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Dr Sam Schwarzkopf
B03
26 Bedford Way
Camden
London
Tel: 0207679 5348
Appointment
- Honorary Senior Research Associate
- Div of Psychology & Lang Sciences
- Faculty of Brain Sciences
Biography
I did my undergraduate studies (BSc Neuroscience) at Cardiff University
(not Exeter as IRIS likes to believe...) and subsequently decided to stay there also to do my PhD in the lab of Frank Sengpiel.
Subsequently, I did a brief postdoc project at the University of
Birmingham, where I moved into human neuroimaging and cognitive
neuroscience. In 2008 I moved to University College London to join the
lab of Geraint Rees at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging (the “FIL”) and the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
(ICN) as postdoctoral research fellow. In 2012, I was awarded generous
funding in the form of an ERC Starting Grant to support my research. I
moved to the department of Cognitive Perceptual & Brain Sciences (CPB) and the Birkbeck-UCL Centre for Neuroimaging (BUCNI)
to set up an independent lab there.
Research Summary
My current research revolves around the study of individual differences
in brain architecture and perceptual function. I am also interested in
the question what kind of information processing in the brain depends on
whether this information reaches conscious awareness. In the longer
term, I hope to make a contribution to our understanding of qualia and
what in the brain makes us who we are. My work mainly employs functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and behavioural, psychophysical
measurements. However, I have also been known to use
magnetoencephalography (MEG) and transcranial magnetic stimulation
(TMS), and other neurophysiological techniques. The methods are merely
the tools; what matters most are the biological questions motivating our
research. Therefore the choice of methodology is driven first and
foremost by whatever technique is best suited to address the particular
question we are addressing at the time.