Neuroscience and psychology of sleep (NaPS)

Current interests in the lab fall into three main categories, consolidation of:

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Techniques

We use PSG, fMRI and behavioural measures.
For further details, see: Facilities

PhD opportunities

We are looking for PhD students. See our general areas of interest (above) as well as formal PhD projects (via link below):

People in the group

Name Job title Email address
Dr Penny Lewis Senior Lecturer / Head of Group P.Lewis@manchester.ac.uk
Suliman Belal Postdoctoral Research Associate suliman.belal@manchester.ac.uk
Isabel Hutchinson PhD student isabel.hutchinson@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Dr Simon Kyle Lecturer in Clinical and Health Psychology simon.kyle@manchester.ac.uk
Jules Schneider PhD student jules.schneider@manchester.ac.uk
Alessandra Tafuro Intern  
Tia Tsimpanouli PhD student tia.tsimpanouli@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Hikaru Tsujimura PhD student hikaru.tsujimura@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Jorien Witjas Intern  


See also: Undergraduate trainees

Lab alumni

Events

  • Weekly Journal Club
    5.00 pm on Tuesdays, Room T1, Zochonis Building
  • Guest Lecture:  Prof. Tim Rogers, University of Wisconsin
    25 February 2015
  • Guest Lecture: 'Memory improvement through offline learning that continues with sleep' - Professor Ken Paller Northwestern University
    4 December 2014
  • Guest Lecture: 'How do our brains respond to novel words' - Dr. Atsuko Takashima Donders Institute
    10 September 2014
  • Guest Lecture: 'Sleep and Memory: Mechanisms and Caveats' - Dr. Lisa Genzel Edinburgh
    29 January 2014

Facilities

We are the proud owners of a brand new two-bed sleep lab, complete with two full N7000 polysomnography (PSG) systems from Embla and a number of dedicated sleep-monitoring computers with full licenses to the latest Somnologica software.

Funding

Collaborators

The lab collaborates extensively with the

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