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Carl Hodgetts

Carl Hodgetts

Lead Coordinator - Beautiful Minds

I am a senior lecturer at the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway. I use brain imaging to understand how we create memories and process the spatial world. I am passionate about making neuroscience and psychology accessible to anyone, particularly groups who are underserved and underrepresente…

Natalie Starkey

Natalie Starkey

Lead Coordinator - Beautiful Minds

I am the Technical Operations Manager for the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway. My background is in psychological research methods, with a focus on cognitive and forensic psychology. I am passionate about research impact and community engagement, especially with underrepresented communitie…

Irena Arslanova

Irena Arslanova

Team member

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway. I study how signals from within our bodies (like the beating of the heart) influence the brain. I am particularly interested in how the brain-body interplay gives rise to our experience of time. I want to make people o…

Matthew Talbot

Matthew Talbot

Team Member

I am Dr Matthew Talbot, a Postdoctoral Teaching Associate at Royal Holloway. I am passionate about communicating scientific results to the general public, and developing projects with the assistance of those it is aiming to benefit. This is shown in my area of interest which looks into teaching hous…

Kavishini Apasamy

Kavishini Apasamy

Team Member

I am Kavishini Apasamy and I am a PhD student in the field of cognitive neuroscience. I am deeply intrigued in unraveling the intricate details of the human brain. My research examines the connection between two brain regions: the hippocampus and the cerebellum, exploring how they interact during hi…

Emine Bilgen

Emine Bilgen

Team Member

I am Emine Bilgen, a PhD candidate and part-time teaching assistant in psychology at Royal Holloway. My general area of interest is intergroup processes. My thesis particularly examines the factors that predict helping behaviors towards refugees and disaster victims. Overall, I hope to contribute me…

Aysha Bellamy

Aysha Bellamy

Team Member

Hello, my name is Aysha and I’m a postdoc teaching associate at Royal Holloway. I study both the evolutionary processes and the social learning strategies that underlie the way we make decisions - even poor ones! Since completing my PhD, I’ve been passionate about teaching cultural and evolutionary …