Behavioural neuroscience

We analyse the processes of attention, cognition, emotion, learning, memory, and motivation.

We also explore the neural systems upon which these processes depend, and the genetic mechanisms that are involved. Our research is concerned with understanding these processes both in the healthy organism, and in various disease states.

In this research group, we have developed strong interdisciplinary links with the MRC Centre in Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, the Dementia Research Institute, and the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute.

Associated staff

Dr Jennifer Acton

Senior Lecturer

: +44 29208 70203
: ActonJ@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Julie Albon

Senior Lecturer, Director of Postgraduate Research, Optic Nerve Head Group Leader, HTA Person designate for Cathays Park HTA satellite license

: +44 29208 75427
: AlbonJ@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Nicholas Allen

Head of Neuroscience Division

: +44 29208 76196
: AllenND@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Mouhamed Alsaqati

Honorary Research Fellow

: AlsaqatiM@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor John Atack

Emeritus Professor

: +44 29208 76983
: AtackJ@cardiff.ac.uk

Ms Catherine Aymar

Administrative Assistant, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute

: +44 29206 88336
: AymarC@cardiff.ac.uk

Jo-Ann Baker

Centre Manager - Advanced Neurotherapies Centre

: +44 29206 88608
: BakerJ21@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Yves-Alain Barde

Emeritus Professor

: +44 29208 70987
: BardeY@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Benjamin Bax

Reader

: +44 29225 11070
: BaxB@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Rhys Bevan-Jones

Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88451
: BevanJonesR1@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Jonathan Bisson

Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88486
: BissonJI@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Derek Blake

Professor of Neuroscience, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88468
: BlakeDJ@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Jacky Boivin

Chair

: +44 29208 75289
: Boivin@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Riccardo Brambilla

Professor, Neuroscience Degree Co-ordinator

: +44 29208 76807
: BrambillaR@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Nicholas Bray

Professor and Divisional Lead for Postgraduate Research, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88368
: BrayN3@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Monica Busse-Morris

Honorary Professor Centre for Trials Research

: BusseME@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Christopher Chambers

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience

: +44 29208 70331
: ChambersC1@cardiff.ac.uk

Miss Julie Cleaver

Administrator (Postgraduate and Research), Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute

: +44 29206 88341
: CleaverJ@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Stephan Collishaw

Personal Chair, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88436
: CollishawS@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor John Culling

Chair

: +44 29208 74556
: CullingJ@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Alun Davies

Emeritus Professor

: DAVIESALUN@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr William Davies

Reader

: +44 29208 70152
: DaviesW4@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Karolina Dec

Research Associate, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute

: DecK@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Arianna Di Florio

Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88382
: DiFlorioA@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Vincent Dion

Professor, Dementia Research Institute

: +44 29225 10893
: DionV@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Matt J Dunn

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)

: +44 29208 70576
: DunnMJ1@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Dominic Dwyer

Professor

: +44 29208 76285
: DwyerDM@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Jonathan Erichsen

Professor of Visual Neuroscience, Deputy Head of School

: +44 29208 75656
: ErichsenJT@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Valentina Escott-Price

Professor, Dementia Research Institute

: +44 29206 88429
: EscottPriceV@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Lisa Evans

Reader

: +44 29208 70080
: EvansLH@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Olga Eyre

Clinical Research Fellow, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88452
: EyreO2@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Florian Siebzehnrubl

Senior Lecturer, Deputy Director European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute

: +44 29206 88500
: fas@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Kevin Fox

Professor

: +44 29208 74632
: FoxKD@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Tom Freeman

Professor

: +44 29208 74554
: FreemanT@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Merideth Gattis

Professor of Psychology

: +44 29208 70034
: GattisM@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Sarah Gerson

Reader

: +44 29208 70480
: GersonS@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Mark Good

Chair

: +44 29208 75867
: Good@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor William Gray

Professor of Functional Neurosurgery, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute

: +44 29206 88491
: GrayWP@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Jeremy Hall

Professor of Neuroscience, Co-Director of Waterloo Foundation Programme, Co-Director of Hodge Centre of Translational Neuroscience, Co-Director of Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute

: +44 29206 88342
: HallJ10@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Khalid Khalid

Honorary Professor

Professor Neil Harrison

Clinical Professor in Neuroimaging

: +44 29208 76785
: HarrisonN4@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Adrian Harwood

Co-Director of Research, Co-Director of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute

: +44 29206 88492
: HarwoodAJ@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Peter Holmans

Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88427
: HolmansPA@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Robert Honey

Professor

: +44 29208 75868
: Honey@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Trevor Humby

Reader

: +44 29208 76758
: HumbyT@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Anthony Isles

Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88467
: IslesAR1@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Ros John

Director of Research, Professor

: +44 29208 70145
: JohnRM@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Catherine Jones

Reader and Director of Wales Autism Research Centre

: +44 29208 70684
: JonesCR10@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Derek Jones

Professor, Director of CUBRIC

: +44 29208 79412
: JonesD27@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Ian Jones

Director/Clinical Professor, National Centre for Mental Health

: +44 29206 88327
: JonesIR1@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Kimberley Marie Kendall

Clinical Lecturer

: +44 29206 88418
: KendallKM@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Emma Kidd

Professor of Pharmacology, Director of the GW4 BioMed2 MRC DTP

: +44 29208 75803
: KiddEJ@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor George Kirov

Clinical Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88465
: Kirov@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Emre Kopanoglu

Senior Lecturer

: +44 29225 10256
: KopanogluE@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Kate Langley

Reader

: +44 29208 76259
: LangleyK@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Andrew Lawrence

Honorary Visiting Professor

: +44 29208 70712
: LawrenceAD@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Mariah Lelos

Reader

: +44 29208 75541
: LelosMJ@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Penelope Lewis

Professor

: +44 29208 70467
: LewisP8@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Meng Li

Chair in Stem Cell Neurobiology, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute

: +44 29225 15435
: LiM26@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Esther Lin

Research Assistant, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute

: +44 29225 11864
: LinT1@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Emyr Lloyd-Evans

Deputy Director, Medicines Discovery Institute

: +44 29208 74304
: Lloyd-EvansE@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Guy Major

Senior Lecturer

: +44 29208 79039
: MajorG@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Thomas Massey

MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow in Neurology

: +44 29206 88353
: MasseyT1@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr David McGonigle

Lecturer

: +44 29208 70353
: McGonigleD@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Lee McIlreavy

Lecturer

: +44 29208 70134
: McIlreavyL@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley

Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience & Applied Brain Imaging, NIHR/HCRW Advanced Research Fellow, Lead for Cognitive Neuroscience

: +44 29208 70705
: Metzler-BaddeleyC@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor James Morgan

Professor in Ophthalmology, Consultant Ophthalmologist

: +44 29208 76344
: MorganJE3@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Michael O'Donovan

Emeritus Professor

: +44 29206 88323
: ODonovanMC@cardiff.ac.uk

Ms Martyna Olewinska

European &international Research Officer

: +44 29225 10994
: OlewinskaM@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Joseph O'Neill

Ser Cymru Fellow

: +44 29206 88916
: ONeillJ9@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Michael Paradowski

Senior Research Fellow

: +44 29225 10847
: ParadowskiM@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Kathryn Peall

Personal Chair, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88338
: PeallKJ@cardiff.ac.uk

Emeritus Prof John Pearce

Emeritus Professor

: +44 29208 74483
: PearceJM@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Owen Peters

Senior Lecturer

: +44 29225 10898
: PetersOM@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Andrew Pocklington

Senior Lecturer, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88428
: PocklingtonAJ@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Tony Redmond

Reader

: +44 29208 70564
: RedmondT1@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Aled Rees

Professor of Endocrinology, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute

: +44 29207 45002
: ReesDA@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Frances Rice

Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88384
: RiceF2@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Neil Robertson

Clinical Professor of Neurology, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29218 45403
: RobertsonNP@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Anne Rosser

Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29208 76654
: RosserAE@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Malgorzata Rozanowska

Senior Lecturer, Deputy Director of Research

: +44 29208 75057
: RozanowskaMB@cardiff.ac.uk

Mrs Victoria Saunders

Administrator (Research & Postgraduate Finance), Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute

: +44 29206 88792
: SaundersV3@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Katherine Shelton

Head of School, School of Psychology

: +44 29208 76093
: SheltonKH1@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Rebecca Sims

Senior Research Fellow, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88450
: SimsRC@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Krish Singh

Professor, Head of Human Electrophysiology

: +44 29208 74690
: SinghKD@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Andy Smith

Professor

: +44 29208 74757
: SmithAP@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Gaynor Smith

Senior Lecturer, Dementia Research Institute

: SmithGA@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Robert Snowden

Professor

: +44 29208 74937
: Snowden@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Petroc Sumner

Professor

: +44 29208 70091
: SumnerP@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Yasir Ahmed Syed

Senior Lecturer

: +44 29206 88314
: SyedY@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Emma Tallantyre

Reader, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: TallantyreEC@cardiff.ac.uk

Professor Pamela Taylor

Chair in Psychiatry, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

: +44 29206 88432
: TaylorPJ2@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Christoph Teufel

Reader, Lead for Cognitive Neuroscience (jointly with A. Bompas)

: +44 29208 75372
: TeufelC@cardiff.ac.uk

Dr Kerrie Thomas

Reader, Operations Director Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute, Co-Director of the Hodge Centre for Neuropsychiatric Immunology in Cardiff