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Our research focuses on brain mechanisms involved in directing attention, retaining memories and driving motivation. We study how attention, memory and motivation work in healthy people and how they break down in patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke and vascular dementia.
Talk at Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2021
Seminar Iowa Neuroscience series, 2021
Recent studies on decision making under uncertainty
First revealed how healthy people sample an environment to extract information before committing to a decision
Then demonstrated how patients with focal hippocampal lesions differ when making decisions under uncertainty
RECENT MEDIA
Financial Times newspaper | August 2022
Guardian | August 2022
CNN | August 2022
BBC WORLD interview | April 2021
Financial Times | April 2021
Times newspaper | April 2021
Independent newspaper | April 2021
CNN | April 2021
Guardian newspaper | September 2020
Attention and Inattention
Short-term memory
Apathy and Impulsivity
Masud Husain’s Tweets
Why do we sometimes fail to pay attention or forget things over seconds? Why do some people make impulsive decisions whereas others simply can't be bothered to act? We study attention, memory and motivation in health and disease.
In stroke and vascular dementia, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, these cognitive functions can go awry, leading to devastating effects. Our aim is to understand the mechanisms underlying these problems and develop treatments for them. If you want to learn more, click on one of the headings at the top.