Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Science Task Group

The Science Group is responsible for co-ordinating and overseeing the scientific acitivity that takes place in WICN. The Group works closely with the Third Mission and Dissemination and Education and Training Task Groups. The Science Group has a key role in promoting the range of scientific activities that take place in WICN, and generating ideas as well as initiatives that will contribute to the scientific goals of WICN. A critical part of this is the assessment and approval of applications for research projects that will receive WICN funding. The Science Group is in the process of developing procedures for research funding applications, the intention being to provide a fast and flexible resource for researchers wishing to engage in preliminary collaborative research that will lead subsequently to larger-scale joint research projects. Information on research applications that can be made currently is available here .

The Science Group reports to the WICN Steering Group , and the Science Group is also responsible for liaising with the seven Scientific Theme Groups, formed in order to provide a means of identifying overlapping research interests and generating collaborative research across the institutions within WICN within specified research domains. Each Theme Group has a designated contact who reports to the Science Group.

The Theme Groups

Perception & Action Theme Group Meeting 22nd-23rd September 2008

Perception & Action Theme Group Research Interests

Memory and Learning

Memory & Learning Theme Group Meeting 8th May 2008

Language and Hearing

Language & Hearing Theme Group Meeting 8th May 2008

Emotion

Cognitive Rehabilitation

Social Cognitive Neuroscience

Education Neuroscience

Group Members:

Nathalie Fouquet, Swansea University

Andrea Greve, Cardiff University

Ella Hinton, Cardiff University

Niklas Ihssen, Bangor University

Toby Lloyd-Jones, Swansea University

Donna Pierz-Fennell, WICN Manager, Bangor University

Simon Watt, Bangor University

Ed Wilding (Chair), Cardiff University

2009 meeting dates and times

For further information contact:
Donna Pierz-Fennell, WICN Manager, School of Psychology, Bangor University
T. 01248 383811 E. d.pierz-fennell@bangor.ac.uk