Sophie Forster
Attention, Distraction, Mind-wandering
We have wide-ranging interests in learning, memory, problem-solving, decision-making, attention, perception, consciousness, and language and communication (including communication in non-human mammals):
As well as normal adult cognition we study both developmental issues and various pathologies. We use a variety of techniques, including traditional behavioural methods, and modern neuroscientific methods, such as EEG/ERP TMS, and fMRI.
Dr Sophie Forster is the group leader. Members of the Cognitive Psychology group are associated with the Psychological Methods, Sensory Systems and Applied Behavioural Science strategic focus areas.
Several members are part of Sussex Neuroscience and linked to CISC, so the group also has links with the Brighton and Sussex Medical School and the School of Life Sciences through these.
Attention, Distraction, Mind-wandering
Learning and Memory, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Modelling
Episodic Memory, Cognitive Neuroscience
Visual Perception, Individual Differences, Colour
Cognitive Science, Numerical Cognition, Social Cognition
Bayesian Methods, Consciousness
Colour, Perception, Vision
Experimental Psychology, Psycholinguistics
Ongoing Thoughts, Brain Connectivity, Neural Dynamics
Perception, Visual Statistics, Colour
Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension, Reading Development
Thinking & Reasoning, Investigative Psychology
Consciousness, Unconscious Learning, Interoception
Synaesthesia, Aphantasia, Misophonia
Speech Perception, Hearing, EEG
Cognitive Neuroscience, Multisensory Perception, Individual Differences
Social Cognition, Interoception, Human Psychopharmacology
Non-Verbal Communication, Evolution of Language, Animal Behaviour
Sense of Reality, Consciousness, Emotions, Neuropsychology
Cognitive Ageing, Episodic Memory, Brain Imaging
Action Control, Interoception, MRI