Neuropsychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 85 Neuropsychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Exploring the origins of demand avoidance and relevant interventions.

King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience

Some children and young people (CYP) on the autism spectrum have a dramatic negative response to any kind of perceived demand or request, which has been termed ‘extreme/pathological demand avoidance’. Read more

Supervisors: Prof E Simonoff, Prof F Happé

14 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Integrative model of inflammation, cognition and brain changes in individuals with psychosis

University of Birmingham School of Psychology

Additional supervisor. Dr Zia Katshu - mohammad.katshu@nottingham.ac.uk. Person Specification. Applicants should have a strong background in clinical neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience or neuroimaging, and ideally a background in mental health, advanced multivariate statistical analyses or data science. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Dauvermann, Prof R Upthegrove

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Non-invasive brain stimulation interventions in Disorders of Consciousness

University of Birmingham School of Psychology

Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Davinia Fernández-Espejo d.fernandez-espejo@bham.ac.uk. Research link https://www.daviniafernandezespejo.com/. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Fernández-Espejo, Dr S-H Yeo

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Mood and Reward and Mental Health

University of Reading School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

We examine a broad range of topics in the Neuroscience of Reward Group, all connected by reward processing and mental health. For example, we examine youth depression and mood in peri/menopause. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C McCabe

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Neurocomputational account of predictive processing during first-hand pain and empathy for pain

University of Birmingham School of Psychology

The Adaptive Learning Psychology & Neuroscience (ALPN) Lab (https://lei-zhang.net/) invites applications for a competition-funded BBSRC PhD studentship. Read more

Supervisors: Dr . Zhang, Dr M Apps, Dr A Khatibi

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Using measures of eye movements and EEG to understand effects of cognitive ageing on reading

University of Leicester School of Psychology and Vision Sciences

Healthy ageing is associated with reductions in visual and cognitive abilities that are required for many activities of daily life (e.g., reading, navigation, object-finding). Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Paterson, Dr A Pagán

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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An assessment of the effects of healthy ageing and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on human foraging cognition

University of Leicester School of Psychology and Vision Sciences

Identifying cognitive markers of human heathy ageing is of extreme importance considering that global population over age 65 is expected to increase by 120% by 2050. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C De Lillo, Prof E B. Mukaetova-Ladinska

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The neural basis of activity-silent memory storage

University of Birmingham School of Psychology

About the project. Working memory (WM) describes the ability to maintain and manipulate information that is no longer available in the environment. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Muhle-Karbe

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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(INTERNATIONAL DFE COMPETITION) - HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS UNDERSTANDING OF PAEDIATRIC ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES.

Queen’s University Belfast School of Nursing and Midwifery

Acquired brain injury affects 1 in 5 children by the age of 14 years. This international project seeks to investigate how healthcare professional from low and middle income countries care for such children and seeks to identify novel mechanisms for supporting their practice. Read more

Supervisor: Dr ML Linden

2 February 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QM SBBS Startup Studentship: Forming first impressions from voices

Queen Mary University of London School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Supervisors. Dr Nadine Lavan. Funding. SBBS Startup Studentship. Deadline. 31st January 2024. Expected Start Date. Sept 2024. Research environment. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Lavan

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Neurodevelopment in childhood-onset epilepsies

University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Research Group: Centre for Inflammation Research

· Background. Childhood-onset epilepsies, forty percent of which are due to monogenic causes (1), are associated with negative sequela across the lifespan, including poor academic achievement, difficulties with social and behavioural functioning, and high rates of unemployment. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Chin, Dr B Auyeung

5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Department of Psychology

Lancaster University

This programme presents the opportunity to join our international and interdisciplinary research community working within the fields of infancy and early development, language and cognition, perception and action or social processes. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Social Sciences Research Programme

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Understanding the Brain-Body-Environment Dynamics of Human Spatial Navigation

University of Birmingham School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

The Schools of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Science & Computer Science at The University of Birmingham invites applications for a self-funded PhD position. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S-H Yeo

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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The integration of visually-guided interception with balance

University of Birmingham School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Control of fast interceptive movements is the highlight of human sensorimotor behaviour, whose flexibility and adaptability far surpasses that of any existing robot. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Reynolds, Dr S-H Yeo, Prof JRT Tresilian

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Neural processes underlying rhythmic motor timing in speech and song

Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics Department of Cognitive Neuropsychology

The Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, investigates neural mechanisms of skilled performance, perception, cognition, and emotional processing using music and other performing arts as models. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Rimmele

15 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 85 Neuropsychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Neuropsychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 85 Neuropsychology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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