Psychology Academics in the i-AMS centre
Dr. Joost Dessing
School of Psychology
Perception and Action Research Group (view)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 5650
My research focuses on eye-hand coordination for movements to stationary objects (such as picking up a cup of coffee) as well as moving objects (such as catching and hitting movements). I study these topics both at a fundamental level (e.g., how sensory information is transformed by the brain into adequate motor commands) as well as applied level (e.g., eye-hand coordination in sports, human-robot interactions).
Dr. Mihalis Doumas
School of Psychology
Perception and Action Research Group (view)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4605
Research in my lab focuses on the control of human movement and standing balance. Our goal is to understand the mechanisms of posture and balance and to reduce fall accidents. We assess posture and balance in healthy young and older adults, in people with Parkinson’s disease and Autism Spectrum Disorder, using analysis of body movement, brain stimulation and brain imaging techniques.
Dr. Gary McKeown
School of Psychology
Social Psychology Group (view)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4355
My interests include social and communicative interactions, social signal processing and affective computing, laughter and humour, cognition and emotion, cross-cultural emotion perception, the evolution of human communication and language, embodied conversational agents, risk perception and communication, opinion dynamics, and agent based modeling.
Dr. Matthew Rodger
School of Psychology
Perception and Action Research Group (view)
Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS)
T +44(0)28 9097 4177
I am interested in how our senses help us to coordinate our actions, and how we learn new movement-based skills. In particular, I am interested in the roles that auditory perception plays in coordinating movements. The goal of my research is to help with movement challenges in different groups of people, such as interactive auditory-motor technologies to enhance learning new skills, use of rhythmic sounds to improve gait in people with Parkinson’s disease, or developing sound-based movement guides for young people with visual impairments.