Research overview

Researchers in the Department seek to answer fundamental questions about how the brain works, including in contexts more representative of our everyday lives, in order to increase our understanding of real-world cognition and improve human health. The Department hosts and trains many clinicians, scientists and professional services staff, and has close collaborations with other departments within the Institute of Neurology, across UCL, nationally and internationally.

The Department is home to Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM), the world's most popular software tool for analysing neuroimaging data. It is also equipped with a range of research-dedicated neuroimaging technologies, including a ‘wearable’ optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) system for measuring electrophysiological signals from the brain and spinal cord, a 7T MRI scanner (Siemens Terra), two 3 T MRI scanners (both Siemens Prisma), and a cryogenically-cooled MEG system (CTF/VSM).

Principal Investigators