Professor Iain Gilchrist
B.Sc.(Dunelm.), Ph.D.(Birm.)
Expertise
Current positions
Professor of Neuropsychology
School of Psychological Science
Contact
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Research interests
I research the psychological and neural mechanisms of human visual perception and cognition. Vision provides information so that we can interact with the world. These interactions involved sampling using a range of motor and cognitive systems including eye movements, arm, head and body movements. One major focus of our work has been to understand how and why we move our eyes to sample the visual world. More recently we have become interested in engagement and interaction with creative content such as films, TV and live performance.
Current larger grantsMyWorld (2021-2026) UKRI Strength in Places Fund. Workpackage lead for Understanding Audiences, Total award £46,000,000
Recent larger grantsGlucocorticoid dynamics in health and disease (2018-2023) MRC Awarded to Lightman, Harmer, Robinson, Conway-Campbell, Gilchrist and Rivers, £1,847,579
GLANCE: GLAnceable Nuances for Contextual Events (2016-2020). EPSRC Awarded to Mayol-Cuevas, Gilchrist, Damen and Ludwig; £807,000
Vision for the Future (2015-2020) EPSRC Platform Grant, Awarded to Bull, Burn, Canagararjah, Cuthill, Gilchrist, Ludwig and Roberts, £1,363,000
Making decisions in an unstable world (2011-2016). EPSRC, Awarded to Gilchrist, Baddeley, Bogacz, Farrell, Leslie, Ludwig & McNamara; £1,646,000
Sensor Platform for HEalthcare in a Residential Environment [SPHERE] (2013-2017). EPSRC, Awarded to Craddock, Tavare, Flach, Coyle, Campbell, Mirmehid, Munafo, Gilchrist and other; £11,683,000
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
8104 WP1.3 Pathfinder 3 MyWorld
Principal Investigator
Description
This project is funded within MyWorld, which is a five-year programme funded by the UKRI Strength in Places fund. The £46m programme brings together 30 partners from Bristol and…Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
01/04/2021 to 31/03/2026
Machine learning for intensive care decision support
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Developing bespoke clinical decision support software for intensive care discharge using machine learning.Managing organisational unit
Department of Engineering MathematicsDates
01/10/2018 to 31/12/2019
GLANCE: GLAnceable Nuances for Contextual Events
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
This project will develop and validate exciting novel ways in which people can interact with the world via cognitive wearables -intelligent on-body computing systems that aim to understand the user,…Managing organisational unit
Department of Computer ScienceDates
01/04/2016 to 01/04/2020
SPHERE (EPSRC IRC)
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
This project aims to develop a platform of sensors to be deployed in people's homes to monitor the health and wellbeingManaging organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/10/2013 to 31/03/2019
SPHERE (EPSRC IRC)
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
SPHERE : An EPSRC Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (IRC).
This project aims to develop a platform of sensors to be deployed in people's homes to monitor the health and wellbeing
SPHERE is…Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/10/2013 to 30/09/2018
Thesis supervisions
The effect of probability and reward on saccadic and manual responses
Supervisors
Investigating visuomotor control and adaptation in response to constant and varying visual feedback delays
Supervisors
Investigating the Underlying Mechanisms of the Motion Silencing Effect
Supervisors
Parvocellular and magnocellular responses in peripheral vision
Supervisors
Developing continuous measures of audience immersion
Supervisors
Investigating the Role of Context in the Perception of Basic vs. Social Emotions
Supervisors
Neural Network Activity during Visuomotor Adaptation
Supervisors
A preclinical and clinical investigation into quantitative magnetic resonance imaging as a tool for estimating onset time in hyperacute ischaemic stroke
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
06/01/2025Trace
Behavior Research Methods
Attention moderates the Motion Silencing Effect for dynamic orientation changes in a discrimination task
Journal of Vision
Author Correction
Behavior Research Methods
FROM STORY TO HEARTBEATS: PHYSIOLOGICAL SYNCHRONY IN THEATRE AUDIENCES
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
Interruption in visual search: a systematic review
Frontiers in Psychology
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