The interest and expertise of our interdisciplinary research group spans psychiatry, philosophy, anthropology, and cognitive neuroscience to better understand variations in belief, experience, and behaviour. This includes pathological as well as non-pathological states.

More detailed information about what our researchers are doing can be found under people and publications.

MEET THE TEAM

DR QUINTON DEELEY

Co-Chair

Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Clinical Lecturer

Quinton's website

Email Quinton

PROFESSOR MITUL MEHTA

Co-Chair

Professor of Neuropharmacology

Mitul's Website

Email Mitul

DR VAUGHAN BELL

Principal Investigator

Clinical Psychologist and Senior Clinical Lecturer

Vaughan' s website

Email Vaughan

DR EAMONN WALSH

Principal Investigator

Senior Lecturer and Programme lead for MSc Neuroscience

Email Eamonn

DR JOE BARNBY

Assistant Professor of Computational Cognitive Science; Founder @ Hypatia

PhD investigated the cognitive neuropsychiatry of belief and delusion.

Joe's website

Email Joe

DR ELISA BRANN

Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD investigated the neural correlates of first rank symptoms of psychosis.

Email Elisa

DR EMILY CURRELL

Trainee Clinical Psychologist

Investigating the dialogical and neural basis of psychosis-like experiences in cultural practitioners. PhD investigated the neural correlates of non-clinical first-rank symptoms.

Email Emily

DR JIANAN BAO

Academic Clinical Fellow

Investigating the cultural context, phenomenology and neurophysiology of mediumistic experiences.

Email Jianan

DR HUGH HATHAWAY

Academic Clinical Fellow

Investigating the relationships between culture, cognition and context on the phenomenology of psychedelic experiences.

Email Hugh

DR MATTHEW COHEN

Academic Clinical Fellow

Investigating the influence of suggestion and expectation

on the phenomenology of psychedelic associated experiences

Email Matt

AFFILIATES

PROFESSOR HUGH BOWDEN

Professor of Ancient History
(Classics)

Hugh's website

DR DEVIN TERHUNE

Lecturer in Psychology
(Psychology)

Devin's website

DR SARAH HARVEY

Senior Research Officer
(Theology & Religious Studies)

Sarah's website

DAVID WILSON

PhD on Ancient Greek Tragedy
and Religious Experience

David's website

CULTURAL AND SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH GROUP

An intercollegiate research group based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London

MEET THE TEAM

DR QUINTON DEELEY

Co-Chair

PROFESSOR MITUL MEHTA

Co-Chair

DR VAUGHAN BELL

Principal Investigator

DR EAMONN WALSH

Principal Investigator

DR JOE BARNBY

DR ELISA BRANN

Postdoctoral Researcher

DR EMILY CURRELL

Trainee Clinical Psychologist

DR JIANAN BAO

Academic Clinical Fellow

DR HUGH HATHAWAY

Academic Clinical Fellow

DR MATTHEW COHEN

Academic Clinical Fellow

AFFILIATES

PROFESSOR HUGH BOWDEN

Professor of Ancient History
(Classics)

DR DEVIN TERHUNE

Lecturer in Psychology
(Psychology)

DR SARAH HARVEY

Senior Research Officer
(Theology & Religious Studies)

DAVID WILSON

PhD on Ancient Greek Tragedy
and Religious Experience

MEET THE TEAM

DR QUINTON DEELEY

Co-Chair

PROFESSOR MITUL MEHTA

Co-Chair

DR VAUGHAN BELL

Principal Investigator

DR EAMONN WALSH

Principal Investigator

DR JOE BARNBY

DR ELISA BRANN

Postdoctoral Researcher

DR EMILY CURRELL

Trainee Clinical Psychologist

DR JIANAN BAO

Academic Clinical Fellow

DR HUGH HATHAWAY

Academic Clinical Fellow

DR MATTHEW COHEN

Academic Clinical Fellow

AFFILIATES

PROFESSOR HUGH BOWDEN

Professor of Ancient History (Classics)

DR DEVIN TERHUNE

Lecturer in Psychology (Psychology)

DR SARAH HARVEY

Senior Research Officer (Theology & Religious Studies)

DAVID WILSON

PhD on Ancient Greek Tragedy and Religious Experience

Professor of Ancient History
(Classics)

Lecturer in Psychology
(Psychology)

Senior Research Officer
(Theology & Religious Studies)

PhD on Ancient Greek Tragedy
and Religious Experience