{"id":22,"date":"2023-11-28T15:27:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T15:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2023-11-28T15:27:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T15:27:11","slug":"cognition-and-neuropsychology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognition and Neuropsychology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2023\/11\/CN-Banner-Smaller-1024x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2023\/11\/CN-Banner-Smaller-1024x188.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2023\/11\/CN-Banner-Smaller-300x55.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2023\/11\/CN-Banner-Smaller-768x141.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2023\/11\/CN-Banner-Smaller-1536x282.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2023\/11\/CN-Banner-Smaller.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We study aspects of consciousness and conscious awareness and the underpinnings and cognitive outcomes relating to human and animal behaviour.\u00a0 The research we undertake includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Attention and perspective taking:<\/strong>&nbsp;Using eye-tracking and cognitive tasks to explore the influences on the allocation of attention and the ability to take another person\u2019s visual perspective; exploring attention biases to environmental stimuli; and exploring underlying processes in face recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A<\/strong><strong>nomalous cognition:<\/strong>&nbsp;Exploring evidence of extrasensory perception (ESP), including precognition, telepathy, and psychokinesis, and examining the implications for human consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Comparative cognition:<\/strong>&nbsp;Examining cognitive abilities across a range of domestic species (i.e., dogs, cats, horses, mules) to find out how they perceive the world and solve problems. Understanding animal cognition as an important aspect of everyday welfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Group Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/creativityandcognition\/dr-philip-ulrich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Philip Ulrich<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/creativityandcognition\/dr-britta-osthaus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Britta Osthaus<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/creativityandcognition\/dr-alena-galilee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Alena Galilee<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/creativityandcognition\/dr-james-cane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr James Cane<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Emma Denby<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PhD students:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Helen Smithson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Completed) Samantha Reeves \u2013 \u201cEffects of subliminal priming on mood and cognition\u201d \u2013 Awarded 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Completed)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-politics-and-sociology\/staff\/Profile.aspx?staff=fc018ef253793a8d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tammy Dempster<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 \u201cExploring the methodology of alpha neurofeedback\u201d \u2013 Awarded 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We study aspects of consciousness and conscious awareness and the underpinnings and cognitive outcomes relating to human and animal behaviour.\u00a0 The research we undertake includes: Attention and perspective taking:&nbsp;Using eye-tracking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/cognition-and-neuropsychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}