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

LARA ACOSTA SILJESTRÖM

PhD Student

Investigating how a history of psychosis shapes neurobiology and phenomenology of religious experience in Pentecostals

Email Lara

MARTHA HENSON

PhD Student

Investigating the relationship between inner speech loss and meditation using historical and contemporary practitioner accounts

Email Martha

HALA KHALAWI

PhD Student

Investigating whether multidimensional conflict exposure offers greater explanatory power for behavioural and cognitive health outcomes than conventional trauma models in the context of armed conflict in Palestine

Email Hala

DAVID WILSON

PhD Student

PhD on Ancient Greek Tragedy and Religious Experience

Email David

DR HUGH HATHAWAY

Academic Clinical Fellow

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

Email Hugh

DR QUINTON DEELEY

Co-Chair

Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Clinical Lecturer

Quinton's website

Email Quinton

DR MATTHEW COHEN

Academic Clinical Fellow

Investigating the influence of suggestion and expectation

on the phenomenology of psychedelic associated experiences

Email Matt

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 QUINTON DEELEY

Co-Chair

Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Clinical Lecturer

Quinton's website

Email Quinton

DR ELISA BRANN

Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD investigated the neural correlates of first rank symptoms of psychosis

Email Elisa

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

MEET THE TEAM

DR QUINTON DEELEY

Co-Chair

PROFESSOR MITUL MEHTA

Co-Chair

DR VAUGHAN BELL

Principal Investigator

DR EAMONN WALSH

Principal Investigator

LARA ACOSTA SILJESTRÖM

PhD Student

MARTHA HENSON

PhD Student

HALA KHALAWI

PhD Student

DAVID WILSON

PhD Student

DR HUGH HATHAWAY

Academic Clinical Fellow

DR QUINTON DEELEY

Co-Chair

DR MATTHEW COHEN

Academic Clinical Fellow

DR EMILY CURRELL

Trainee Clinical Psychologist

DR JIANAN BAO

Academic Clinical Fellow

DR QUINTON DEELEY

Co-Chair

DR ELISA BRANN

Postdoctoral Researcher

DR JOE BARNBY

AFFILIATES

DR DEVIN TERHUNE

Lecturer in Psychology Department of Psychology

PROFESSOR HUGH BOWDEN

Professor of Ancient History Department of Classics

DR SARAH HARVEY

Senior Research Officer at INFORM Department of Theology and Religious Studies

DR SUZANNE NEWCOMBE

Director of INFORM Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Lecturer in Psychology
Department of Psychology

Professor of Ancient History
Department of Classics

Senior Research Officer at INFORM
Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Director of INFORM
Department of Theology and Religious Studies