Sensory Neuroscience

We want to make sense of the brain’s astonishing and mysterious ability to recognise temporal patterns.” miguel maravall
Professor of Neuroscience

Our nervous system informs our actions by interpreting signals from the world around us. Each animal’s senses are exquisitely matched to its ecological niche, and need to be understood in relation to the body in which they exist and the behavioural needs they serve. Sussex pioneered research in this area, and today sensory processing remains a central research theme within Sussex Neuroscience, using an interdisciplinary spectrum of cutting-edge methods and approaches. Understanding the neural mechanisms by which animals sense the world will help neuroscientists to inform the design of biologically-inspired machines, computational algorithms, cures for sensory impairments and the development of neuro-prostheses.

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