On 10th-12th April the latest EPS meeting was hosted at The University of Manchester. A particular highlight from the meeting was a symposium on characterising motor imagery organised by Ellen, which brought together some of the most influential researchers in the...
Ellen and Lizzi Lewis presented at an Experimental Psychology Society funded research workshop, “The Psychology of upper limb prosthetic use". The multidisciplinary workshop included keynote talks from Dr Tamar Makin (University College London) and Dr Raoul Bongers...
Jade attended the Advanced Methods for Reproducible Science workshop at Great Windsor Park in January, and following this she wrote an article about the workshop and open science from the perspective of an early career researcher, which has been published on the...
Jude was invited to speak about dance and Parkinson’s at the North West Coast CRN conference in Warrington, which was attended by patients, NHS staff and commissioners. Following a presentation about our research and engagement with people with Parkinson’s,...
Jade’s work on patient and public involvement in Parkinson’s research was included in the new Parkinson’s UK PPI guidance for researchers handbook. Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The University of ManchesterOxford...
Ellen, Jude, Jade and Aline presented the latest findings from their work on Parkinson’s at the Parkinson’s UK Research Conference in York. This included our studies on action observation and imitation, dance and impulsivity. Lab members were also involved in a panel...
Professor Ricarda Schubotz from the Institute of Psychology, University of Münster, visited the BEAM lab and gave a talk on her imaging and behavioural research around what information our brains use to compute expectations around upcoming action steps. Emma and Ellen...
PhD student Libby recently attended and presented a flash talk at the North West Universities R day at the Manchester Technology Centre. It was a day filled with guest speakers including Andy Field and Robin Lovelace who gave talks on how they are using the...
Ellen was featured in this month’s issue of the Parkinson’s UK research magazine ‘Progress’, discussing her research and the importance of involving participants in the process. You can also read about the experience of one of our research participants, Anne-Marie....
Jude was joined by dance artist and collaborator Gayathri Ganapathy at Science Spectacular, a family science event organised by the University as part of Manchester Science Festival. We challenged visitors to think differently about dance by imitating and guessing the...
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