Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
About
This theme aims to advance our understanding of how the brain and visual system processes information and how this information can be used to develop better therapeutics and treatments.
Researchers in this theme will investigate various aspects of visual perception, cognitive processing, emotion recognition, and decision making. They will use a range of techniques, including neuroimaging, electrophysiology, molecular biology and psychophysics, to study the neural mechanisms underlying visual system and cognition. This theme will use a transdisciplinary approach that will bring together researchers from psychology, neuroscience, retinal biology, clinical sciences and computer science to shed light on fundamental questions about how the brain processes information and how this information can be used to guide, improve or enhance behavior in the real world.
Theme Leaders: Bernadette Fitzgibbon & Riccardo Natoli (interim)
Groups
The Interventional Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience research group focuses on developing innovative therapies for mental health conditions.