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Who’s Using It?
We’re rapidly building up an impressive list of clients from around the world. Individual researchers to full-blown MRI labs are finding that the toolkit can help them improve the quality of their work. To give you a flavor a sample
of our clients are listed below.
What’s more the companies who develop many of the tools you use everyday are also discovering the benefits. If
the people who develop them are worried about timing issues then so should you! Remember millisecond precision doesn’t mean millisecond accuracy. Many factors can and do come into play to prevent perfect timing.
These range from hardware differences, operating system configuration to less than ideal scripting practices or
plain human error. The only way to know for sure is to check your own paradigm on your own equipment using the Black Box Toolkit. One day it could save your reputation as a leader in the field.
Cognitive Psychology
- University of California, San Diego, Psychology Department (USA)
Nestled along the Pacific Ocean on 1,200 acres of coastal woodland, UCSD is a powerful magnet for those seeking a fresh, next
-generation approach to education and research. Since its founding four decades ago, UCSD -- one of the ten campuses in the world
-renowned University of California system -- has rapidly achieved the status as one of the top institutions in the nation for higher
education and research. UCSD’s annual revenues are $1.8 billion. (25% of this total is from the federal government for research; 18% is from the State of California for education). More >>>
- University of West England, Faculty of Applied Science (UK)
The Faculty identifies as its focus the furtherance and application of the sciences. Emphasis is on promoting learning in support of employment and personal development and on strategic and applied research. This focus is distinctive in the sector. More >>>
- Roehampton University, School of Human and Life sciences - Centre for Research in Cognition, Emotion and Interaction (CRICEI) (UK)
The centre brings together research groups within the School, allowing interdisciplinary collaboration - intersecting cognition, emotion and
social interaction. Research spanning conversation analysis, cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience aim to promote a synergy
that will foster collaborations and a variety of research outputs. The centre takes on a pure or theoretical perspective rather than a directly
applied approach. However, some of the source data and issues that we will deal with, come from clinical or sub-clinical arenas. More
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- University of Leicester, Department of Psychology (UK)
The School is located in the Henry Wellcome Building and adjoining Maurice Shock Medical Sciences Building, with additional accommodation off campus for the professional training courses. The Henry Wellcome building contains several dedicated auditory and
visual perception laboratories, an eye-tracking laboratory, and a music laboratory. The facilities in the adjacent Maurice Shock building
include several experimental laboratories, a dedicated visual perception laboratory, a medium-sized computer laboratory (containing 20
PCs), two larger computer laboratories (each containing 30 PCs). PCs in the experimental and computer laboratories are equipped with
E-Prime software and response boxes. Secure animal laboratories are also located in the Maurice Shock Building. The research
interests of members of the School are unusually diverse, partly for historical reasons, partly because of the size of the School, and
partly because of the existence of the three semi-autonomous applied psychology sections within the School. Research activity is
currently grouped into the following four clusters, listed in alphabetic order: Applied Social Psychology, Behavioural Neuroscience and
Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, and Forensic and Organisational Psychology. More >>>
- Georg-Elias Müller Institut für Psychologie, Universität Göttingen (Germany)
The Differentielle und Diagnostische Psychologie department research interests include - Cognitive Neuroscience; Computer-assisted testing; Experimental and biological personality research; Data processing in the work memory; Intelligence research; Latent inhibition;
Negative Priming; Pharmakopsychologie; Processing of time information; Time perception and work memory (DFG project) & Sensomotori data processing. More >>>
- University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, School of Health & Social Sciences (UK)
The School houses the Wales Applied Health Research Unit, which utilises the inter-professional expertise of all the disciplines in the School to promote high quality research relevant to health and social care. Research activities encompass - Assessment in clinical
training; Biological basis of cognition; Complementary therapy; Computer animation of cognition; Exercise psychology; Evidence based
practice; Family dynamics and health; Health needs assessment; Health related behaviours; Language acquisition; Patient priorities in
health care; Psychosocial issues in inherited risk; Undergraduate expectations and performance; Working with disabilities. More >>>
- University of Virginia, Department of Psychology (USA)
The Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia is consistently rated among the best in the nation. This level of achievement is a direct result of their commitment to excellence in research and in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. More >>>
- University of Stirling, Psychology Department (UK)
The Department is innovative, dynamic and vibrant, offering varied and diverse teaching opportunities throughout the curriculum. In addition, we have an internationally recognised reputation for excellence in research, achieving a rating of 5A in the most recent
Research Assessment Exercise.
Research falls into three broad categories (albeit with numerous interactions and collaborations between members of the different groups)
, each of which is associated with a core area of psychological research. (1) Cognition, Perception and Neuroscience: Face perception
and social cognition; Vision; Learning, memory and language; Cognitive and computational neuroscience; Neuropsychology and
neuroimaging. (2) Comparative and Developmental Psychology: Including primatology and evolutionary psychology. (3) Health, Clinical
and Social/Community Psychology: Including social representation and communication. More >>>
- Liverpool John Moores University, School of Psychology (UK)
LJMU’s is renowned for its innovative approach to teaching and research. Our academics are not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom or approach topics in fresh and imaginative ways. This innovative approach and passion for scientific advancement means that our
students are constantly working at the cutting edge of their discipline. More >>>
- University of Haifa, Institute of Information Processing and Decision Making (IIPDM), Mount Carmel (Israel)
Today the IIPDM serves as the common research facility of eight senior researchers, all members of the University’s Psychology Department, and a large group of graduate students. They all share its facilities in tackling quite diverse research topics, some of these
on theoretical problems and some on applied problems. The theoretically oriented research projects cover a wide array of topics in the
area of human cognition. Among these are questions dealing with how the human perceptual system works: How is the patchwork of
colors impinging our retinas interpreted by our perceptual system? How does the functioning of the brain contribute to this process
(neuropsychology)? Others projects focus on human memory: How does memory change over the entire span of our life? What
determines the faithfulness of eye-witness testimony? How can people regulate the accuracy of their memory reports? Yet other projects
deal with human attention: How do we utilize our attentional capacities when we search for targets in complex arrays? Finally, other
projects deal with human decision making capacities: How do we make decisions under conditions of uncertainty and ambiguity? How
does one’s perception of the public good influence our decisions? This is only a small sampling of the types of theoretical issues covered; at any given time there are about 40 ongoing research projects. More >>>
- The University of Reading, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, (UK)
The School is based in modern purpose designed buildings with specialist laboratory facilities and advanced equipment for the study of human behaviour, child development, healthy ageing and the Speech and Language Therapy clinic. This has recently been expanded by
the construction of a new research centre in Brain, Behaviour and Health providing extensive laboratory facilities for research projects in
social and developmental psychology, infant vision, infant ERP/EEG, developmental psychopathology, social cognition, physiology,
human psychopharmacology, visual and auditory perception, motor skills, virtual reality displays, human performance, cognition and
ageing, and human learning and memory. The Department of Psychology is one of the premier Psychology Departments in the UK. More >>>
- University of Saskatchewan, Department of Psychology (Saskatoon, Canada)
Celebrating its 17th year in 2007, the Reasoning, Memory and Mathematical Cognition Lab has seen many Undergraduate, Honours, Master's and Doctoral students pass through its doors. Lab Alumni have gone on to pursue employment or further training as (among
other things) speech therapists, clinical psychologists, experimental psychologists, social workers, and research assistants. More >>>
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich (Germany)
Our research statistics speak for themselves: LMU Munich is part of 26 Collaborative Research Centers funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is host university of 14 of them. It also hosts 9 DFG Research Training Groups and four international doctorate
programs as part of the Elite Network of Bavaria. It attracts an additional 120 million euros per year in outside funding and is intensively
involved in national and international funding initiatives. All this demonstrates why LMU Munich regularly gets top marks in national and international rankings. More >>>
- University of Oslo, Department of Psychology (Norway)
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest and oldest institution of higher education. It was founded in 1811 when Norway was still under
Danish rule. Today the University of Oslo has approx. 30,000 students and 4,600 employees. Four Nobel Prize winners indicates the quality of the research at the University. More >>>
- San Diego State University, San Diego, California (USA)
The Department of Psychology is a part of the College of Sciences, of San Diego State University, and of the California State University
System. The Department is divided into six program areas (Applied, Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical, Developmental, Learning & Cognition, and Personality & Social). More >>>
- National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (UK)
Established in 1971, Psychology at NUI Galway is at an exciting phase of development, having grown rapidly during recent years. In
2000, Psychology had 6 full-time academic staff and 3 support staff, but today there are 20 full-time teaching staff, a substantial number
of part-time teaching staff, and 5 support staff. Growth in staff numbers has been accompanied by commensurate growth in student
numbers, and an increase in the range and number of academic programmes on offer. Economies of scale created by growth have
contributed to enhanced productivity, especially in research, including the awarding of research funds nationally and internationally.
Psychology is committed to achieving the highest standards of academic excellence, as measured by internationally accepted criteria, including peer-reviewed publication of original works. More >>>
Experiment Generator Vendors
- Psychology Software Tools, Pittsburgh (USA)
Developers and vendors of E-Prime, PsychMate and BrainLogics range of products. More >>>
- Millisecond Software, Seattle (USA)
With Inquisit rapidly create and administer high-precision psychological measures: Inquisit is the tool of choice for behavioral scientists throughout the world for creating custom questionnaires, reaction time tasks, signal detection tests, attitude measures, and experiments
in cognition and perception. More >>>
- 4-D Neuroimaging, San Diego, CA (USA)
4-D Neuroimaging, formerly known as Biomagnetic Technologies, Inc., installed the first MEG systems for human study at UCLA and the
National Institutes of Health in the mid 80s. Since then, 4-D has installed over 50 MEG systems throughout the world. In addition to on
-site training during system installation, 4-D provides in-depth training for researchers, technologists and clinicians at selected customer
sites around the world. There are currently over 30 large-scale 4-D MEG systems in operation worldwide. 4-D Neuroimaging provides a
comprehensive program of site planning and complete installation service for all 4-D systems. 4-D engineers work with hospital and
university architects and planners, from the beginning, to insure that the site is optimally configured for MEG studies. More >>>
- PsyScopeX Project (Italy, Worldwide)
PsyScope is a program to design and run psychological experiments, used by many experimental labs It runs on Apple Macintosh computers. More >>>
- ioLab Systems (UK)
ioLab Systems specialize in USB input devices deigned for researchers requiring high accuracy response time measurement. More >>>
- Perception Research Systems Incorporated, New York (USA)
Vendors of the Experiment Generator "Paradigm". Paradigm's unique Event Sequence interface enables you to easily build your experiment by simply adding stimulus events from the toolbox. The event sequence allows you to add, move, and remove events. You can copy and paste a single event or an entire block of events anywhere in your experiment. Create complex visual stimuli presentations
using Paradigm's designer surface. The designer surface supports text, images, videos, self-paced reading and rating scales. Paradigm's
built-in mouse click detection allows subjects to click on any visual stimulus as a response. Millisecond Accurate: Paradigm has
undergone rigorous testing to ensure millisecond accurate stimulus presentation and response time measurement. All of our timing tests
are done with the Black Box Toolkit to ensure objective and reproducible measurements. More >>>
- NTT SYSTEMS INC (Canada)
At NTT Systems Inc. we have been busy providing programming services and creating custom software solutions for our clients in the Greater Toronto Area since 1979. More >>>
Eye-tracking Vendors
- SR Research (Ontario Canada, Japan, Taiwan, China & Korea)
Developers of renowned EyeLink II eye tracking system. The SR Research EyeLink®II eye tracker provides the unique combination of operator ease of use while maintaining superior data quality. More >>>
Human Factors
- U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Military Nutrition Division (USA)
The U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) is a subordinate laboratory of the U.S. Army Medical Research
and Materiel Command. The Institute's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to determine how exposure to extreme heat,
severe cold, high terrestrial altitude, occupational tasks, physical training, deployment operations, and nutritional factors affect the health and performance of military personnel. More >>>
- Veridical Research & Design (USA)
A human factors consulting firm specializing in basic and applied research in visual perception and cognition, human-computer interaction design, and usability engineering services. More >>>
- California State University, Long Beach (USA)
The Center for Usability in Design and Assessment (CUDA) is an official usability research and testing center on the campus of California
State University, Long Beach. Their purpose is to help evaluate the usability of technology tools and products. More >>>
- Institut für Testentwicklung und -anwendung, Berlin (Germany)
I.T.E.A. produce a range of computer-based cognitive function tests that are used within the field of traffic psychology and cognate areas. Their Corporal test system for example is used to assess the cognitive fitness of road users who have been banned from driving due to
intoxication. This is typically taken prior to them being allowed to take to the road again.
The Black Box ToolKit Ltd have acted as consultants for I.T.E.A. in order to produce a timing certification report which details the
accuracy of the Corporal hardware and software on a range of platforms. This also takes into account whether the variation discovered would be sufficient to negatively affect clinical judgments. More >>>
Space Research
- Space Applications Services N.V./S.A. (Belgium)
Space Applications Services is an independent company founded in 1987 whose aim is to be a leading provider of system and operations
engineering as well as software engineering expertise in the field of space and aerospace and to apply these capabilities to industrial
applications and to the development of innovative products. We have also established a subsidiary company in Houston United States of
America which focusses on Human Centred System Engineering and related products. Our main business covers manned and
unmanned spacecraft and launcher/re-entry vehicles programmes, air traffic management and robotics. More >>>
Language & Perception
- McGill University - Cognition, Language, and Perception Labs (Quebec, Canada)
The Department has state-of-the-art facilities for research in the cognitive area, including a network of SUN laboratory workstations, an
audition laboratory equipped for sophisticated auditory signal processing, a laboratory for the real-time analysis of motor performance, a
laboratory studying causality and covariance judgments, and a psycholinguistics laboratory for the study of speech and reading. Every
laboratory is equipped with numerous microcomputers and relevant peripherals. Researchers also have access to subject populations for
studies of normal and atypical development and for neuropsychological studies of impaired performance. More >>>
- University of Lisbon, College of Psychology (Portugal)
The departments research interests include - Physiological bases of the vision; The traditional boardings in the study of the visual perception; The ecological boarding of J.J.Gibson; The cognitiva boarding; The perception of the space and the movement; The
coordination of the space information; Visual memory; Visual attention and mental images; Recognition of objectos and configurations;
Questions of percipient development; Art, cognition and reality & The invisuais. More >>>
- The City University of New York, Speech and Hearing Sciences (USA)
The Ph.D. Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences is a unique consortium of faculty and resources from the senior colleges and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Since its inception in 1965, it has achieved a reputation for excellence in doctoral
education and has graduated many individuals who have assumed positions of leadership in a variety of settings and who have
contributed significantly to the advancement of knowledge in the processes and disorders of human communication. The center includes
a Developmental Neurolinguistics Lab; Developmental Language Lab; Digital Sensory Aids Lab; Hearing Science Lab and a Speech Acoustics and Perception Lab. More >>>
- University of New Brunswick, Department of Psychology (Canada)
The Department of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick-Fredericton is one of Canada's oldest universities. Research at both
the undergraduate and graduate levels takes place in our well-equipped laboratories in Keirstead Hall and in the community. Areas of
research range widely and include human sexuality, depression, feminist perspectives, autism, women's studies, problem gambling,
gender and laterality, pain assessment and management, infant and adolescent development, and cognitive neuroscience. At the
graduate level, our department has two doctoral programs: a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology and a Ph.D in Experimental and Applied Psychology. More >>>
- University of Sussex, Department of Psychology (UK)
The Department is engaged in high quality research across a broad range of the discipline and provides an excellent research
environment for staff and for research students. We were mostly graded 5 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. Our laboratories
were extensively refurbished in 2004, financed mostly by SRIF 2, and we have excellent lab facilities in cognition, developmental
psychology, feeding and drinking, human psychophysiology (EEG, GSR, TMS, Eyetracking), psychoacoustics, psychopharmacology,
social psychology, and vision. The Department is organised into five research groups which hold regular seminars and serve as a focus for faculty and research students. More>>>
- Psykologiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet (Sweden)
Division of Perception and Psychophysics: The Division's research is experimentally oriented with a main emphasis on problems in various sense modalities including the perception of sound, exertion, color, form, motion, odor, taste, time, somatosensations, and pain.
The central theme is to seek lawful relationships between perceptual events, psychophysical reactions, and physical descriptors. The
basic research is closely integrated with clinical, environmental, ergonomic, and sports applications. A main methodological theme is
psychophysical scaling. Current approaches concern interindividual and intermodal similarities and differences. Psychophysiological
experiments on the perception of effort and exertion are conducted for different kinds of heavy physical work. Mental work and perceived
difficulty of mental load are also investigated. Subjective symptoms and complaints are studied in healthy people, in different groups of
patients, e.g. patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, sensory deficits, and musculoskeletal disorders. More >>>
- University of Barcelona, GRNC Grup de Recerca Neurociencia cognitiva (Barcelona, Spain)
The GRNC is a research group within the Department of Psicologia Bàsica at the University of Barcelona (Spain). Current work focuses on speech perception and production processes with special emphasis in bilingual population. More specifically we are interested in the
study of the general bases of language processing and the effects of native-language exposure on the development of language-specific
processing capacities. The comparative analysis of monolingual and bilingual subjects (Spanish/Catalan) enables to further investigate
the special characteristics of language processing in simultaneous bilinguals and also in subjects with different delays in second
language exposure acquisition. Research in our laboratory extends from infants to adults with methodologies that are based on behavioral as well as physiological responses. More >>>
- Brock University, Applied Linguistics (Ontario, Canada)
Through teaching, scholarship and research, the Department of Applied Linguistics strives to advance the understanding of human
identity, lifespan development and life participation, as reflected in language patterns, first and subsequent language learning and language use. More >>>
Medicine & Pharmacology
- University of Groningen, Faculty of Medical Sciences (The Netherlands)
The faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Groningen is the second oldest medical faculty in The Netherlands. Like the
university, it was established in 1614. Ever since the foundation of the Groningen University Hospital in 1797, hospital and faculty have
been cooperating closely. The Faculty of Medical Sciences has two tasks: providing medical scientific education and carrying out medical scientific research. More >>>
- INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, Paris (France)
We investigate high-level human cognitive functions such as language, mathematics, attention..., combining experimental psychology, neuropsychology and neuroimagery approaches. Directed by Stanislas Dehaene, the research unit is located at the Neurospin Center in
the CEA campus of Saclay and at the Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital in Paris. More >>>
State of the art MRI, MEG & EEG labs
- 4-D Neuroimaging, San Diego, CA (USA)
4-D Neuroimaging, formerly known as Biomagnetic Technologies, Inc., installed the first MEG systems for human study at UCLA and the
National Institutes of Health in the mid 80s. Since then, 4-D has installed over 50 MEG systems throughout the world. In addition to on
-site training during system installation, 4-D provides in-depth training for researchers, technologists and clinicians at selected customer
sites around the world. There are currently over 30 large-scale 4-D MEG systems in operation worldwide. 4-D Neuroimaging provides a
comprehensive program of site planning and complete installation service for all 4-D systems. 4-D engineers work with hospital and
university architects and planners, from the beginning, to insure that the site is optimally configured for MEG studies. More >>>
- University of Cambridge, Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute (UK)
The Behavioural and Clinical Neurosciences Institute (BCNI) links clinical research at the level of functional neural systems to basic work
on the brain with a common theme of different neuroimaging modalities and neuropsychopharmacology. The imaging modalities
employed will include functional neuroimaging (PET & fMRI), single unit recording, in vivo neurochemistry, telemetry, and, eventually,
gene expression. The Institute would integrate and co-ordinate basic work carried out in the School of Biological Sciences, with research
in the programmes of the MRC Unit for Cognition and Brain Sciences, as well as the Clinical School (Depts. of Psychiatry, the Wolfson
Brain Imaging Centre and the Centre for Brain Repair). The main objectives are to identify neural systems with defined cognitive or
behavioural functions that underlie different forms of cognitive dysfunction and psychopathology. This would enable more accurate
definitions of phenotype, hence refining diagnosis and potentially motivating novel therapeutic strategies and their assessment. More>>>
- The University of York, York Neuroimaging Centre (UK)
The York Neuroimaging Centre provides scientists and clinicians with access to state-of-the-art noninvasive imaging technology. Facilities include: MEG (248 channel magnetometer based whole head magnetoencephalography), MRI (3 Tesla magnetic resonance
imaging), EEG (96 channel high density electroencephalography), Subject interface (the latest visual, auditory, somatosensory, olfactory
and motor equipment) & High Performance Computing (Apple G5 based cluster for data analysis and neurocomputation simulations). More >>>
- Universiteit Maastricht (The Netherlands)
Psychological research at the Universiteit Maastricht is characterized by a focus on cognitive and biological psychology, by an emphasis
on experimental research, and by an integration of fundamental and applied research. Part of the research projects are in collaboration
with the faculties of medicine and health sciences. Research programs participate in national research schools, such as Experimental
Psychopathology (EPP-UM), Experimental Psychology (EPOS-UvA), Extramural Health Care (CaRe-UM), European Graduate School of
Neuroscience (EURON) and in national institutes, such as the F.C. Donders Institute for Cognitive Neuroimaging (KUN). More >>>
- International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste (Italy)
Cognitive Neuroscience is one of the research sectors of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy. The sector is comprised of the following laboratories: Cognitive Neuropsychology and Brain Imaging; Language, Cognition and Development Lab;
Developmental Neurobiology; Tactile Perception and Learning Lab; LIMBO - Liminar Investigations in Memory and Brain Organization and the Behavior and Neural Development Lab. More >>>
- Rochester Center for Brain Imaging, New York (USA)
The Rochester Center for Brain Imaging (RCBI) provides researchers at the University of Rochester, as well as neighboring institutions, with access to a state-of-the-art 3T magnet for research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Although the primary use of the
Center is to gather functional MRI data from the normal adult brain as participants perform a variety of tasks, it is capable of providing structural images of many anatomical structures. More >>>
- Brain & Cognitive Sciences at Rochester, New York (USA)
Members of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences study how we see and hear, move, learn and remember, reason, produce
and understand spoken and signed languages, and how these remarkable capabilities depend upon the workings of the brain. We also
study how these capabilities develop during infancy and childhood, and how the brain matures and becomes organized to perform
complex behavior. Our Department provides a focus for studying cognition, complex behavior, and brain function. But we also recognize
this pursuit as an interdisciplinary endeavor, and the Department and its members have strong ties to associated programs in other
academic departments and centers, notably Computer Science, Linguistics, Visual Science, and several neuroscience departments in the Medical Center. More >>>
- Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University (UK)
Understanding the brain is perhaps the greatest scientific challenge of the 21st century. The Institute of Neuroscience aims to advance this goal by fostering novel and integrative neuroscience research, collaboration and training at the University of Newcastle. Drawn
together by the Institute, researchers in clinical and theoretical medicine; in biology and psychology, computer engineering and
nanoscale technology; and in the humanities and social sciences form 'critical mass' that constitutes one of the largest groupings of brain scientists in Europe. More >>>
- Department of Psychology at APU in Cambridge (UK)
The EEG lab is a recently built unit in the department. EEG enables the measuring of electrical brain activity occuring during all kinds of
cognitive processes such as language, face perception, learning etc. The main focus of research done with EEG is exploring the human
brain mechanisms responsible for language functions and learning as well as the involvement of the right and left cerebral hemisphere in
various cognitive and perceptual tasks. Our experiments mainly use ERP (event-related potential) techniques and include both visual and
auditory ERP recordings as well as behavioural tests. We employ a 64-channel EEG setup and all recordings are performed in an acoustically and electrically shielded chamber. More >>>
- Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
The Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science (MACCS) was established on January 1 2000 with funding from the Australian Research Council with funding for up to nine years under the Council's Special Research Centre scheme. Their remit is to carry out research and
research training in cognitive science with particular emphasis on three general domains of cognition: Language; Belief Formation &
Visual Cognition. A major thrust of the MACCS research programme is to carry out studies of people with acquired or developmental
disorders of one or other of these domains as a way of learning more about the normal processes of cognition. The labs include the
Southern Hemisphere's first neuroimaging laboratory using magnetoencephalography (MEG). The MEG laboratory includes two MEG
systems, including the world's first system specifically designed for research with young children. In addition, existing MACCS facilities
include an Eye-tracking laboratory, an ERP laboratory, and a newly outfitted language acquisition laboratory. More >>>
- University of Glasgow, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (UK)
The current creation of a Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi) within the Department of Psychology is a strategic priority of the
University of Glasgow. This Centre is an interdisciplinary effort to understand the complex relationship between brain, cognition and
behaviour at multiple levels of analysis. The Centre will bring together researchers with an interest in cognitive neuroscience, functional
neuroimaging, neuropsychology and computational modelling. An integrated programme of research will benefit from a platform of
complementary, state-of-the-art brain imaging facilities entirely devoted to research in Cognitive Neuroscience. CCNi will be equipped with
a 3T fMRI scanner, a MEG system, a TMS system, and several EEG systems – including fMRI compatible recording systems. More >>>
Vision & Visual Attention
- Simon Fraser University, Department of Psychology (British Columbia, Canada)
In less than 40 years SFU has gained an international reputation for its strengths in the liberal arts and sciences, as well as for its
innovative interdisciplinary and professional programs. It has been rated as Canada's best comprehensive university five times (1993, '96,
'97, '98, and '00) in the annual rankings of Maclean's magazine and has consistently placed at, or near, the top of the publication's national evaluations. More >>>
- The University of Birmingham, School of Psychology (UK)
The School of Psychology has become one of the largest and most active psychology departments in Britain, with an excellent reputation for teaching and research. We gained 23 out of 24 in the QAA Quality Assessment Review of teaching and a grade of 5* in the
2001 Research Assessment Exercise. Over £6 million of research grants and contracts are currently held. The vision sub-group
investigates the brain processes involved in recognizing, naming (objects and words), and attending to faces and everyday objects. Their
work lies at the interface between perception, memory and knowledge, using methods from experimental psychology and cognitive
neuroscience (brain imaging, computational modelling, neuropsychology, trans-cranial magnetic stimulation). More >>>
Biomedical Engineering
- University of Iowa, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Iowa City (USA)
Biomedical Engineering as a discipline has developed rapidly over the past four decades and finds applications in all aspects of human
health care. Biomedical engineers apply engineering science and technology to problems arising in biology and medicine. Examples of
such problems include instrumentation and device design, the design of computerized medical imaging algorithms and equipment,
artificial heart valve analysis and design, the analysis of spinal biomechanics, biomaterials development and tissue engineering
applications to implants design, and quantitative modeling and simulation of physiological systems. More >>>
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