The Brain, Cognition, and Attention

At the Department of Psychology we have a number of researchers who work in the field of the brain, cognition, and attention. Our researchers have expert knowledge on several different topics, including brain injury, face blindness, concussion, memory, ADHD, cerebral palsy, and rehabilitation.  

Below you will find an overview of our researchers and their areas of expertise. You can also read the latest news and watch films about our research.

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Jesper Dammeyer
Professor

jesper.dammeyer@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 48 68

  • Social, communicative, and cognitive development in people with sensory loss (congenital and acquired deafness, blindness, and deafblindness)
  • Attention

Kamilla Miskowiak
Professor

kwm@psy.ku.dk 
Mobile: +45 22 77 16 17

  • Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
  • Affective disorders
  • Prevention and treatment of cognitive impairment and affective disorders (depression and bipolar disorder)

Randi Starrfelt
Professor

randi.starrfelt@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 32 48 86

  • Neuropsychology
  • Face recognition and blindness
  • Brain injury
  • Visual perception

Signe Allerup Vangkilde
Professor

signe.vangkilde@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 32 48 85

  • Visual perception and attention
  • Cognition in neurodevelopmental disorders (ADHD, OCD, and Tourette) and clinical disorders (anxiety and depression)

Søren Kyllingsbæk
Professor

soeren.kyllingsbaek@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 48 61
Mobile: +45 93 56 50 38

  • Perception and attention
  • Intentions
  • Mathematical modelling
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Thomas Habekost
Professor

thomas.habekost@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 32 48 60

  • Visual attention
  • Arousal
  • Neuropsychology
  • Cognitive Psychology

Victoria Southgate
Professor

victoria.southgate@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 33 43 40

  • Early childhood development
  • Brain development
  • Cognitive development and social cognition
  • Neuroimaging

Anders Petersen
Associate Professor

anders.petersen@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 48 84

  • Visual attention
  • Memory
  • Mathematical modelling
  • Eye tracking, pupillometry, and EEG

Dea Siggaard Stenbæk
Associate Professor

dea@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 33 57 08

  • Psychedelic research
  • Neuropsychiatry
  • Research on the brain
  • Depression

Hana Malá Rytter
Associate Professor

hana.mala@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 48 75

  • Concussion
  • Acquired brain injury,
  • Neuroplasticity
  • Neurorehabilitation, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Psychology

Steven Blurton
Associate Professor

steven.blurton@psy.ku.dk 

  • Cognitive Psychology, visual perception, and attention
  • Decision-making
  • Psychological methods
  • Modelling of behaviour
  • Mathematical Psychology

Dora Kampis
Assistant Professor

dk@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 33 39 85

  • Social cognition
  • Early childhood cognition
  • Social and cognitive development
  • Developmental cognitive neuroimaging

Ro Julia Robotham
Assistant Professor

jer@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 33 18 67

  • Neuropsychology
  • Brain injury and the brain
  • Cognitive functions and cognitive deficits
  • Visual perception
  • Stroke, cerebral palsy, and fatigue

Emanuela Yeung
Assistant Professor

eyeung@psy.ku.dk 

  • Infancy
  • Developmental Psychology and cognitive development
  • Social understanding
  • Eye-tracking, pupillometry, and EEG

Sophia Armand
Assistant Professor

soa@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 33 31 87

  • Psychedelic research
  • Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy
  • Neurophenomenology and Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroimaging

Cécile Gal
Postdoc

cgg@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 33 40 79

  • Brain development
  • Infancy
  • Learning and curiosity
  • Neuroimaging, EEG, and eye-tracking

Velisar Manea
Postdoc

vem@psy.ku.dk 
Mobile: +45 60 90 66 03

  • Infancy and development
  • Cognitive science and social cognition
  • Altercentrism
  • Pupillometry

Anne Marie Hastrup Kristensen
PhD student

amhk@psy.ku.dk 
Mobile: 50 59 35 25

  • Attention development and training
  • Cognitive control and digital distractions
  • Executive functions

Katrine Sand Andersen
PhD student

katrine.sand@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 32 51 95

  • Neuropsychology
  • Brain injury
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Visual perception and cognitive functions