The role of cognition in the cause and maintenance of psychological disorders. The neuropsychology of degenerative diseases. Chemical communication in the brain and drug treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders. South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD Cognitive Neuroscience. Brain mechanisms which underlie the selection and control of action and the focusing and concentration of attention.
Research particularly includes the parietal, frontal and cingulate cortices.
OX1 3UD Cognitive psychology and man-machine interaction. The way in which the visual brain constructs our perception of objects and colours and in particular how these processes are affected by brain damage. The way in which the brain learns to carry out new tasks. Use of magnetic brain stimulation to influence the brain processes which has led to a number of new discoveries regarding attention, learning and visual awareness. Oxford OX1 3UD Effects of brain damage on human cognitive capacities, especially perception and memory.