Department of Experimental Psychology Seminars
Talks:

Monday 19 January 2025

Studying Navigation in Cities and on the Ocean
Date: 19 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Hugo Spiers (UCL)
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)

Thursday 22 January 2025

Dementia risk prediction and prevention: value of observational studies
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 22 January 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Thomas Littlejohns (Nuffield Department of Population Health)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford), Professor Masud Husain (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford)

Monday 26 January 2025

Computation, neuromodulation and mental health relationships in affective decision-making
Date: 26 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Miriam Klein-Flügge (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)

Tuesday 27 January 2025

Suicide prevention and domestic absue
Date: 27 January 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Vishal Bhavsar (King's College London)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Seena Fazel

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 27 January 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
Organisers: Nora Skjerdingstad (University of Oxford), Tanya Manchanda (Department of Psychiatry)
Hosts: TBA

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

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 3 February 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room and Online (Zoom)
Organisers: Nora Skjerdingstad (University of Oxford), Tanya Manchanda (Department of Psychiatry)
Hosts: TBA

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

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 10 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Nora Skjerdingstad (University of Oxford), Tanya Manchanda (Department of Psychiatry)

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)

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 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

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