My research uses neurophysiological and computational approaches to understand how brain state, uncertainty, and learning shape perception, cognition, and recovery across the lifespan. I primarily employ electroencephalography (EEG), psychophysics, computational modelling, brain–computer interfaces (BCIs), and non-invasive brain stimulation to address questions spanning basic, population, and translational neuroscience.

Current areas of focus include:

• The effect of anxiety and affective state on perceptual decision making, examined through predictive processing frameworks, psychophysics, drift-diffusion modelling, and EEG.

• Sleep, white-matter connectivity, and healthy cognitive ageing, using large population datasets from the UK and Ireland, alongside emerging sleep-focused intervention approaches.

• Neurorehabilitation following stroke, including the development and evaluation of portable EEG-based BCIs, motor-imagery paradigms, and neurofeedback approaches.

• Brain stimulation and neurofeedback (EEG- and TMS-based) as tools to probe plasticity, learning, and recovery.

I am a Lecturer in Psychology with research spanning perceptual decision-making, sleep and cognitive ageing, and neurorehabilitation. My work sits at the intersection of computational modelling, electrophysiology, and non-invasive brain stimulation, with a particular focus on how brain state, uncertainty, and learning shape behaviour and recovery across the lifespan.

I currently supervise doctoral research across three interconnected themes:
(1) the influence of anxiety on perceptual decision-making within predictive processing frameworks;
(2) the relationship between sleep, white-matter connectivity, and healthy cognitive ageing using large population datasets from the UK and Ireland; and
(3) the development and evaluation of EEG-based brain–computer interfaces and neurofeedback approaches for stroke rehabilitation. Collectively, these projects reflect a programme-level interest in linking computational accounts of brain function with translational and clinically relevant outcomes.

My research is supported by external funding, including a current award from Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke focused on portable EEG-based BCIs for movement rehabilitation following stroke. I work closely with collaborators across psychology, neuroscience, and clinical research, and contribute methodological expertise in EEG, modelling, and experimental design to interdisciplinary projects, including those centred on sleep and ageing.

I completed my doctoral training in brain stimulation and motor systems plasticity at Trinity College Dublin and subsequently held a postdoctoral position there on a European Research Council–funded project examining the neural correlates of perceptual decision-making. Prior to returning to academia, I worked in senior analytical roles within government, leading high-impact research programmes with direct policy relevance. This experience continues to shape my approach to research leadership, reproducibility, and translational impact.

PSY1013 Introduction to Psychology (Perception)

PSY2067 Group Project / Personal Tutor

PSY3114 Thesis Supervison

PSY3139 Neuropsychology

PSYC405 Behavioural Neuroscience Methods Dublin City University (guest lecturer)