Edward Silson
Lecturer
- Human Cognitive Neuroscience
- Psychology
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Tel: 0131 650 3459
- Email: Ed.Silson@ed.ac.uk
- Web: Lab website
Address
- Street
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Room G28, Psychology Building
- City
- 7 George Square, Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9JZ
Availability
I have office hours Monday and Wednesday from 11:30 - 12:30
Background
I completed a BSc in psychology (2009), MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience (2010) and PhD in Visual Neuroscience at the University of York (2013). I was then fortunate enough to join Dr. Chris Baker's lab at the National Insititutes of Health in Washington DC, before joining Psychology at the University of Edinburgh in September 2019.
Qualifications
PhD in Visual Neuroscience
MSc (Distinction) in Cognitive Neuroscience
BSc in Psychology
Undergraduate teaching
Postgraduate teaching
Currently, I teach on both the Specialist Techniques in Psychological Research and the Brain Imaging in Cognitive Neuroscience courses.
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Areas of interest for supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD students to study visual perception and memory.
Research summary
I am interested in the functional organisation of human visual cortex and the interplay between visual and memory systems.