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Brighton & Sussex Medical School

Current projects

Current projects


  • Distinct Psychophysiological Profiles Associated with Experiencing the Pain of Others (Prof Jamie Ward)
  • Why some foods smell sweet: uncovering the neural-basis of odour-taste associations (Prof Martin Yeomans)
  • How is a novelty-seeking bias influencing decisions during stressful conditions? (Prof Hugo Critchley)
  • Making sense of narratives (Prof Chris Bird)
  • Spinal Cord Imaging in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (CordiALS) (Dr Samira Bouyagoub and Dr Andrew Barritt)
  • Functional hyperactivity in individuals at risk of Alzheimer's disease: an important avenue for lifespan risk reduction (Dr Claire Lancaster)
  • Brain connectivity and patient reported outcomes in people with HIV (PWH) with symptoms of insomnia switching integrase inhibitor-based ART; a randomized controlled study (Dr Jaime Vera)
  • Mental reinstatement and the prioritization of recollection (Dr Alexa Morcom)
  • Therapeutic Breathwork: Brain & body physiology responses and phenomenological correlates (Dr Alessandro Colasanti)
  • Perceived fatigue and motor fatigability in multiple sclerosis (Prof Mara Cercignani and Dr Jeanne Dekerle)
  • Mechanisms of Chronic Pain and Fatigue (Dr Jess Eccles)
  • Aligning Dimensions of Interoceptive Experience (ADIE) to prevent development of anxiety disorders in autism (Prof Hugo Critchley)
  • Objective and subjective measurements of fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis (Dr James Stone)
  • Optimizing neuroimaging techniques in fibromyalgia (Dr Jess Eccles, P)
  • Decoding mental imagery evoked by natural sounds (Dr Sophie Forster and Prof Jamie Ward)
  • Individual Differences in Brain Networks for Memory (Prof Chris Bird)
  • Using functional MRI neurofeedback to modulate self-blame in major depressive disorder (Dr James Stone)