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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Sophie De Beukelaer
I studied Human Medicine at the Charité, Medical University, Berlin, and began my clinical training in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, at the Charité. During my studies, I worked as a scientific aid in the field of Affective Neurosciences, at the Freie Universität, Berlin, as well as in the field of Visual Cognition, at the Vision and Motor Group, Clinic of Neurology, Charité, where I also did my doctoral thesis. Besides my medical studies I organized an interdisciplinary student lecture series, that aimed to approach Science, Art, Medicine and Technology, regarding concepts of the body and the living being through the disciplines. Currently I am working in the BIAS Project at the Warburg Institute.
Research Interests
I am interested in how we gather and formulate knowledge through images from different perspectives and at different levels of consciousness and how these differences might be informed and influenced by individual, collective, social and cultural factors in given times. In particular I am concerned with the interweaving of text and image, narrative and illustration, and eager to further understand in what ways individuals might affiliate to these cultural products, create shared memories and adjust as well as strengthen their beliefs accordingly. Thereby, I am interested in an interdisciplinary empirical and theoretical approach. Coming from a medical background, I am curious to understand how these mechanisms in individuals might be subject to change regarding trauma, loss and healing, and whether an epistemological questioning might lead to a critical inquiry of how we assess knowledge in the field of Medicine, especially Psychiatry.
Publications
Hamel J., De Beukelaer S., Kraft A., Ohl S., Audebert H.J. and Brandt S.A. (2013). Age-related changes in visual exploratory behavior in a natural scene setting. Frontiers of Psychology. 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00339
Hamel, J., Kraft, A., Ohl, S., De Beukelaer, S., Audebert, H. J., and Brandt, S. A. (2012). Driving simulation in the clinic: testing visual exploratory behavior in daily life activities in patients with visual field defects. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 10.3791/4427
Bahnemann, M., Hamel, J., De Beukelaer, S., Ohl, S., Kehrer, S., Audebert, H.J., Kraft, A. and Brandt, S.A. (2015). Compensatory eye and head movements of patients with homonymous hemianopia in the naturalistic setting of a driving simulation. Journal of Neurology. 10.1007/s00415-014-7554-x
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