University of Kent

Cognition

The Cognition grouping consists of nine core academic researchers,seven internal and four international affiliates. Some of its research activity occurs in the Kent Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems, a strategic partnership between the Departments of Psychology and Computing Sciences. Work in this grouping is funded by the ESRC, Nuffield, The Wellcome Trust, NHS, Leverhulme, Royal Society, German Research Council.

This research grouping concentrates on three research topics:

• Vision and Visual Perception
• Memory
• Cognition and Emotion

The Cognitive Group holds regular meetings throughout the year. The programme for the current session can be seen here. There is also a more specialised EEG/ERP Reading Group.

Core Academic Staff

Professor Andrew Derrington, Dr Heather Ferguson, Dr Theresa Gannon, Professor Robert Johnston, Dr Dinkar Sharma, Dr Ulrich Weger and Dr David Wilkinson

Internal affiliates

Dr Roger Giner-Sorolla, Dr Angela Maitner, Dr Joachim Stoeber, Dr Tendayi Viki, Professor Howard Bowman (Computing Science, University of Kent), Professor Derek Blackman (Emeritus)

International affiliates

Brainerd (Cornell), Milberg (Harvard), Reynard (Cornell), Ward (Victoria, NZ)