Centre for Perception and Cognition (CPC)
Our research
The research themes we explore are perception, learning, memory and metacognition, and reading.
Research themes
Perception and Action
We investigate how humans process visual, touch and audio stimuli. Our themes include:
- perception of shapes and textures through sight and touch
- interpretation of colours
- identification of natural scenes
- identity recognition
- understanding visual cues to identify threats
- visually guided action
- neuro imaging
- reward-driven effects on perception
- 3D object recognition and image classification in biological and machine vision
- mechanisms of visual attention
- acquired and degenerative disorders of human vision and attention.
Our researchers in this field are Prof Charles Leek, Dr Arezoo Pooresmaeili, Prof Wendy Adams, Dr Hayward Godwin, Dr Erich Graf, Dr Christoph Witzel and Dr Guido Maiello.
Learning, memory and metacognition
We explore the ways in which people gain knowledge, keep it in their memory and assess their own thinking. Current research topics include:
- how associative learning affects everyday behaviours and helps us to predict future events
- exploring the ways we navigate our environment through spatial updating
- our understanding of our own cognitive abilities such as how learn and retain information through metacognition.
Our researchers in this field are Dr Tina Seabrooke, Dr Steven Glautier, Prof Phil Higham and Dr Ed Redhead.
Reading
We record and analyse eye movements to understand the neural, cognitive and behavioural processes that are active during reading. We examine:
- how parafoveal processing affects the way we read
- reading processes in different languages with native and non-native speakers
- how different skills levels influence eye movements during reading.
Our researcher in this field is Prof Denis Drieghe.