Team

Team Members

Postgraduate Students

Cristina Valera Chacon

Postgraduate Researcher
I am a PhD candidate in cognitive neuroscience. I am interested in memory and ageing. Currently I am working in a project involving schema formation and the effect of prior knowledge and novelty in memory.

On my time off I enjoy exercising and baking!

Xiana Fowles

Postgraduate Researcher
Currently exploring the effects of prior knowledge on learning and memory, and how cognitive decline may affect this relationship.

Also… avid dog lover.

Arron Wilson

Postgraduate Researcher
My current research is looking into if people with dementia have a differing ability to learn and remember information related to spatial mapping.

Matthew Gordon

Postgraduate Researcher
I have just graduated from Edge Hill University with honours in Computer Science Games Programming. I am currently working on a project that involves exploring prior knowledge effects on memory and cognitive ability using Minecraft.

Robert Henderson

Postgraduate Researcher

Having recently graduated from Edge Hill University with a degree in Computer Science with Games Programming, I am currently involved in a project which explores how prior knowledge and experience can affect our current memory and information seeking, using a Virtual Reality environment.

Jessica Talbot

Postgraduate Researcher

I am a postdoctoral researcher, funded by The Academy of Medical Sciences, who is currently investigating the neural basis of schema formation in human memory, using electroencephalography (EEG). Prior to this, I completed my PhD at the University of Rome, where I attempted to shed light into the neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning enhancements in autobiographical remembering and episodic foresight, using techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Research Assistants

Juris Savostijanovs

Research Assistant
Converting and programming in a spacial-decision making task focusing on examining consistent and inconsistent schemas in humans.

Undergraduate Students

Zahra Suriya

Digital Marketing Manager & Dissertation Student
I am a 3rd year undergraduate BSc Psychology student with an interest in digital marketing and neuroscience. I designed, created and maintain the Tse Laboratory website and Like Yesterday website

I am also currently involved in a project which explores how prior knowledge and memory can affect spatial navigation, using a Virtual Reality environment.

Bonne Holland

Dissertation Student

I am a current 3rd year undergraduate student who is looking at how prior knowledge can affect memory and cognitive ability with the use of Minecraft as my dissertation project! This combines both my love for studying psychology and playing video games together.

Katie Hughes

Dissertation Student

I am currently a third year BSc Educational Psychology student who is very excited to investigate how the use of Minecraft can align with memory tasks. Younger me would be mind-blown with this opportunity!

Ged Brennan

Dissertation Student

I’m a third-year undergraduate student taking part in the dissertation project looking at how prior knowledge can affect memory and cognitive ability with the use of Minecraft. I am someone who loves to play games and also psychology, my interest in this topic is brought forth by being able to emulate conditions in humans that we wouldn’t be able to outside of simulations such as games.

Hannah Birkett

Research Intern

I am a second year BSc Psychology undergraduate. I am currently taking part in an internship project that is researching how prior knowledge facilitates new learning and memory in middle-aged and elderly populations.

Millie Burns

Research Intern

I am a second-year BSc psychology student studying at Edge Hill University, where I am an intern researching the effects of prior knowledge on new learning and memory in middle-aged and elderly populations. A placement working with elderly people (some with dementia) sparked my interest in this area.

Abbie Ward

Research Intern

I am a current second year BSc Psychology student at Edge Hill University. My interest in Like Yesterday delves from being a dancer since I was three where I explored many styles, workshops and performances until I landed on my preferred style contemporary. I found the art to be a way to express my interpretations of life and build upon my own learning. This experience provides an insider level of understanding into a dancers intention. While my degree has provided a starting point to which this project allows me to build upon my knowledge of behaviour and experience. My role has me working as an intern on this project.

Alumni

Basit Kareem

Former Undergraduate Student (Internship)