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...

On 28th July, 2020 Emma gave a talk to the initiative Live With Scientists which aims to provide equal access to science for everyone. The talk is entitled "Motor coordination difficulties in autism: Raising the profile". You can link to a video of the talk here:...

Emma and Ellen have won funding to collaborate with Professor Timothy Welsh at The University of Toronto. The year long project, entitled "Interconnected action execution-imagination-perception in adults with and without autism" will gain new insight into the...

Dan Poole and Ben Hamblin-Pyke presented their posters at the Manchester Vision Network Annual Research showcase. Click on the links below to view the posters. Visual and auditory timing in autistic adults Differences in perception of emotion from dynamic and static...