The processes of Creativity and Cognition are both fundamental aspects of human behaviour. The Creativity and Cognition research group have interests in:

CREATIVITY

• Boosting creative problem solving, as well as investigating the processes involved in creative writing and art more generally.

ATTENTION & PERSPECTIVE TAKING

• Using eye-tracking and cognitive tasks to explore the influences on the allocation of attention and the ability to take another person’s visual perspective.

ANOMALOUS COGNITION

• Exploring evidence of extrasensory perception (ESP), including precognition, telepathy, psychokinesis and examining the implications for human consciousness.

COMPARATIVE COGNITION

• Examining cognitive abilities across a range of domestic species (i.e., dogs, cats, horses, mules) to find out how they perceive the world and solve problems. Understanding animal cognition is an important aspect of everyday welfare.