Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London
The Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology,
Royal Holloway, University of London

The Warburg Institute,
School of Advanced Study,
University of London

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

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Ideas

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Engagement

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Consultancy

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LAB:
Lab of Action
& Body

The Lab of Action & Body was formed in 2007 when Manos Tsakiris joined the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. The main focus of the LAB was and remains to be the understanding of how our sense of self and our awareness of other people is grounded on the perception, representation and experience of our bodies.

Our research was supported by several national and international research grants that looked at topics such as body-ownership and agency, body-representations and self-recognition, interoception and intersubjective relations.