Profiles

I investigate the temporal dynamics of cognitive processes involved in the perception and recognition of face identity, facial expressions of emotion, gaze discrimination and their interactions, and how these processes relate more broadly to social cognition and individual traits. I am particularly interested in the central role of eyes in these processes, at the behavioural and neural levels. This includes understanding how the information contained in the eye region influences early perceptual stages, as well as higher level face recognition and facial expression discrimination processes. I also investigate how gaze direction interacts with facial expressions to orient attention in the environment.

Department of Psychology profile

My research focuses on how social context influences our neural and behavioural responses. Specifically, I am interested in using electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate how individual differences and situational context interact to affect our performance and motivation.

My research investigates the neural processing of emotional facial expressions.

I am interested in examining how the intensity of emotional facial expressions are processed on a neural level.

I am interested in understanding the core mechanisms behind early face perception.

My thesis will be investigating the effects of inversion and recognition on the neural processing of faces.

My honours thesis will use electroencephalography (EEG) and behavioural measures to investigate the neural processing of inverted faces in older adults and how it relates to holistic processing and face recognition ability.