Department of Experimental Psychology Seminars
Talks:

Friday 30 January 2025

SMARTbiomed seminar
Date: 30 January 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 February 2025

Psychology, Digital Data and the Study of Behaviour: A Golden Age for Social Psychology?
Date: 2 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Mark Levine (Lancaster Univeristy)
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 Shelley McKeown-Jones (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 February 2025

Digital Innovation in Metabolic Psychiatry: AI-enabled Ketogenic and GLP-1-Supported Lifestyle Interventions
Date: 3 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Megan Kirk Chang (University of Oxford)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile, Artificial Intelligence-Led Mental Health Intervention for Adolescent Depression and Anxiety
Date: 3 February 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker : Dr Alissa Davis (Columbia University)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Online (Zoom)
Organiser: Tanya Manchanda (Department of Psychiatry)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 February 2025

BEACON Seminar
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 2025

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 2025

Nationwide studies on COVID-19 and brain disorders in Denmark
Date: 10 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Clara Springhorn Grønkjær (University of Copenhagen)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)

BEACON Seminar
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: A Randomised Controlled Trial in Jordan
Date: 10 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Sydney Tucker (DPhil student) (University of Oxford), To be confirmed
Venue Details: Lecture theatre 2, Life and Mind Building (LaMB) Ground floor
Organiser: Nora Skjerdingstad (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 February 2025

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 2025

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)

Tuesday 24 February 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 24 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Benjamin Perry (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Riccardo De Giorgi (University of Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 24 February 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker : Prof Louise Arseneault (King's College London)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Tanya Manchanda (Department of Psychiatry)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 February 2025

SMARTbiomed seminar
Date: 27 February 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Naomi Wray (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 March 2025

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 2025

Excitation-inhibition balance in psychosis - what does it really mean, and can we really measure it?
Date: 3 March 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Rick Adams (University College London)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Robert McCutcheon (University of Oxford)

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)

Title TBC
Date: 3 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Prof Richard Meiser-Stedman (King’s College London)
Venue Details: Lecture theatre 2, Life and Mind Building (LaMB) Ground floor
Organiser: Nora Skjerdingstad (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 March 2025

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)

Friday 27 March 2025

SMARTbiomed seminar
Date: 27 March 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Naomi Wray (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 April 2025

SMARTbiomed seminar
Date: 24 April 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Naomi Wray (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 27 April 2025

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 2025

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 2025

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)

Friday 22 May 2025

SMARTbiomed seminar
Date: 22 May 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Naomi Wray (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 26 May 2025

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 2025

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 2025

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 2025

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)

This list contains talks from the following series:
Departmental Seminar Series (Experimental Psychology)
Department of Experimental Psychology - Language & Development Seminars