Research in sensory processes and in cognitive psychology has been particularly well supported recently by MRC and ESRC grants and, over the last 10 years, by a special grant that has provided excellent computing facilities for both experimental work and for computational modelling. We have the largest group in any psychology department in the country working on hearing,covering a very wide range from speech perception, through psycho-acoustics to cochlear mechanics. We also have the largest group in the country working on experimental psycholinguistics. This group has one of the best systems in the world for investigating eye-movements during reading. Work in vision is very well established thanks to MRC and SERC grants providing extended facilities for visual psychophysics, especially for studying the perception of movement.
Developmental psychology is also an active research area.
We have excellent relations with local schools, Brighton and neighbouring towns providing a large catchment area. There is a large group working on human neuropsychology, with a particular emphasis on memory disorders. There are good contacts with local hospitals and a large subject pool of older subjects has been developed in order to study age effects.