Dr Justin OBrien
Lecturer in Psychology
Summary
Developmental visual neuroscience, studying the autism spectrum, face perception and psychophysics.
I studied psychology at the University of Exeter, graduating in 1993. I then completed my PhD on the topic of depth perception as part of a BBSRC and BAe Case award at University College London in 1997. Subsequently I worked on functional neuroimaging projects as a postdoc at the MRC’s Visual Development Unit at UCL, studying visual perception in developmental disorders before moving to Brunel in 2002 as a lecturer in psychology.
Qualifications:
PhD Psychology (University College London 1997)
BA Psychology (University of Exeter 1993)
Responsibility
I coordinate the Psychology Open Days, Applicant Days, Outreach Programme and website
Newest selected publications
Girges, C., Spencer, J. and O'Brien, J. (2015) 'Categorizing identity from facial motion'. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68 (9). pp. 1832 - 1843. ISSN: 1747-0218 Open Access Link
Girges, C., Wright, MJ., Spencer, JV. and O'Brien, JMD. (2014) 'Event-related alpha suppression in response to facial motion'. PLoS One, 9 (2). pp. e89382 - e89382. ISSN: 1932-6203 Open Access Link
Girges, C., Wright, M., Spencer, J. and O'Brien, J. (2014) 'Event-related alpha suppression in response to facial motion'.Federation of European Neuroscience Societies: The Social Brain Conference. Copenhagen. 19 - 8 October.Open Access Link
Girges, C., Wright, M., Spencer, J. and O'Brien, J. (2014) 'Event-related Alpha Suppression in Response to Facial Motion'.Association for Psychological Science 26th Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA, USA. [unpublished]
O'Brien, J., Spencer, J., Girges, C., Johnston, A. and Hill, H. (2014) 'Impaired perception of facial motion in autism spectrum disorder'. PLoS One, 9 (7). pp. e102173 - e102173. ISSN: 1932-6203 Open Access Link