

Nick Barraclough
Senior Lecturer

01904 323141
nick.barraclough@york.ac.uk

body perception, cognitive neuroscience, emotion, face perception and recognition, social perception, visual perception

Heidi Baseler
Senior Lecturer
(Associate Professor)

01904 322862
heidi.baseler@york.ac.uk

cognitive aging, cognitive neuroscience, EEG, fMRI, visual perception, visual system plasticity, visual deficits, hearing loss, peripheral vision, effects of COVID-19/long COVID
 

Alex Benjamin
Senior Lecturer

01904 324367
alex.benjamin@york.ac.uk

 

Paul Bishop
Professor
Director of Teaching & Learning
Deputy Head of Department - Teaching

01904 322915
paul.bishop@york.ac.uk

 

Mike Burton
Professor

01904 323140
mike.burton@york.ac.uk

computational modelling, face perception and recognition, cognition

Scott Cairney
Senior Lecturer
(Associate Professor)

01904 322863
scott.cairney@york.ac.uk

sleep, emotion, mental health, memory, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive development, cognition, emotion
 

Thomas Davies
Associate Lecturer

01904 322861
thomas.davies@york.ac.uk

 

Angela De Bruin
Senior Lecturer

01904 322868
angela.debruin@york.ac.uk

cognitive neuroscience, communication and social interaction, language and literacy, semantic cognition, cognitive ageing, executive control

Dan Denis
Lecturer

dan.denis@york.ac.uk

 
 

Robert Dudley
Professor

rob.dudley@york.ac.uk     

 

Karla Evans
Senior Lecturer
(Associate Professor)

01904 324601
karla.evans@york.ac.uk

visual awareness, attention, crossmodal perception, medical image perception, visual episodic memory
 

Melanie Forster
Senior Lecturer

01904 323295
melanie.forster@york.ac.uk

developmental disorders, clinical psychology, social and emotional development, emotional resilience, therapeutic writing, empowerment, self-awareness, mental health

Gareth Gaskell
Professor

Deputy Head of Department - Professional & Personal Development

01904 323187
gareth.gaskell@york.ac.uk

cognitive neuroscience, developmental disorders, language and literacy, memory, psycholinguistics, sleep, 

Elena Geangu
Senior Lecturer
(Associate Professor)

01904 322865
elena.geangu@york.ac.uk

infancy, emotion, social development

Silvia Gennari
Senior Lecturer
(Associate Professor)

01904 322877
silvia.gennari@york.ac.uk

language, cognition, cognitive neuroscience
 

Karisha George
Lecturer

karisha.k.george@york.ac.uk 

cross cultural psychology, mental health, resilience, student learning; student belonging; minoritised student experiences

Silke Göbel
Professor

01904 322872
silke.goebel@york.ac.uk

cognitive neuroscience, cognitive development, cross cultural psychology, developmental disorders, EEG, fMRI, numerical cognition, mathematical development, spatial-numerical associations, interventions

Lusine Grigoryan
Lecturer

01904 321035
lusine.grigoryan@york.ac.uk

cross cultural psychology, political psychology, social behaviour, social perception, prejudice, intergroup conflict and cooperation, social identity

Emma Hayiou-Thomas
Senior Lecturer

01904 324360
emma.hayiou-thomas@york.ac.uk

language development, literacy, disorders

Lisa Henderson
Professor

Head of Department
psychology-hod@york.ac.uk 

01904 324362
lisa-marie.henderson@york.ac.uk

cognitive neuroscience, communication and social interaction, cognitive development, developmental disorders, EEG, executive control, language and literacy, memory, mental health, psycholinguistics, sleep, social and emotional development, working memory, 

Amanda Hickey
Lecturer

01904 322909
amanda.hickey@york.ac.uk

developmental disorders, language and literacy, memory, psycholinguistics, neurodiversity

Hannah Hobson
Senior Lecturer

01904 323142
hannah.hobson@york.ac.uk

communication and social interaction, developmental disorders, emotion, language and literacy, clinical psychology, social and emotional development
 

Aidan Horner 
Professor

01904 324603
aidan.horner@york.ac.uk

cognitive aging, cognitive neuroscience, computational modelling, cognitive development, decision-making, fMRI, MEG, memory, sleep, spatial navigation, virtual reality, episodic memory, forgetting, schemas

Bailey House
Senior Lecturer

01904 322879
bailey.house@york.ac.uk

 

 

Clara Humpston
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Mental Health

01904 321042
clara.humpston@york.ac.uk

phenomenological psychopathology, cognitive neuropsychiatry, computational psychiatry, belief formation, psychopharmacology, novel therapies, mental health
 

Becky Jackson
Lecturer

rebecca.jackson@york.ac.uk

cognitive neuroscience, computational modelling, cognitive development, executive control, fMRI, language and literacy, MEG, semantic cognition, working memory, connectivity
 

Emma James
Lecturer

01904 322913
emma.james@york.ac.uk

cognitive development, developmental disorders, language and literacy, memory, psycholinguistics, sleep, 

Beth Jefferies
Professor

01904 324368
beth.jefferies@york.ac.uk

attention, cognitive aging, cognitive neuroscience, communication and social interaction, decision-making, emotion, executive control, fMRI, language and literacy, MEG, memory, mental health, psycholinguistics, semantic cognition, experience sampling, brain states. connectivity, cortical organisation

Rob Jenkins
Professor

01904 323144
rob.jenkins@york.ac.uk

attention, communication and social interaction, decision-making, social perception, human risk

Kenji Kobayashi
Lecturer

kenji.kobayashi@york.ac.uk

cognitive neuroscience, computational modelling, decision-making, fMRI, social behaviour, 

Chelsea Leadley
Associate Lecturer

chelsea.leadley@york.ac.uk

mental health, online behaviour, emotional self-disclosure, suicide, social media

Sven Mattys 
Professor

01904 323145
sven.mattys@york.ac.uk

attention, auditory perception, cognitive neuroscience, language and literacy, psycholinguistics, working memory, speech

Cade McCall 
Senior Lecturer
(Associate Professor)

01904 322866
cade.mccall@york.ac.uk

emotion, social interaction, psychophysiology, threat, decision-making, autonomous systems

Fiona McNab
Lecturer

01904 322874
fiona.mcnab@york.ac.uk

attention, cognitive aging, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive development, developmental disorders, executive control, fMRI, memory, working memory, video gaming, cognitive training
 

Elizabeth Meins
Professor

01904 324602
elizabeth.meins@york.ac.uk

cognitive development, cross cultural psychology, mental health, social and emotional development, mind-mindedness.

Tony Morland
Professor

01904 322860
antony.morland@york.ac.uk

 
 

MaryAnn Noonan
Lecturer

01904 321037
maryann.noonan@york.ac.uk

attention, cognitive neuroscience, comparative psychology, computational modelling, cognitive development, decision-making, EEG, executive control, fMRI, MEG, mental health, social behaviour, learning

Harriet Over 
Professor
Deputy Head of Department - Research

01904 322906
harriet.over@york.ac.uk

communication and social interaction, cognitive development, social and emotional development, social behaviounoor, social perception

Gavin Phillips
Reader

01904 323174
gavin.phillips@york.ac.uk

 
 

Alex Pike
Lecturer

01904 323578
alex.pike@york.ac.uk

clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, computational modelling, decision-making, mental health, computational psychiatry; eating disorders; anxiety disorders

David Pitcher
Senior Lecturer

01904 322864
david.pitcher@york.ac.uk

body perception, cognitive neuroscience, emotion, face perception and recognition, visual perception,

Catherine Preston
Senior Lecturer
(Associate Professor)

01904 322910
catherine.preston@york.ac.uk

body perception, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology,mental health

Philip Quinlan
Professor

01904 323135 
philip.quinlan@york.ac.uk

visual cognition, attention and performance, short-term memory, number processing, computational modelling, attention, decision-making, memory, numerical cognition, visual perception, computational modelling

Sally Quinn
Professor

01904 323655
sally.quinn@york.ac.uk

 

 

Alex Reid
Senior Lecturer

01904 323169

Sleep, learning, memory consolidation

 

Miles Rogish
Associate Lecturer

01904 322878
miles.rogish@york.ac.uk

 

Katie Slocombe
Professor

01904 322905
katie.slocombe@york.ac.uk

communication and social interaction, social and emotional development,comparative psychology, cross cultural psychology

Scarlett Syme
Tutor in Psychology / PhD Student

scarlett.syme@york.ac.uk

 

Layla Unger
Lecturer

layla.unger@york.ac.uk

attention, computational modelling, cognitive development, language and literacy, memory, psycholinguistics, semantic cognition, working memory, category learning or categorisation

Maurice Waddle
Lecturer

maurice.waddle@york.ac.uk

communication and social interaction,political psychology

Alex Wade

Professor

01904 323171
07427 432364

alex.wade@york.ac.uk

 
 

David Zendle
Senior Lecturer

david.zendle@york.ac.uk