School of Psychology and Neuroscience

Projects

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• 15 Active
• 257 Finished

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  Evaluating the Museum’s exhibition “What makes us unique?”

  Schweinfurth, M. K. (PI)

  BBSRC Explorer Impact Acceleration Account

  1/10/24 → 31/03/25

  Project: Standard

• Digital Skills Development with STEP: An Entrepreneurial Education Response to COVID-1

  Ross, K. (CoI), May, R. C. (CoI), Nevin, M. (CoI), Narayanswamy, S. (Researcher), Ylitalo, M. W. (Researcher) & Ye , Z. (Researcher)

  CELPiE Community for Evidence-Led Practice in Education

  20/05/24 → 31/12/24

  Project: Standard

  • Digital Skill 100%
  • Skills Development 100%
  • COVID-19 100%
  • Entrepreneurship Education 100%
  • Skill Development 50%

• Royal Society: Shaping Light: Shaping light to interrogate fundamental computations in the brain during behaviour

  Mullen, P. (PI)

  The Royal Society

  1/12/23 → 30/04/25

  Project: Standard

• Creating a Dynamic Domestic Abuse Services Database

  Hoffmann, R. (PI), May, R. C. (CoI), Donaldson, D. I. (CoI), Mccurry, A. (Researcher) & Michalovits, S. (Student)

  University of St Andrews Impact & Innovation Fund

  1/12/23 → 1/12/24

  Project: Standard

  • Open Source 100%
  • Graphical User Interface 100%
  • Service Provider 100%

• What makes us human? A museum exhibition

  Schweinfurth, M. K. (PI)

  University of St Andrews Impact & Innovation Fund

  28/05/23 → 17/09/23

  Project: Standard

• BBSRC Pathfinder IAA - A Seed: Evaluating the impact of citizen science engagement

  Seed, A. M. (PI)

  BBSRC

  1/05/23 → 1/09/23

  Project: Standard

• Nathan Bailey - Discipline Hopping: Biological rhythms and biodiversity: An interdisciplinary test linking genes, neurons, and ecology.

  Yusuf, L. H. (PI), Bailey, N. W. (CoI) & Pulver, S. R. (CoI)

  NERC

  1/03/23 → 31/03/23

  Project: Standard

  • Field Cricket 100%
  • Repeatability 100%
  • Teleogryllus oceanicus 50%

• Bridging visitor experience: Bridging visitor experience and long-term engagement with research at Edinburgh zoo

  Seed, A. M. (PI)

  BBSRC

  16/01/23 → 31/03/23

  Project: Standard

• Rapid Response to emerging imaging tech: Rapid Response to emerging imaging technologies

  Pulver, S. R. (PI)

  BBSRC

  1/01/23 → 31/03/23

  Project: Standard

• Creating Impact through Entrepreneurial Education (CItEE)

  Mitka, M. M. (CoPI), Doherty, G. H. (CoPI), Boyd, K. M. (CoPI), Ross, K. (CoI) & Bandani, H. (CoI)

  Scotland’s Future Series - University of St Andrews

  1/01/23 → 31/12/23

  Project: Standard

  • Participatory Design 100%
  • Biggest Challenge 100%
  • Peace Education 100%
  • UK 100%
  • Mental Health 100%

• Newton International Fellowship 2022 BA: Chimpanzee Cultures: social learning and tool-use flexibility in savanna chimpanzees

  Hobaiter, C. (PI)

  The British Academy

  1/11/22 → 31/10/24

  Project: Standard

• Citizen Science at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo: Citizen Science at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo

  Seed, A. M. (PI)

  1/09/22 → 31/08/23

  Project: Standard

• STRIMM: software platform - multimodal: STRÏMM: a software platform for enabling multimodal data acquisition and real-time decision making in biosciences

  Pulver, S. R. (PI)

  BBSRC

  1/08/22 → 31/12/22

  Project: Standard

• ISSF8 - M Broadhead: Preserving the Tripartite Synapse in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

  Broadhead, M. J. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/07/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Standard

• Impact on Seabird Development: Assessing the impact of environmental chemicals on seabird development and health

  Spencer, K. A. (PI)

  Scottish Funding Council

  1/07/22 → 31/08/22

  Project: Standard

• Carnegie RIG: Deciphering spinal circuit components for the control of breathing

  Sharples, S. A. (PI)

  Carnegie Trust

  1/06/22 → 31/05/23

  Project: Standard

• What makes us unique?

  Schweinfurth, M. K. (PI)

  1/06/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• Seabird Development: Assessing the impact of environmental chemicals on seabird development and health

  Spencer, K. A. (PI)

  Scottish Funding Council

  1/05/22 → 30/06/22

  Project: Standard

• Preparing for the Near Future: Responses: Preparing for the Near Future: Responses to Mutually Exclusive Possibilities in Nonhuman Animals

  Seed, A. M. (PI)

  The Royal Society of Edinburgh

  1/03/22 → 28/02/23

  Project: Fellowship

• ISSF6 Broadhead: ISSF6 Broadhead

  Broadhead, M. J. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/01/22 → 30/06/22

  Project: Standard

• ISSF6 Sharples: ISSF6 Sharples

  Sharples, S. A. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/12/21 → 31/05/22

  Project: Standard

• ISSF Round 7 - Olivier Penacchio: ISSF Round 7 - Olivier Penacchio

  Penacchio, O. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/11/21 → 31/08/22

  Project: Standard

• ECF-2021-642: Formal Chimpanzee Grammar: Computational Linguistics of Chimpanzee Communication

  Mielke, A. (PI)

  The Leverhulme Trust

  1/11/21 → 31/10/24

  Project: Fellowship

  • Action Approach 100%
  • Tool Use 100%
  • Social Play 100%
  • Top-Down Approach 100%
  • Social Interaction 100%

• Affective polarization in the contexts o: Affective polarization in the contexts of the Scottish and Catalan independence movements: A comparative longitudinal investigation

  Tausch, N. (PI)

  1/10/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Standard

• ISSF6 Ales: ISSF6 Ales

  Ales, J. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/10/21 → 31/07/22

  Project: Standard

  • DNA Template 100%

• SNRF: Investigating Synaptic Dysfunction & TDP43 Pathology in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Using a Synaptosome Imaging Assay

  Broadhead, M. J. (PI)

  Chief Scientist Office

  23/09/21 → 22/03/22

  Project: Standard

• SNRF: Investigating Synaptic Dysfunction & TDP43 Pathology in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Using a Synaptosome Imaging Assay

  Broadhead, M. J. (PI)

  The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust

  23/09/21 → 22/03/22

  Project: Standard

• SNRF: Alpha-amylase: a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s Disease

  Morisaki, M. (PI)

  Chief Scientist Office

  20/09/21 → 19/02/22

  Project: Standard

• SNRF: Alpha-amylase: a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s Disease

  Morisaki, M. (PI)

  The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust

  20/09/21 → 19/02/22

  Project: Standard

• Figuring the Enemy: Socio-Cognitive and Political Theological Approaches to Enmity

  Shively, E. E. (CoI) & Mavor, K. (CoI)

  UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

  1/07/21 → 1/01/24

  Project: Standard

• ARUK: Exploration of the therapeutic potential of co-treatment with leptin and ghrelin in Alzheimer’s Disease

  Doherty, G. H. (PI)

  Alzheimer's Research UK

  1/06/21 → 31/05/22

  Project: Standard

• Crowds and power:: Crowds and power: Dynamics of resistance and empowerment in the 2008 protests in Tibet

  Pehrson, S. D. (PI)

  The British Academy

  3/05/21 → 31/12/22

  Project: Standard

• ISSF6 Spencer: ISSF6 Spencer

  Spencer, K. A. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  15/04/21 → 14/07/21

  Project: Standard

• ISSF Funding: ISSF6 Doherty

  Doherty, G. H. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/04/21 → 30/06/21

  Project: Standard

• ISSF6 Balslev: ISSF6 Balslev

  Balslev, D. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  23/03/21 → 22/03/22

  Project: Standard

  • Extraocular Muscle 100%
  • Eye Movement 62%
  • Smooth Pursuit 50%

• SULSA ECR Development Award: Visualising Synaptic Activity in the Mouse Spinal Cord for Studying Motor Behaviour and Neurodegenerative Disease

  Broadhead, M. J. (PI)

  Scottish Funding Council

  22/02/21 → 30/11/21

  Project: Standard

• Research Culture in the Covid-19 era: Research Culture in the Covid-19 era

  Harris, J. (PI)

  1/12/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Standard

• Enhancing capacity for primate research: Enhancing the capacity for primate research and pubic engagement through online infrastructure to mitigate the impact of COVID-19

  Seed, A. M. (PI)

  1/12/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Standard

• Rebecca Lakin travel grant: Assessing the impact of nutrition on the physiological and behavioural development of Herring and Lesser black- backed gull chicks.

  Spencer, K. A. (PI)

  1/12/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Standard

• Tenovus Research Studentship: Harnessing spinal circuits to facilitate respiratory recovery following spinal cord injury in mice

  Miles, G. B. (PI) & Sharples, S. A. (CoI)

  Tenovus-Scotland

  27/11/20 → 26/11/23

  Project: Studentship

• Reciprocal cooperation in Norway rats: What have you done for me lately? Reciprocal cooperation in Norway rats

  Schweinfurth, M. K. (PI)

  1/11/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Standard

• Neural mechanisms for perceiving motion: Understanding the neural mechanisms for perceiving motion

  Ales, J. (PI)

  1/11/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Standard

• Understanding the evolutionary and psychological origins of reciprocal help, using rats

  Schweinfurth, M. K. (PI)

  St Leonard's College

  1/11/20 → 31/10/23

  Project: Studentship

  • Tuition Fee 100%

• Improving performance under pressure: Improving performance under pressure: Does the focus of attention matter?

  Jentzsch, I. (PI)

  1/11/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Standard

  • Piano performance 100%
  • Focus of attention 100%
  • Music Performance 50%

• Behavioural coding of wild apes: DeepWild: Deep-learning tools for automated behavioural coding of wild apes

  Hobaiter, C. (PI)

  1/11/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Standard

  • Animal Behavior 100%
  • Machine Learning 100%
  • Pan Paniscus 100%
  • Pose Estimation 100%
  • Wild Animal 66%

• Bias and accuracy in football referees: Using signal detection theory to quantify bias and accuracy in football referee decisions

  O'Connor, A. R. (PI)

  1/11/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Standard

• Link between neurogenesis and memory: Using continuous monitoring of rodent behaviour to examine the link between neurogenesis and memory

  Ainge, J. (PI)

  1/11/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Standard

• Roles of a signalling peptide movement: Defining the roles of a novel signalling peptide in the regulation of spinal cord circuits that control movement

  Miles, G. B. (PI)

  1/11/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Standard

  • Cocaine and Amphetamine Regulated Transcript 100%
  • Synapse 100%
  • Acetylcholine 50%

• A study of PGT wellbeing pre/post Covid: A study of PGT wellbeing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal approach

  Miles, P. J. (PI), O'Carroll, V. (CoI) & Fotheringham, F. (Researcher)

  Scottish Funding Council

  1/11/20 → 31/07/21

  Project: Standard

• Distribution and modulation of dynamic s: Distribution and modulation of dynamic sodium pumps in a spinal motor network

  Sillar, K. T. (PI) & Hachoumi, L. (CoI)

  BBSRC

  5/10/20 → 4/10/23

  Project: Standard

  • Adenosine Triphosphatase (Potassium Sodium) 100%
  • Dystonia 57%
  • Afterhyperpolarization 57%
  • ATP1A3 57%
  • Tadpole 57%