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Department: Department of Experimental Psychology
Talks:
Friday 6 February 2026
BEACON Seminar - Combining non-invasive brain stimulation with multimodal imaging for causal interrogation of brain networks and oscillations in wakefulness and sleep
Date: 6 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Dr Til Ole Bergmann (University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor), Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Prof Benhard Staresina (University of Oxford)
Monday 9 February 2026
Where is my coffee cup? Spatial coding of objects in naturalistic environments
Date: 9 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Prof. Dr. Katja Fiehler (University Giessen)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Dejan Draschkow (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 10 February 2026
BEACON Seminar - How does the hippocampal cognitive map contribute to flexible navigation?
Date: 10 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Eleonore Duvelle (University of Glasgow)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor), Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
'Strengthening Parents to Protect Children in An Age of Increasing Wars and Displacements: An RCT in Jordan'; ‘Sibling-Inclusive Family Support: The Adaptation of a Parent and Sibling Intervention for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Services'
Date: 10 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
s:
Sydney Tucker (DPhil student) (University of Oxford),
Amalie Schumann (DPhil student) (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online & Lecture theatre 2, Life and Mind Building (LaMB) Ground floor
Organiser:
Nora Skjerdingstad (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 11 February 2026
Flexible problem-solving in prefrontal cortex
Date: 11 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Saurabh Vyas (Carnegie Mellon University)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor) Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organiser:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford)
Monday 16 February 2026
Confidence and trust in adaptive decision making
Date: 16 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Nicholas Yeung (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
Monday 23 February 2026
Understanding and treating anxiety in the perinatal period
Date: 23 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Fiona Challacombe (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Cathy Creswell (University of Oxford)
Monday 2 March 2026
Neural underpinnings of language abilities in individuals who have lost the autism diagnosis
Date: 2 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Inge-Marie Eigsti (University of Connecticut)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Kate Nation (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 3 March 2026
BEACON Seminar
Date: 3 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Laurel Morris (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor), Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Prof Mathew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
The cognitive model of PTSD in children and adolescents: the maths, the myths, and the market
Date: 3 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Prof Richard Meiser-Stedman (King’s College London)
Venue Details: Online & Lecture theatre 2, Life and Mind Building (LaMB) Ground floor
Organiser:
Nora Skjerdingstad (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 9 March 2026
ECR Spotlight
Date: 9 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Tsvetomira Dumbalska (University of Oxford),
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
Monday 27 April 2026
From perception and language to knowledge representation in primate brains
Date: 27 April 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Yanchao Bi (Peking University)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Kate Watkins (University of Oxford)
Monday 11 May 2026
Emotion preparedness: The foundation of emotional expressions
Date: 11 May 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Disa Sauter (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
Monday 18 May 2026
Anne Treisman Lecture 2026
Date: 18 May 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Susan Carey (Harvard University)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Robin Murphy (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Towards the Geometry of Color Space
Date: 26 May 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor David Brainard (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Hannah Smithson (University of Oxford)
Monday 1 June 2026
Adaptive Cognition: How Flexible, Selective Memory Use Shapes Behaviour
Date: 1 June 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Dejan Draschkow (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
Monday 8 June 2026
Confidence judgments of perceptual and motor decisions
Date: 8 June 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Dr Pascal Mamassian (École normale supérieure)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
Monday 15 June 2026
ECR Spotlight
Date: 15 June 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers:
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford),
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Tsvetomira Dumbalska (University of Oxford),
Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
