Associate Professor, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL
I am an Associate Professor of cognitive neuroscience at UCL. My main research interests are to do with intentions: what are they, how do we remember them, and what are the underlying brain mechanisms? I am particularly interested in the ways in which we offload intentions into the world around us (for example with reminders, alerts and manipulation of our environment), rather than just using our brains alone.
Frontal lobe paradox: where people have brain damage but don't know it
Aug 13, 2018 13:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Humans have big brains and our frontal lobes, just behind the forehead, are particularly huge. Injuries to this part of the brain often happen after blows to the head or a stroke. Paradoxically, some people with frontal...