Perception, Cognition and Decision-making 

The Perception, Cognition and Decision-making group conducts world-class research investigating the cognitive mechanisms underlying perception and decision-making in human and non-human species. The research led in this research group covers a wide range of topics in cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology, using cutting-edge methods to understand the neural and computational basis of cognition. 

We explore how and why people differ in perception and cognition applying an interdisciplinary perspective, bridging research across psychology, neuroscience, biology, and genetics. We also study the neural processes underlying consciousness, dreaming and creativity, combining electrophysiological measures, virtual reality and neuroimaging with signal processing approaches to reveal complex brain dynamics underlying higher order cognitive functions. We are interested in understanding multisensory integration and interoception, shining lights on how the sense of agency and control over one’s body emerges. We also investigate decision-making and metacognition, linking mathematical psychology and modelling with behavioural studies to reveal the heuristics and dynamics underlying action choices. More broadly, we study the cognitive functions underlying navigation learning and memory in animals and humans, combining virtual reality with in vivo electrophysiological recordings. By complementing different methods our approach provides a comprehensive understanding of the brain and behaviour.

Using a range of methods, we study cognitive and neural processing in healthy volunteers.