Psychological models and treatment of recurrent depression; experimental cognitive psychology of the processes that increase risk of suicidality; prevention of suicidal depression through mindfulness-based treatments
Elected 2008
Cognition and cognitive neuroscience: component processes of memory and cognition, reality/source monitoring (eg, distinguishing real from imagined events), executive function, emotion and cognition, the 'self' and cognition, aging and memory
Sign language as a model to understand human language generally: neuroimaging studies of commonalities in processing spoken & signed languages; the influence of modality of communication on language structure; sociolinguistics of Deaf communities.
Clinical psychology; mistrust, paranoia, and delusions; psychological treatments for psychosis; virtual reality in understanding and treating mental health conditions