| Post: | Associate Tutor (Psychology) |
| Other posts: | Research Student (Psychology, Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Research Group) |
| Location: | Jms Building 5d19 |
| Email: | tm81@sussex.ac.uk |
Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 8960 |
| UK: | (01273) 678960 |
| International: | +44 1273 678960 |
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Biography
2009-Present - University of Sussex; DPhil (Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience)
2006-2009 - University of Sussex; Psychology (Bsc, 1st Class Hons)
Role
3rd Year DPhil (Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Unit)
Associate Tutor;
1st Year Psychology; Psychobiology
2nd Year Psychology; Brain & Behaviour
My research focuses on neuronal mechanisms underlying addiction to drugs of abuse. Using both molecular and behavioural techniques I hope to elucidate the role of GABAA alpha4 subunits within the Basal Ganglia, with particular reference to the medium spiny neurons of the Nucleus Accumbens.
1st Year Psychology: Psychobiology
2nd Year Psychology: Brain and Behaviour
Brown, David J, MacPherson, Tom and Ward, Jamie (2011) Seeing with sound? Exploring different characteristics of a visual-to-auditory sensory substitution device. Perception, 40 (9). pp. 1120-1135. ISSN 0301-0066