Andrew Parton

Biography

PhD Psychology (Surrey), MSc Cognitive Science (Birmingham), BSc Computing and business Studies (Liverpool) Having worked for 4-years as a programmer in a clinical chemistry research unit he returned to higher education. He gained a distinction in my ESRC-funded masters in Cognitive Science. His PhD at Surrey University examined the interaction of motion and binocular disparity information in the perception of depth. This was followed by post-doctoral work in projects at Imperial College, UCL, Southampton, Birkbeck College and Aston University. These posts developed his research interests to examine the cognitive effects of neurological conditions and basic neural mechanisms for encoding cognition. He joined Brunel in 2006 where He has further developed his research.

Research Interest

To survive we have to rapidly identify and select relevant the information from the world to guide behaviour. This requires the encoding of relevant sensory information into memory and its use to control the body. Andrew Parton's research attempts to understand the cognitive and neurological bases of these processes using behavioural experiments, neuroimaging and examination of the effects of neurological disease (esp. Parkinsons Disease and Stroke). Current projects include examinations of motor sequence learning, the role of neural oscillations in coding cognition, and early cognitive deficits in Parkinsons.