Research output per year
Research output per year
Prof
Accepting PhD Students
I am a Professor in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. I completed my BSc in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Manchester in June 1998. I carried out my PhD (‘Tactile Spatial Attention and Parkinson’s Disease’ supervised by Dr Don O’Boyle and Dr Fred Cody) at the University of Manchester, which I completed in 2002. I then worked for 18 months as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Professor Graham Barnes at UMIST, before taking up a lectureship in Psychology September 2003. I was promoted to senior lecturer in 2010 and together with Dr Emma Gowen, I direct the Body, Eye and Movement (BEAM) lab. https://blogs.manchester.ac.uk/beamlab/
I am interested in the overlap between cognition and motor processes; in particular how we copy (imitation) and simulate (motor imagery) actions. I have been exploring how these processes are affected in Parkinson’s disease and autism. I am also interested in the processing of tactile and bodily information, and how these may be affected in different conditions. I am co-director of the BEAM (Body Eyes and Movement) lab with Dr Emma Gowen http://beamlab.lab.ls.manchester.ac.uk/
Our research uses a range of measures (reaction times, eye movements, hand movements). I am committed to involving people affected by Parkinson’s and autism in developing our research questions and approaches, and explore how our findings can be translated into interventions or real-word application.
Undergraduate
PSYC10770 Study Skills in Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology (module leader)
PSYC11312 Sensation & Perception
PSYC21012 Perception and Action
PSYC31161 Cases in Clinical Neuropsychology (module leader)
PSYC31242 Understanding Dementia: Brain and Behaviour
NURS13110 Life sciences for midwives
BIOL21341 Sensory Systems
Masters
BIOL63151 Contemporary Research Skills (MRes)
PSYC69841 Professional Issues (MSc)
BIOL62112 Cognitive Psychology for Clinical Neurosciences (MSc)
BIOL63122 Research Methods in Experimental Psychology (MRes)
BIOL62172 Clinical and Behavioural Neuroscience (MSc)
I am Director of Social Responsibility for the Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology. I take the lead on organising Widening Participation activities for school children, as well as activities for the wider public. I have recently devised Science-Art workshops in partnership with the Whitworth Art Gallery. I am currently a committee member of the British Science Association Psychology Section.
I use patient and public involvement (PPI) in my own research and teaching and have recently co-authored a paper with two people with Parkinson’s disease. I am also a member of the Parkinson’s UK Involvement Strategy Group, working to facilitate PPI for researchers across the UK.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gowen, E. (PI), Baines, S. (CoI) & Poliakoff, E. (CoI)
1/03/18 → 28/02/19
Project: Research
Jones, L. (PI), Gowen, E. (CoI) & Poliakoff, E. (CoI)
1/09/17 → 7/03/21
Project: Research
Poliakoff, E. (PI) & Gowen, E. (CoI)
1/09/13 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Gowen, E. (Organiser), Leadbitter, K. (Organiser), Poliakoff, E. (Co-Organiser), Wan, M. W. (Co-Organiser) & Baimbridge, P. (Co-Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Gowen, E. (Organiser), Poliakoff, E. (Organiser), Roper, S. (Organiser) & Davies, S. (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Poliakoff, E. (Academic expert member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee › Research
Poole, D. (Contributor), Poliakoff, E. (Contributor), Gowen, E. (Contributor), Couth, S. (Contributor), Champion, R. (Contributor) & Warren, P. (Contributor), figshare , 31 Mar 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4806679.v1, https://figshare.com/articles/Similarities_in_Autistic_and_Neurotypical_Visual_Haptic_Perception_When_Making_Judgements_About_Conflicting_Sensory_Stimuli_Supplementary_Materials/4806679/1 and one more link, https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/7933372 (show fewer)
Dataset
27/08/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research