Damian grew up in Aberystwyth, Wales, and studied his undergraduate degree in Applied Psychology at Cardiff University from 2002-2006. In 2009 he completed his PhD at Cardiff University under the supervision of Prof. Ed Wilding. From 2009 to 2015, Damian was a post-doctoral fellow at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (Cambridge, UK) and a research scientist at The Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario (Canada) under the supervision of Prof. Adrian M. Owen. In September 2015, Damian began as a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Birmingham, and in 2018 was promoted to Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor).

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Holly studied her undergraduate MSci in Natural Sciences followed by an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience, both at the University of Nottingham. For her current PhD project, she is exploring neural and physiological measures of the conscious experience, for example heart rate changes associated with speech processing. Her PhD project is funded by the BBSRC Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) and is co-supervised by Prof Howard Bowman.

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Sonia was born in Madrid, Spain, and obtained her BSc (Hons) in Psychology from London Metropolitan University, UK. She worked for the NHS providing therapy and rehabilitation to patients who had suffered brain injury, Stroke, Parkinson's and Dementia, before doing a Master's course in Advanced Studies of Brain and Behaviour in Seville, Spain. Her PhD project focuses on the diagnostic value of electrophysiological measures of speech comprehension after traumatic brain injury. Sonia’s PhD project is co-supervised by Dr. Katrien Segaert and funded by the School of Psychology.

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