Dr Andrew Nelson
Lecturer
- nelsona5@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 5048
- Tower Building, 70 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT
Overview
Research summary
My research interests are in the neurobiology of learning and memory. I am currently involved in projects testing non-spatial functions of the retrosplenial cortex as well as examining the contribution of the rostral thalamus to cognition.
Teaching summary
Levels 1 and 2: I Introductory lectures on biological psychology (PS2017). Cognitive practicals and tutorials on perception, cognition and abnormal/clinical psychology.
Level 3 Final year project supervision on a variety of topics.
Biography
Undergraduate education
1995 BA University of Bristol, History
2003 BSc University of Nottingham, Psychology
Postgraduate education
2007 PhD. Cardiff University, Thesis: Behavioural and Neurochemical Analysis of Stimulus-Response Habits in Rats.
Supervisor: Professor Simon Killcross.
BBSRC Studentship.
Employment
2015-present: Lecturer, School of Psychology, Cardiff University.
2011-2015: Behavioural Neuroscience Research Group, School of Psychology, Cardiff University. BBSRC and Wellcome Trust funded post-doc positions
2008-2010 – School of Psychology, University of Nottingham. Wellcome Trust funded post doc position.
Honours and awards
Awards/external committees
2006 Hadyn Ellis Prize for Outstanding Dissertation
Publications
We are currently unable to retrieve the list of publications. Visit our institutional repository.Funding
BBSRC Research Grant “Stimulus processing and cognitive control by the retrosplenial cortex”.(with John Aggleton, Seralynne Vann, Frank Sengpiel; 3 years from October 2014; £554,000)
Research collaborators
Prof John Aggelton, Cardiff University
Dr Seralynne Vann, Cardiff University
Dr Helen Cassaday, University of Nottingham
Supervision
Postgraduate research interests
If you are interested in applying for a PhD, or for further information regarding my postgraduate research, please contact me directly (contact details available on the 'Overview' page), or submit a formal application.
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