Dr Emma Gowen summarises the findings from a study on motor coordination in autistic adults conducted over the Summer of 2021. The researchers involved in the study were Emma Gowen and Ellen Poliakoff and two Masters students – Adeeba Waheed and Louis Early....

Together with artist Tony Hall, Ellen Poliakoff was involved in the para-lab exhibition at Rogue Studios in Gorton in September on artist-scientist collaborations. The exhibition featured work from Tony’s PhD using illusions and experimental Psychology and included...

Volunteers required for study on perceptionInclusion criteriaBe diagnosed with autismAged between 18 and 45 yearsI decided to write this blog post after several email conversations with people who asked why our autism studies often have an upper age limit of 45 years....

For this years Autism@Manchester Internship, we were very pleased to host Liam Hadfield, a 2nd year maths student. The internship is jointly organised by the University of Manchester Careers Service and Autism@Manchester and enables autistic students to gain 6 weeks...

Friday 23rd July 2021: Time & Autism: Are we asking the right questions?Drs Daniel Poole, Luke Jones, Emma Gowen & Ellen Poliakoff hosted a full day webinar on time perception in autism. Time is fundamental to how we experience and interact with the world....

Dr Ellen Poliakoff and Camilla Woodrow-Hill from the BEAM Lab have collaborated with Stockport Hat Museum and Manchester-based Interference-art to develop a fun workshop for Year 5 Primary children. The workshop, titled the ‘Thinking Cap’, incorporates neuroscience,...

Autism@Manchester teamed up with Live With Scientists to present an interactive event discussing why its important for scientists to involve the community that they are researching in their studies. Emma Gowen, Daniel Poole, Leneh Buckle, Ceri Elliis and Peter...

This unique online resource is a collaboration between the Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology (University of Manchester), Hat Works Museum (Stockport) and interference-art. This workshop created by neuroscientists, museum staff and artists, including...

Daniel Poole presented our ESRC grant work at the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) meeting. You can listen to Dan talking through the poster "Investigating Timing processes in Autistic Adults" here. Related...

Several BEAM lab members presented at the Parkinsons UK online Research Conference. See below to download their posters. Jade Pickering_Investigating behavioural impulsivity in PD Moudhi Al Twaijri_Exploring how people with Parkinsons watch dance Elizabeth...