Who are we?

The Perception, Action and Decision Making (PAD) group undertakes cutting-edge research into how the human brain supports cognition, perception and action, and how these key abilities may be affected in neurological and psychiatric disorders. We bring together researchers with expertise in a range of tools and approaches, including functional/structural brain imaging, psychophysics, human electrophysiology, virtual reality, eye tracking, and computational modelling.

Recent sources of funding include the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, and the Leverhulme Trust, 

What we do

The PAD group has many research labs and active projects. Browse their individual sites to find out about their specific areas of research, opportunities to collaborate, and more.

• Prof Szonya Durant - Perceptual space and time
• Dr Scott Glover - The neurobiology of motor imagery and action
• Dr Stephen Hammett - Speed and motion perception
• Dr Carl Hodgetts - Memory, space and events
• Dr Jonas Larsson - Visual cortical mapping
• Prof Narender Ramnani - The neural underpinnings of learning and decision-making
• Dr Nura Sidarus - Metacognition and decision-making 
• Prof Robin Walker - How the brain controls eye movements
• Prof John Wann - The neural aspects of perception for action
• Prof Johannes Zanker - Human visual information processing