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Research output per year
We are a multi-disciplinary team studying the perceptual, cognitive, social and neural bases of human behaviour, development and health across the lifespan.
We make basic research discoveries and translate these discoveries into real-world applications that improve the quality of life for individuals of all ages and from all parts of society.
Our Division has a leading national and international reputation in the education and training of psychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, neuroimagers, audiologists and healthcare scientists, speech and language therapists, and Teachers of the Deaf.
Our undergraduate courses are enhanced by teaching from nationally and internationally-leading psychologists and neuroscientists. At postgraduate level, we provide expertise to a range of taught courses.
Learn more on our psychology study pages.
The BSc Speech and Language Therapy course blends scientific study and clinical enquiry with practical, hands-on experience to train students in the essential skills required for this rewarding profession.
We also offer CPD units for qualified speech and language therapists who want to gain specialist knowledge in their chosen clinical area.
Learn more on our speech and language therapy study pages.
ManCAD has the most extensive portfolio of audiology and deaf education training programmes in the UK.
Our teaching portfolio covers undergraduate, pre-registration and post-registration postgraduate taught programmes. We also run continuing professional development courses and post-registration Doctor of Clinical Science (Audiology) programmes.
Learn more on our audiology and deaf education study pages.
Our research focuses on the following areas:
We primarily use behavioural experimental methods to study psychological processes, focusing on human perception and cognition across the lifespan. We work with many non-academic partners to translate our findings into education, industry, and policy change.
Our major research areas include:
We benefit from state-of the-art virtual reality, electroencephalography, eye-tracking, motion-tracking and experimental psychology labs.
In our Child Study Centre, we aim to answer the question of what makes us uniquely human.
Some of the most important uniquely human skills are our ability to communicate through language and our ability to cooperate to collectively solve problems. We run studies with children to understand the development of universal and culture-specific human skills.
We also run observational comparative studies with different species (great apes, ravens) to understand the evolution of some human skills.
The ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LuCiD) uses multi-method approaches to study how children learn to communicate with language, how the developing brain supports this process, and how it is affected by cross-linguistic, socio-cultural and individual variation.
We aim to improve understanding of speech and language recovery after stroke, focussing on the communication disorders of aphasia and dysarthria.
Stroke survivors are at the heart of all our clinical research, working closely with us from project inception and development, to implementation and evaluation.
Our research evaluates both better measurement of recovery, and optimising treatment for stroke survivors, those with brain injury and other neurological conditions. We also research social language and communication profiles in people with autism and deaf children.
We study a range of sensory systems (particularly hearing and vision).
The Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD) is a world leader in research underpinning improved services in healthcare and education for those with a hearing loss or who are deaf.
The Hearing Health theme within the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre provides a clear pathway from research discoveries to benefit for people with hearing loss.
Our research investigates critical aspects of visual processing supporting everyday activity and how these are affected in different populations, such as people with autism, schizophrenia, and Parkinson's disease.
We also contribute significantly to the Manchester Vision Network, a cross-university group of researchers and clinicians focussing on vision and visual health.
We explore the fundamental principles by which neural systems develop and operate in both healthy and diseased brains.
Our work draws on particular strengths in computational modelling, neuroimaging and neurostimulation.
We translate our neuroscience discovery into clinical impact with a focus on stroke, dementia and Parkinson's disease, as supported by the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre.
We develop novel imaging measurements using fMRI, MRI, EEG and PET. These include measurements of brain physiology, network connectivity, and microstructural properties linked to neurodegeneration and other causes of neural damage.
We use these measurements to inform theoretical models of human cognition and to probe mechanisms of brain development and dysfunction. We form a core part of Manchester Neuroimaging.
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Charlene Tawzer, PA to Head of Division
tel: +44 (0)161 275 8488
email: [email protected]
Person: Academic
Person: Academic
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Other contribution
Bruce, I. (PI), Lord, G. (CoI), Lennon, R. (CoI), Black, G. (CoI), Wedge, D. (CoI), Morris, A. (CoI), Hussell, T. (CoI), Sharrocks, A. (CoI), Stivaros, S. (CoI), Buch, M. (CoI), Gough, J. (CoI), Kostarelos, K. (CoI), Thistlethwaite, F. (CoI), Kadler, K. (CoI), Barton, A. (CoI), Hyrich, K. (CoI), Mcbeth, J. (CoI), O'Neill, T. (CoI), Vestbo, J. (CoI), Simpson, A. (CoI), Singh, S. (CoI), Smith, J. (CoI), Felton, T. (CoI), Murray, C. (CoI), Griffiths, C. (CoI), Cullum, N. (CoI), Rhodes, L. (CoI), Warren, R. (CoI), Paus, R. (CoI), Dumville, J. (CoI), Viros Usandizaga, A. (CoI), Keavney, B. (CoI), Tomaszewski, M. (CoI), Allan, S. (CoI), Body, R. (CoI), Cartwright, E. (CoI), Heagerty, A. (CoI), Kalra, P. (CoI), Miller, C. (CoI), Rutter, M. (CoI), Smith, C. (CoI), Trafford, A. (CoI), Evans, D. (CoI), Crosbie, E. (CoI), Crosbie, P. (CoI), Harvie, M. (CoI), Howell, S. (CoI), Renehan, A. (CoI), Dive, C. (CoI), Blackhall, F. (CoI), Landers, D. (CoI), Krebs, M. (CoI), Cook, N. (CoI), Clarke, R. (CoI), Taylor, S. (CoI), Jorgensen, C. (CoI), Lorigan, P. (CoI), Jayson, G. (CoI), Valle, J. (CoI), Mccabe, M. (CoI), Armstrong, A. (CoI), Freitas, A. (CoI), Illidge, T. (CoI), Choudhury, A. (CoI), Hoskin, P. (CoI), West, C. (CoI), Van Herk, M. (CoI), Faivre-Finn, C. (CoI), Bristow, R. (CoI), Kirkby, K. (CoI), Birtle, A. (CoI), Mackay, R. (CoI), Radford, J. (CoI), Linton, K. (CoI), Higham, C. (CoI), Munro, K. (CoI), Plack, C. (CoI), Arden Armitage, C. (CoI), Bruce, I. (CoI), Moore, D. (CoI), Saunders, G. (CoI), Stone, M. (CoI), Haddock, G. (CoI), Lewis, S. (CoI), Elliott, R. (CoI), Green, J. (CoI), Lovell, K. (CoI), Morrison, A. (CoI), Shaw, J. (CoI), Bucci, S. (CoI), Ainsworth, J. (CoI), Webb, R. (CoI), Newman, W. (CoI), Banka, S. (CoI), Clayton-Smith, J. (CoI), Payne, K. (CoI), Moldovan, R. (CoI), Wynn, R. (CoI) & Jones, S. (CoI)
1/12/22 → 30/11/27
Project: Research
Plack, C. (PI), Kluk-De Kort, K. (CoI), Millman, R. (CoI), Munro, K. (CoI), Prendergast, G. (CoI), Roberts, S. (CoI) & Guest, H. (CoI)
1/04/21 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
Bond, C. (Researcher), Garg, S. (Researcher), Gowen, E. (Researcher), Green, J. (Researcher), Humphrey, N. (Researcher), Lamb, J. (Researcher), Leadbitter, K. (Researcher), Miyan, J. (Researcher), Parmar, K. (Researcher), Sturrock, A. (Researcher), Wan, M. (Researcher), Leonard, S. (Researcher), Walter, F. (Researcher), Twomey, K. (Researcher), Greco, C. (Researcher), Poliakoff, E. (Researcher), Birtwell, K. (Researcher), Brown, L. (Researcher), Rowland, C. (Researcher), Gorman, L. (PI) & Gillibrand, S. (PI)
1/01/14 → …
Project: Research
Cangelosi, A. (PI), Lennox, B. (PI), Weightman, A. (CoI), Dennis, L. (CoI), Dixon, C. (CoI), Fisher, M. (CoI), Herrmann, G. (CoI), Dickson, A. (CoI), Lanzon, A. (CoI), Stancu, A. (CoI), Saiani, A. (CoI), Freitas, A. (CoI), Nini, A. (CoI), Voronkov, A. (CoI), Brass, A. (CoI), Vijayaraghavan, A. (CoI), Parslew, B. (CoI), crowther, W. (CoI), Grieve, B. (CoI), Adorno, B. (CoI), Jay, C. (CoI), Wang, C. C. L. (CoI), Todd, C. (CoI), Soutis, C. (CoI), Arsene, C. (CoI), Dresner, D. (CoI), Barrett, E. (CoI), Gowen, E. (CoI), Arvin, F. (CoI), Podd, F. (CoI), Brown, G. (CoI), Reger, G. (CoI), Cooper, G. (CoI), Mairs, H. (CoI), Yin, H. (CoI), Kinloch, I. (CoI), Eleftheriou, I. (CoI), Li, J. (CoI), Carrasco Gomez, J. (CoI), Ainsworth, J. (CoI), Sinha, J. (CoI), Ozanyan, K. (CoI), Smith, K. (CoI), Twomey, K. (CoI), Margetts, L. (CoI), Ren, L. (CoI), Zhang, L. (CoI), Cordeiro, L. (CoI), Rattray, M. (PI), Bissett, M. (CoI), Elliot, M. (CoI), Alvarez, M. (CoI), Luján, M. (CoI), Nabawy BSc, MSc, PhD, MRAeS, SMAIAA, FHEA, M. (CoI), Peek, N. (CoI), Marjanovic, O. (CoI), Dorn, O. (CoI), Dudek, P. (CoI), Green, P. (CoI), Connolly, P. (CoI), Da Silva Bartolo, P. J. (CoI), Gardner, P. (CoI), Martin, P. (CoI), Potluri, P. (CoI), Curtis, R. (CoI), Schmidt, R. (CoI), Banach, R. (CoI), Batista-Navarro, R. T. (CoI), Kaski, S. (CoI), Midson, S. (CoI), Watson, S. (CoI), Holm, S. (CoI), Furber, S. (CoI), Schlegel, V. (CoI), Mirihanage, W. (CoI), Mansell, W. (CoI), Pan, W. (CoI), Sampson, W. (CoI), Sellers, W. (CoI), Yang, W. (CoI), Cai, P. (CoI), Sun, Y. (CoI), Alharthi, A. (Researcher), Macario Rojas, A. (Researcher), Serhan, B. (Researcher), Yu, C. (Researcher), Abara, D. (Researcher), Lopez Pulgarin, E. (Researcher), Faruq, F. (Researcher), Tavella, F. (Researcher), Semeraro, F. (Researcher), Liu, G. (Researcher), Fang, G. (Researcher), Niu, H. (Researcher), Taylor, H. (PI), Zhu, H. (PGR student), Collenette, J. (Researcher), Amano, K. (Researcher), Lo, K. C. J. (PGR student), Raggioli, L. (Researcher), Romeo, M. (Researcher), Ruocco, M. (PGR student), Ghaffari Saadat, M. (Researcher), Walmsley, M. (Researcher), Mubarik, A. (Researcher), Vinanzi, S. (Researcher), Su, Y.-H. (PGR student), McAleese, H. (PGR student), Stringer, P. (PGR student), Stoican, R. (PGR student), Ye, R. (PGR student), Kurawa, S. S. (PGR student), Zhang, T. (PGR student), Krywonos, W. (PGR student), Xu, Y. (PGR student), Tian, Y. (PGR student), Henderson, A. (Technical team), Morley, D. (Support team), Tallentire, J. (Support team), Smith, J. (Support team), Hawthornthwaite, S. (Support team), Carlson, J. (Support team) & Baniqued, P. D. (Researcher)
Project: Research
Munro, K. (PI), Millman, R. (PI), Lamb, W. (Support team), Dawes, P. (PI), Plack, C. (PI), Stone, M. (PI), Kluk-De Kort, K. (PI), Moore, D. (PI), Morton, C. (PI), Prendergast, G. (PI), Couth, S. (PI), Schlittenlacher, J. (PI), Chilton, H. (PI), Visram, A. (Researcher), Dillon, H. (PI), Guest, H. (Researcher), Heinrich, A. (PI), Jackson, I. (Researcher), Littlejohn, J. (Researcher), Jones, L. (PI), Lough, M. (Researcher), Morgan, R. (Researcher), Perugia, E. (Researcher), Roughley, A. (Researcher), Whiston, H. (Researcher), Wright, C. (Support team), Saunders, G. (PI), Kelly, C. (PI), Cross, H. (Researcher), Loughran, M. (Researcher), Hoseinabadi, R. (PI) & Vercammen, C. (PI)
Project: Research
Jones, L. (Corresponding participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Society and culture
Sturrock, A. (Corresponding participant), Guest, H. (Collaborator) & Gowen, E. (Collaborator)
Impact: Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding, Health and wellbeing
Sturrock, A. (Participant), Guest, H. (Participant), Gowen, E. (Participant), Bendo, G. (Participant), Leadbitter, K. (Participant) & (Participant)
Impact: Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding, Health and wellbeing, Society and culture
Kelly, C. (Corresponding participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing
Papastergiou, A. (Participant), Sanoudaki, E. (Participant) & Panaretou, S. (Participant)
Impact: Attitudes and behaviours
Loukieh, S. (Reviewer)
Activity: Internal positions, career professional development, other peer review and other › Internal positions › Teaching
Papastergiou, A. (Peer reviewer of publications)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Research
Loukieh, S. (Invited member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee › Research
Loukieh, S. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Teaching and Research
Saunders, G. (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
De Ruiter, L. (Creator), Lieven, E. (Creator), Brandt, S. (Creator) & Theakston, A. (Creator), Open Science Framework, 2021
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/P8KZM, https://osf.io/p8kzm/
Dataset
Twomey, K. (Creator), Ma, L. (Creator) & Westermann, G. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2021
Dataset
Twomey, K. (Creator) & Westermann, G. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2021
Dataset
Conti-Ramsden, G. (Creator), Botting, N. (Creator), Durkin, K. (Creator) & Toseeb, U. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2019
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-853746, http://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/853746/
Dataset
Lieven, E. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Election to learned society
Conti-Ramsden, Gina (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Munro, K. (Recipient), 1 Nov 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Pert, S. (Recipient), 20 Oct 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Pert, S. (Recipient), 25 May 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
19/07/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
1/07/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
Student thesis: Phd
Student thesis: Phd
Student thesis: Phd
Student thesis: Phd
Student thesis: Phd