Speciality areas - Developmental psychology

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Highest qualification and awarding body - PhD in Psychology, University of Reading, 2008

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Research interests - Reading and dyslexia, reading across languages, reading using technology

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Current projects - 

 1. How do reading and listening to stories facilitate vocabulary acquisition? (with Dr Carmel Houston-Price, Dr Jessie              Ricketts and Alessandra Valentini – PhD candidate)

 2. Word learning in a multilingual context (with Dr Carmel Houston-Price, Prof Theo Marinis and Eleanor Luckcock – PhD         candidate)

 3. The transposed letter effect in regular and irregular words. (with Clare Lally – MSc student)
     Reading comprehension and vocabulary learning when reading on iPads (with Dr Kirsty Ross and Dr Jordan Randell)

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Recent publications - 

 1. Pye, R. E. and Simpson, L. K. (2017) Family functioning differences across the deployment cycle in British Army families:      the perceptions of wives and children. Military Medicine. ISSN 1930-613X (In Press) 

 2. Ross, K. M., Pye, R. E. and Randell, J. (2016) Reading touch screen storybooks with mothers negatively affects seven-           year-old readers’ comprehension but enriches emotional engagement. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. 1728. ISSN 1664-            1078 doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01728

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Speciality areas - Perception

                           - Developmental Psychology
                           - Experimental Psychology

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Highest qualification and awarding body - PhD in Psychology, University of Nottingham, 2016

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Research interests - Face perception, specifically on attractiveness and apparent health.
                                - Social perception. 
                                - Language and cognition, specifically on private speech and creativity.

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Current projects - 

 1. Influence of carotenoids on facial attractiveness and apparent health.
     Collaborators: Dr. Ian Stephen (Macquarie University) & Dr. Brigitte Graf (Manchester Metropolitan University)

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  2. Colour perception among individuals with colour deficiencies.
      Collaborators: Dr. Hannah Rowland (University of Cambridge), Dr. Robert Burris (Basel University) & Dr. Ian Stephen             (Macquarie University)

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 3. Augmented Reality in Psychology and Gamification 
     Collaborators: Dr. Ooi Pei Boon (Sunway University) & Dr. Teh Phoey Lee (Sunway University)

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Recent publications - 

 1. Tan KW, & Stephen ID. (2018). Skin texture and colour predict perceived health in Asian faces. Evolution and Human            Behavior. 39(3): 320-335

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 2. Stephen ID, Salter DLH, Tan KW, Tan CBY & Stevenson RJ. (2018) Sexual Dimorphism and Attractiveness in Asian and          Caucasian Faces. Visual Cognition. DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2018.1475437 (IF 2014: 2.16)

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 3. Tan, KW, Graf, BA, Mitra, SM, & Stephen ID. (2015). Daily Consumption of a Fruit and Vegetable Smoothie Alters Facial      Skin Color. PlosOne. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133445

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 4. Stephen, ID. & Tan, KW. (2015). Healthy body, healthy face? Evolutionary approaches to health perception. In: E.                  Sheppard & S. Haque (2015) Studies in contemporary psychology: A collection of critical essays. Bern, Switzerland:              Peter Lang Publishing.

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 5. Tan, KW & Stephen, ID (2013). Colour detection thresholds in faces and colour patches. Perception, 42: 733 – 741.

Speciality areas - Cognitive neuroscience
                           - Experimental psychology
                           - Neuropsychology

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Highest qualification and awarding body - PhD in Neuroscience; Karolinska Institute, Stockholm

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Research interests - Neural and cognitive mechanisms of the experience of the body
                                - Body representation and its implications in neurological and psychiatric disorders
                                - Motor control/cognition
                                - Multisensory perception
                                - Embodied cognition

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Current projects - 

 1. Investigating visuotactile processing in active and passive movements: a EEG study. Collaboration with Dr Adrian                Willoughby, Dr Treshi Perera, Dr Davide Mussi (all UoRM, Malaysia), Prof Slawomir Nasuto (UoR, UK)

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 2. The role of the own body in experiences of virtual reality scenarios. Collaboration with Zi Siang See (Sunway University,      Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and Prof. Denise Dillon (James Cook University, Singapore)

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 3. Rubber hands in space - perceptual factors in the rubber hand illusion revisited. Collaboration with Dr Treshi Perera            (UoRM, Malaysia)

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 4. The neural correlates of the moving rubber hand illusion. Collaboration with Ass. Prof. Noriaki Kanayama (AIST, Tokyo,        Japan) and Ryosuke Hiramoto (Hiroshima University, Japan)

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Recent publications - 

 1. Commentary: Switching to the rubber hand by Yeh et al., 2017. Kalckert, A. Frontiers in Psychology

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 2. The onset time of the ownership sensation in the moving rubber hand illusion Kalckert, A. and Ehrsson, H.H.; Frontiers       in Psychology. 8:344 (2017)

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 3.  Commentary: Embodying Others in Immersive Virtual Reality: Electro-Cortical Signatures of Monitoring the Errors in            the Actions of an Avatar Seen from a First-Person Perspective Kalckert, A. Frontiers in Psychology. 7:1260. (2016)

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 4. Louzolo, A., Kalckert, A., & Petrovic, P. (2015). When passive feels active - delusion-proneness alters self-recognition in        the moving rubber hand illusion. PLOS ONE, 10(6), e0128549. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128549

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 5. Kalckert, A., & Ehrsson, H. H. (2014). The spatial distance rule in the moving and classical rubber hand illusions.                    Consciousness and Cognition, 30, 118–132. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2014.08.022

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 6. Kalckert, A., & Ehrsson, H. H. (2014). The moving rubber hand illusion revisited: Comparing movements and                          visuotactile stimulation to induce illusory ownership. Consciousness and Cognition, 26, 117–132.                                            doi:10.1016/j.concog.2014.02.003

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 7. Schmalzl, L., Kalckert, A., Ragnö, C., & Ehrsson, H. H. (2013). Neural correlates of the rubber hand illusion in amputees:      A report of two cases. Neurocase, 20(4), 407–420. doi:10.1080/13554794.2013.791861

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 8. Kalckert, A., & Ehrsson, H. H. (2012). Moving a rubber hand that feels like your own: A dissociation of ownership and          agency. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(40), . doi:10.3389/fnhum.2012.00040

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 9. Weiss, P. H., Kalckert, A., & Fink, G. R. (2009). Priming letters by colors: Evidence for the Bidirectionality of Grapheme–        Color Synesthesia. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21(10), 2019–2026. doi:10.1162/jocn.2008.21166

Speciality areas - Personality Psychology
                           - Forensic Psychology
                           - Occupational Psychology

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Highest qualification and awarding body - PhD in Psychology, Edinburgh Napier University

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Research interests - Psychopathology
                                - Aversive personalities
                                - Offending
                                - Forensic interviewing

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Current projects - 

 1. An exploration of the perceptions of hospitality entrepreneurs on talent management practices in the hospitality sector (with Norma D’Annunzio-Green, Edinburgh Napier University Business School)

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Recent publications - 

 1. Chung, K., & Charles, K. (2016). Giving the benefit of the doubt: The role of vulnerability in the perception of Dark Triad       behaviours. Personality and Individual Differences, 101, 208–213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.05.059

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 2. Chung, K. (2013). People who say they know it all: The influence of interviewers’ authority on the suggestibility of over-         claimers. Manchester Metropolitan University Psychology Journal (Dissertations). https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/576649

Speciality areas - Cognitive Psychology
                           - Cognitive Neuroscience
                           - Biological Psychology

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Highest qualification and awarding body - PhD in Cognitive Psychology, University of Michigan

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Research interests - Attention and Memory
                                - EEG and Psychophysiology
                                - Error Detection and Action Monitoring

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Current projects - 

 1. An EEG analysis of multimodal attention

 2.  Visuotactile integration during movement (with Dr Kalckert and Dr Perera)

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Recent publications - 

 1. Goldstone A, Willoughby AR, de Zambotti M, Franzen PL, Kwon D, Pohl KM, Pfefferbaum A, Sullivan EV, Müller-                  Oehring EM, Prouty DE, Hasler BP, Clark DB, Colrain IM, Baker FC. (2017). The mediating role of cortical thickness and        gray matter volume on sleep slow-wave activity during adolescence. Brain Struct Funct.
     doi:10.1007/s00429-017-1509-9.

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 2. Baker FC, Willoughby AR, de Zambotti M, Franzen PL, Prouty D, Javitz H, Hasler B, Clark DB, Colrain IM. (2016). Age-           Related Differences in Sleep Architecture and Electroencephalogram in Adolescents in the National Consortium on           Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence Sample. Sleep, 39(7):1429-39.
      doi:10.5665/sleep.5978.

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 3. de Zambotti M, Willoughby AR, Franzen PL, Clark DB, Baker FC, Colrain IM. (2016).  K-Complexes: Interaction between      the Central and Autonomic Nervous Systems during Sleep. Sleep, 39(5):1129-37.
     doi:10.5665/sleep.5770.

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 4. Baker FC, Willoughby AR, Sassoon SA, Colrain IM, de Zambotti M. (2015).  Insomnia in women approaching                        menopause: Beyond perception. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 60:96-104.
     doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.06.005.

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 5. Willoughby AR, de Zambotti M, Baker FC, Colrain IM. (2015). Partial K-Complex Recovery Following Short-Term                  Abstinence in Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 39(8):1417-24.
     doi:10.1111/acer.12769.

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 6. Cooke A, Gallicchio G, Kavussanu M, Willoughby A, McIntyre D, Ring C. (2015).  Premovement high-alpha power is            modulated by previous movement errors: Indirect evidence to endorse high-alpha power as a marker of resource                allocation during motor programming. Psychophysiology, 52(7):977-81.
     doi:10.1111/psyp.12414.

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 7. Cooke A, Kavussanu M, Gallicchio G, Willoughby A, McIntyre D, Ring C. (2014).  Preparation for action:                                   psychophysiological activity preceding a motor skill as a function of expertise, performance outcome, and                           psychological pressure. Psychophysiology, 51(4):374-84.
      doi:10.1111/psyp.12182.

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 8. Ring C, Kavussanu M, Willoughby AR. (2013). Emotional modulation of pain-related evoked potentials. Biol Psychol,             93(3):373-6.
      doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.04.006.

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 9. Kavussanu M, Willoughby A, Ring C. (2012). Moral identity and emotion in athletes. J Sport Exerc Psychol, 34(6):695-           714.

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 10. Pratt N, Willoughby A, Swick D. (2011). Effects of working memory load on visual selective attention: behavioral and            electrophysiological evidence. Front Hum Neurosci, 5:57.
       doi:10.3389/fnhum.2011.00057

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 11. Gehring WJ, Willoughby AR. (2002). The medial frontal cortex and the rapid processing of monetary gains and losses.        Science, 295(5563):2279-82.

Speciality areas - Clinical Neuropsychology
                           - Advanced Neuroimaging (Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Functional MRI)
                           - Intraoperative Brain Mapping and Functional Localization
                           - Neuropsychological and Neurocognitive Assessments
                           - Cognitive Rehabilitation 
                           - Multisensory Stimulation

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Highest qualification and awarding body - PhD Clinical Neuropsychology (Neurosurgery)

                                                                                   (2016/17, University of Malaya, Malaysia)

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Research interests - Advanced Intraoperative Brain Imaging and Mapping
                                - DTI
                                - fMRI
                                - Evoke Potentials
                                - Traumatic Brain Injury
                                - Neurodegenerative Diseases
                                - Disorders of Consciousness
                                - Microgravity and Neurocognition

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Current projects - 

1. Effect of Cognitive Rehabilitation in Improving Cognitive Symptoms and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Findings in Mild TBI(Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Division of Neurosurgery, University of Malaya, 2015-2017, Collaborators: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vairavan Narayanan, Dr Norhamizan Hamzah, Dr Mazlina Mazlan, Dr Vigneswaran Veeramuthu)

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 2. Variation Of Cognitive Performance Of Fallers Vs. Non-Fallers And Its Correlation With Diffusion Tensor Imaging                   Parameters (Department of Radiology and Department of Geriatric Medicine,University of Malaya, 2015- 2019,                     Collaborators: Prof Dr Norlisah Ramli, Prof Dr Kartini Rahmat, Assoc. Prof M.P. Tan, Dr Faisal, Dr Vigneswaran                       Veeramuthu)

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 3. Resting State fMRI And Morphometric Assessment In Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment (Department of                    Radiology, University of Malaya, 2015-2019, Prof Dr Norlisah Ramli, Prof Dr Kartini Rahmat, Assoc. Prof M.P. Tan, Dr              Affendi Quah, Dr Tan Li Kuo, Dr Vigneswaran Veeramuthu)

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 4. Concommitant Traumatic Axonal Injury in Maxilofacial Trauma: A Correlation with Neuropsychological Performance            and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Paramaters (Department of Oro-Maxillofacial Surgery and Division of Neurosurgery,              University of Malaya, 2015-2018, Assoc. Prof. Dr Vairavan Narayanan, Dr Firdaus Hariri, Dr Sujesh, Dr Vigneswaran                Veeramuthu)

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 5. A Prospective Study of Pure Maxillofacial Trauma and Its Association with Neurobehavioral Alteration (Department of          Oro-Maxillofacial Surgery and Division of Neurosurgery, University of Malaya, 2015-2018, Assoc. Prof. Dr Vairavan                Narayanan, Dr Firdaus Hariri, Dr Sujesh, Dr Vigneswaran Veeramuthu)

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Recent publications - ​

2017

 1. Veeramuthu V, Narayanan V, Ramli N, Waran V, Bond MW, Delano-Wood L, Ganesan D, 2017. Neuropsychological              Outcomes in Patients with Complicated versus Uncomplicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Are They Mutually                      Exclusive? World Neurosurgery, 97, 416-423. Tier 2, IF 2.88 
 

 2. Veeramuthu V, Ahmad Annuar A, Ramli N, Li Kuo T, Hernowo A, Waran V, Bondi M, Delano-Wood L, Ganesan D,                  Narayanan V. Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (Val66Met) Predicts Structural White Matter and Neurocognitive                Alterations in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma, Tier 1, IF 4.377 (Under Review )

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2016

 1. Veeramuthu V, Hariri F, Narayanan V, Tan LK, Ramli N, Ganesan D, 2016. Microstructural Change and Cognitive                    Alteration in Maxillofacial Trauma and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study, J Oral Maxillofac        Surg, Vol 74:6, pages 1197.e1–1197.e10. Tier 1, IF 1.72 
 

 2. Narayanan V, Veeramuthu V, Ahmad Annuar A, Ramli N, Waran V, Chinna K, Bondi MW, Delano-Wood L, Ganesan,              Missense Mutation of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Alters Neurocognitive Performance in Patients with          Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Longitudinal Study. PLOS One, 11(7): e0158838. Tier 1, IF 3.54 (Published July, 2016)
 

2015

 1. Veeramuthu, V., Narayanan V, Tan LK, Delano-Wood L, Chinna K, Bondi WM, Waran V, Ganesan D, Ramli N. 2015.                Diffusion Tensor Imaging Parameters in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and its Correlation with Early Neuropsychological          Impairment: A Longitudinal Study. J Neurotrauma, Vol 32 (19), Tier 1, IF 4.377, (Published October, 2015)
 

2014

 1. Veeramuthu V, Devaraj P, Poovindran AR, Musthapha NA, Wong, KT, Waran VM., Mazlan M, & Ganesan , 2014.                      Cognitive Impairments in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Genetic Polymorphism of Apolipoprotein E: A Preliminary            Study in a Level I Trauma Center. Neurology Asia, Tier 4, IF 0.244 (Published March, 2014) 
 

Speciality areas - Developmental Psychology
                           - Social Cognition
                           - Comparative Psychology

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Highest qualification and awarding body - PhD in Behavioural Biology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Italy

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Research interests - Infant socio-cognitive development in human and non-human Primates
                                - Mother- Infant Interaction
                                - Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

Current projects - 

 1. A comparative analysis of early mother-infant interactions between human and non-human primates, and their effects        on the development of infant social and cognitive skills. Collaborators: Professor Lynne Murray (University of Reading,        UK) & Dr Pier Francesco Ferrari (Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS, Lyon, France).

 2. Biomarker Discovery for Low Sociability: A Monkey Model. Collaborators: Professor Karen Parker (Stanford University,        CA, USA) and Professor John Capitanio (CNRPC – UC Davis, CA, USA).

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Recent publications - 

 1.Parker K.J., Garner J.P, Oztan O., Tarara E.R, Li J., Sclafani V., … & Capitanio J.P. (2017). Biomarker Discovery for Social       Impairments: Translation from a Novel Monkey Model to Patients with Autism. Under review on Science Translational         Medicine.

 2. Madrid J.E., Oztan O., Sclafani V., Del Rosso L.A., Calonder L.A., Chun K., Capitanio J.P., Garner J.P., & Parker K.J.                (2017). Face recognition ability in infant monkeys predicts cerebrospinal fluid oxytocin concentrations later in                         life. Under review on Scientific Report.

 3. Simpson, E.A., Sclafani, V., Paukner, A., Kaburu, S.S.K., Suomi, S.J., & Ferrari, P.F. (2017). Handling newborn monkeys            alters later exploratory, cognitive, and social behaviors. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in press.

 4. Murray, L., Sclafani, V., Rayson, H., De Pascalis, L., Bozicevic, L., & Ferrari, P.F. (2017). Beyond aerodigestion: exaptation      of feeding-related mouth movements for social communication in human and non-human primates. Behavioral and            Brain Sciences in press.

 5. Simpson, E.A. Paukner, A., Sclafani, V., Kaburu, S.S.K., Suomi, S.J., & Ferrari, P.F. (2017). Acute oxytocin improves                  primate infant social cognition in males but not females. Psychopharmacology, 1:10.

 6. Murray, L., De Pascalis, L., Bozicevic, L., Sclafani, V., & Ferrari, P.F. (2016). The functional architecture of mother-infant          communication and the development of infant social expressiveness in the first two months. Scientific Reports, 6.

 7. Sclafani, V., Del Rosso L., Seil S.K., Calonder L.A., Madrid J.E., Bone K.J., … & Parker, K.J. (2016). Early Predictors of            Impaired Social Functioning in Male Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). PLoS One 11(10), e0165401.

 8. Dettmer, A. M., Kaburu, S. S., Simpson, E. A., Paukner, A., Sclafani, V., Byers, K. L., ... & Suomi, S. J. (2016). Neonatal            face-to-face interactions promote later social behaviour in infant rhesus monkeys. Nature communications, 7.

 9. Sclafani, V., Simpson, E. A., Suomi, S. J., & Ferrari, P. F. (2015). Development of space perception in relation to the                maturation of the motor system in infant rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Neuropsychologia, 70, 429-441.

 10. Sclafani, V., Paukner, A., Suomi, S. J., & Ferrari, P. F. (2015). Imitation promotes affiliation in infant macaques at risk for          impaired social behaviors. Developmental science, 18(4), 614-621.

 11. Simpson, E. A., Sclafani, V., Paukner, A., Hamel, A. F., Novak, M. A., Meyer, J. S., ... & Ferrari, P. F. (2014). Inhaled                    oxytocin increases positive social behaviors in newborn macaques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,        111(19), 6922-6927.

 12. Simpson, E. A., Paukner, A., Sclafani, V., Suomi, S. J., & Ferrari, P. F. (2013). Lipsmacking imitation skill in newborn                  macaques is predictive of social partner discrimination. PLOS ONE, 8(12): e82921. 

 13. Sclafani, V., Norscia, I., Antonacci, D., & Palagi, E. (2012). Scratching around mating: factors affecting anxiety in                    wild Lemur catta. Primates, 53(3), 247-254.

Speciality areas - Social psychology
                           - Risk perceptions
                           - Attitudes

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Highest qualification and awarding body - PhD in Social Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

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Research interests - Social media and civic engagement
                                - Social stress 
                                - Culture and problematic communication
                                - Social cognition and literature
                                - Applied psychology

Current projects - 

 1. Attitudes to social media in Turkey: Role of government policies, political engagement, and behavioural                                intentions.
     Collaborators – Dr. Nergis Aziz, Istanbul, Turkey 

 2. Experiences of ambulance drivers in traffic-congested megacities.

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Recent publications - NIL

Speciality areas - Cognitive neuroscience
                           - Evolutionary psychology (perceptions of attractiveness and health)

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Highest qualification and awarding body - PhD in Psychology, University of Nottingham Malaysia

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Research interests - Sensory integration
                                - Somatic illusions
                                - Individual differences in somatic perception

Current projects - 

 1. Investigating the spatial boundaries of the Rubber hand illusion 
     Collaborator: Andreas Kalckert (UoRM)

     Finding body: University of Reading Malaysia Research Committee

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 2. Individual differences in Face processing strategies
     Collaborators: Kok Wei Tan (UoRM), Chrystalle Tan (University Malaysia Sabah) and Hoo Keat Wong (University of                Nottingham Malaysia Campus)

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Recent publications - 

 1. Perera. A. T., Newport, R., & McKenzie, K. (2017). Changing hands: persistent alterations to body image following brief      exposure to multisensory distortions. Experimental Brain Research, 235(6), 1809-1821. 10.1007/s00221-017-4935-2

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 2. Perera, A.T., Newport, R. & McKenzie, K. (2015). Multisensory distortions of the hand have differential effects on tactile        perception. Experimental Brain Research, 233(11), 3153-3161. DOI: 10.1007/s00221-015-4384-8

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 3. Stephen, I. & Perera, A.T. (2014). Judging the Difference between Attractiveness and Health: Does Exposure to Model         Images Influence the Judgments Made by Men and Women?. Plos ONE, 9(1), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086302

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 4. Stephen, I. & Perera, A.T. (2014). Judging the differences between women's attractiveness and health: Is there really a        difference between judgments made by men and women?. Body Image, 11(2), 183-1 DOI:                                                        10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.11.007