Emily Phillips

Emily Phillips

Postdoctoral Researcher Research Interests Emily’s research investigates the neural and micro-behavioural processes that support infants’ engagement in real-world social interactions. During her PhD at the Institute for the Science of Early Years and Youth (University of East London), Emily developed

Matilde Vaghi

Matilde Vaghi

Associate Professor in Psychology MRC Career Development Award Fellow Research Interests Matilde’s lab at Birkbeck, University of London aims to uncover the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying psychiatric conditions, with a particular focus on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and more generally the

Dominika Varga

Dominika Varga

Postdoctoral Researcher Research Interests My research sits at the intersection of memory, learning, predictive processing, and cognitive control, studying how the brain uses past experience to guide future behaviour flexibly. As a postdoctoral researcher in the Vaghi Lab, I use

Tommaso Ghilardi

Tommaso Ghilardi

Postdoctoral Researcher Research Interests My research examines how infants and children learn, predict, and plan actions, combining longitudinal developmental designs with multimodal methods including eye-tracking, pupillometry, motion tracking, EEG/fNIRS, and advanced quantitative approaches. I am building an independent programme on

Amy Lawson

Amy Lawson

Postdoctoral Researcher Supervisors Dr Samuel Cooke (Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, King’s College London) Prof Emily Jones (CBCD, Birkbeck, University of London) Prof Robert Leech (Neuroimaging, King’s College London) Research Interests My research is focussed on the neuroscience behind how memory

Marian Aguiló Mayans

Marian Aguiló Mayans

Research Assistant Research Interests My research interests span development, neuroaesthetics, memory and sleep neuroscience. I am also interested in Artificial Intelligence and computational modelling.  Beyond my scientific pursuits, I am also a painter, specialising in acrylics. Artwork often portrays women reading,