Department of Experimental Psychology Seminars
Talks:

Wednesday 19 November 2025

Neuronal mechanisms supporting natural reading
Date: 19 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Professor Ole Jensen (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Stoke House
Organiser: Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Morten Kringelbach (Professor of Neuroscience and Director of Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre College, University of Oxford), Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)

Monday 24 November 2025

Rethinking children’s agency in cultural adaptation
Date: 24 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Sheina Lew-Levy (Durham 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: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Applying Nature Based Interventions to Populations with Complex Mental Health Needs
Date: 25 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker s: Dr Catriona Mellor (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Kathryn Rowsell (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Ilina Singh (University of Oxford)

Improving access to help with sleep in youth mental health: A system-wide implementation programme
Date: 25 November 2025, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker : Dr Rebecca Rollinson (Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Gaby Illingworth (Department of Psychiatry), Shreena Patel (Department of Psychiatry), Mina Fazel (Department of Psychiatry)
Host: Gaby Illingworth (Department of Psychiatry)

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Oxford Psychiatric Genetics and Genomics Symposium
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 26 November 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Naomi Wray (Univerity of Oxford)

Oxford Neuropsychiatric Genomics and Multiomics Symposium
Date: 26 November 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
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Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Prof Naomi Wray (University of Oxford)

Oxford Neuropsychiatric Genomics and Multiomics Symposium
Date: 26 November 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
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Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Naomi Wray (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 November 2025

Brain mechanisms of insomnia and its consequences for mental health
Date: 28 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Eus van Someren (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience)
Venue Details: Stoke House
Organiser: Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Morten Kringelbach (Professor of Neuroscience and Director of Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre College, University of Oxford), Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)

Monday 1 December 2025

ECR Firetalks
Date: 1 December 2025, 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)

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Cashing in on Network Psychiatry
Date: 2 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Giovanni Briganti (University of Mons, Belgium)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Kate Saunders (University of Oxford)

How adolescents seek and offer support within friendships: insights from lived experiences and hypothetical situations
Date: 2 December 2025, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker : Tanya Manchanda (Department of Psychiatry)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room and Online
Organisers: Shreena Patel (Department of Psychiatry), Mina Fazel (Department of Psychiatry)
Host: Mina Fazel (Department of Psychiatry)

Thursday 11 December 2025

What do “Look but Fail to See” errors tell us about awareness and/or consciousness
Date: 11 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Jeremy Wolfe (Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, USA)
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 Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sage Boettcher (University of Oxford)

Greening & Nature-based Interventions for indoor and outdoor environments
Date: 11 December 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker s: Professor Kamaldeep Bhui (University of Oxford), Professor Prashant Kumar (University of Surrey)
Venue Details: Online webinar
Organisers: Professor Kamaldeep Bhui (University of Oxford), Dr Roisin Mooney (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Kamaldeep Bhui (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 16 December 2025

Can we Predict the Future of Psychiatry?
Date: 16 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Benoit Mulsant (University of Toronto)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Karl Marlowe (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)

Wednesday 7 January 2025

Who Is Afraid of Mind Reading? The Science, Ethics and Policy of Decoding Thought
Date: 7 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Marcello Ienca
Venue: Wolfson College, Linton Road OX2 6UD
Venue Details: The Buttery
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 8 January 2025

SMARTbiomed statistical genetics symposium
Date: 8 January 2026, 9:30 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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
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)

Friday 30 January 2025

SMARTbiomed seminar
Date: 30 January 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
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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)

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)

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 - Fire Talks
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 Fire Talks
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