Dr Stephanie Rossit
Lecturer in Psychology
School of Psychology
University of East Anglia
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Stephanie Rossit joined UEA as a lecturer in Psychology in 2013. She graduated in Psychology from the University of the Algarve (Portugal) and then went on to do a Ph.D. at the University of Glasgow investigating stroke patients who suffered from visual neglect. After her Ph.D. she undertook a post-doctoral research position at the Brain and Mind Institute at the Western University (Canada) using functional magnetic resonance imaging to study visuomotor control. She is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS).
Research Interest
Dr. Rossit’s research is focused in studying the role of sensory information for perception and motor control and how these two processes interact. To answer these questions, she carries out behavioural and neuroimaging experiments with both healthy participants and neurological patients. Most of her neuropsychological research is focused on studying the deficits associated with visual neglect (a loss of awareness of the contralesional side of space present in up to 80% of stroke patients) as well in investigating the efficacy of techniques used to rehabilitate this severe neurological condition.
