Visual, Auditory & Sensory Neuroscience - Institute of Neuroscience

Visual, Auditory and Sensory Neuroscience

The Institute has particular strengths in visual and auditory neuroscience, conducting work in both human and animal models (including invertebrates). Visual neuroscience covers visual attention, eye movements, colour vision, and various features of visual perception, while auditory neuroscience has focussed on the processing of complex sounds, including music, speech and affective sounds. Research is also conducted in particular clinical groups both to help understand normal sensory processing and to determine the cause of the disorders. Sensory neuroscience encompasses a number of other modalities, including olfaction and pain.

This research theme can be sub-divided into sub-themes which provide the focus for more specific research expertise:

Visual Neuroscience
Eye Movements and Visual Attention
Ophthalmology
Auditory Neuroscience
Language and Speech Research
Sensory Neuroscience
Invertebrate Neurobiology

Staff List

Visual, Auditory And Sensory Neuroscience
Dr Kai Alter Senior Lecturer	Email: kai.alter@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8394
Dr Peter Andras Reader in Complex Systems	Email: peter.andras@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 191 222 7946
Dr Deborah Buck Research Associate	Email: deborah.buck@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7623 (general office)
Professor Patrick Chinnery Wellcome Senior Fellow in Clinical Science and Professor of Neurogenetics	Email: patrick.chinnery@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5101
Michael Clarke Reader in Ophthalmology	Email: michael.clarke@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 282 4002
Daniel Collerton Associate Clinical Teacher	Email: daniel.collerton@ncl.ac.uk
Professor Tim Griffiths Professor of Cognitive Neurology	Email: tim.griffiths@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6648
Professor David Howard Research Development Professor	Email: david.howard@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7451
Professor Anya Hurlbert Director of Institute of Neuroscience	Email: anya.hurlbert@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7638
Dr Jo Jefferis NIHR Research Fellow	Email: joanna.jefferis@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 248 1297
Dr Gabriele Jordan Senior Lecturer	Email: gabriele.jordan@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5624
Dr Marcus Kaiser Reader in Neuroinformatics	Email: marcus.kaiser@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 191 222 8161
Dr Thomas Klee	Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7452
Dr Thomas Meyer Senior Lecturer (Clinical Psychology)	Email: thomas.meyer@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8967
Professor Nick Miller Prof of Motor Speech Disorders	Email: nicholas.miller@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5603
Dr Christopher Petkov Senior Lecturer	Email: chris.petkov@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3467
Christine Powell Visiting Researcher	Email: christine.powell@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Jennifer Read Royal Society Research Fellow	Email: jenny.read@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7559
Professor Adrian Rees Professor of Auditory Neuroscience	Email: adrian.rees@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6956
Dr Deborah Riby Lecturer	Email: deborah.riby@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6557
Dr Claire Rind Reader in Invertebrate Neurobiology	Email: claire.rind@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6681
Dr Evelyne Sernagor Reader in Developmental Neuroscience	Email: evelyne.sernagor@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8541/8686
Dr Peter Simmons Reader in Neurobiology & Behaviour	Email: p.j.simmons@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6457
David Steel Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer	Telephone: +44 (0) 191 8816
Dr Yoav Tadmor Lecturer	Email: yoav.tadmor@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6263
Dr John-Paul Taylor Wellcome Intermediate Clinical Fellow	Email: john-paul.taylor@ncl.ac.uk
Professor Alexander Thiele Professor of Visual Neuroscience	Email: alex.thiele@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7564
Dr Martin Tovee Reader in Visual Cognition	Email: martin.tovee@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8616
Dr Geraldine Wright Reader in Neuroethology	Email: jeri.wright@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6667
Dr Patrick Yu Wai Man MRC Clinician Scientist	Email: patrick.yu-wai-man@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 241 8854

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Visual, Auditory and Sensory Neuroscience

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