Bio
Manos Tsakiris is Professor of Psychology at the Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London where he leads the Lab of Action & Body and the INtheSELF ERC-funded project. He is also leading the BIAS (Body & Image in Arts & Science) project, funded by the NOMIS Foundation, at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London.
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Research
What is the link between the body and the self? How do we become aware of ourselves and of others? How do we relate to and respond to the images that power human culture? These are some of the key questions that we research.
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People
Academics are fortunate enough to spend their whole career surrounded by young minds. A privilege that few other professions can give you. These are the people who make our research possible, successful and most enjoyable. The people to whom I am grateful for their creativity, skills and openness.
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Publications
Since 2003, our research has resulted in numerous publications in peer-reviewed international journals. In addition to the research articles we publish, we think it is important to take the time to consolidate our findings in original theoretical and review papers.Several of our papers are among the most-cited articles in our field of research (source: Thomson Reuters Citation Thresholds).
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News
We are trying to stay on top of things, be aware of the most important news in our field and whenever possible to contribute to what is timely and important.
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Media
Our research has attracted interest from media around the world, and has appeared in major international news organizations, such Reuters, BBC, The Times, The Guardian, El Pais, Le Figaro, Wall Street Journal, El Mundo, Huffington Post, and Scientific American.
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Events
Ideas
Engagement
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Klaudia Ambroziak
I completed my MA degree in Philosophy at the University of Warsaw (2010) and MSc in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (2012). I then worked as a research assistant at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour in Nijmegen, the Netherlands before coming to the UK to pursue a PhD under the supervision of Prof Matthew Longo at Birkbeck, University of London. During my PhD, I investigated the relation between representation of one's own body and visual perception of other peoples' bodies using sensory adaptation. Currently, I am working as a postdoctoral researcher on the BIAS project with Prof Manos Tsakiris.
Research Interests
I have always been fascinated with different ways in which contextual information, e.g. from past experience, influences perception: from low level adaptation aftereffects to top-down predictive processing. My current research interests include perception, body representations, social cognition and visual politics. I am interested in studying how perception can be modulated by available information, including information coming from the body. While working on the BIAS project, I am focusing on the interplay between cognitive and affective responses to media images.
Publications
Ambroziak, K. B., Tamè, L., & Longo, M. R. (2018). Conceptual distortions of hand structure are robust to changes in stimulus information. Consciousness and Cognition, 61, 107-116
Ambroziak, K. B., Azañón, E., & Longo, M. R. (2017). Eating and body image: Does food insecurity make us feel thinner? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, 14-15
Vandenbroucke, A. R. E., Sligte, I. G., Fahrenfort, J. J., Ambroziak K. B., Lamme V. A. F. (2012) Non-attended representations are phenomenal rather than unconscious. PLoS ONE, 7 (11)
Contact
All rights reserved. Copyright © 2017 Manos Tsakiris
Manos Tsakiris
Department of Psychology
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
tel: +44 (0) 1784 276266
fax: +44 (0) 1784 434347
e-mail: manos.tsakiris@rhul.ac.uk
Manos Tsakiris
Department of Psychology
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
tel: +44 (0) 1784 276266
fax: +44 (0) 1784 434347
e-mail: manos.tsakiris@rhul.ac.uk
All rights reserved. Copyright © 2017 Manos Tsakiris