About
Dr. Stephanie Rossit is an Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of East Anglia (UEA), leading the Neuropsychology Laboratory (Neurolab). Her research bridges neuroscience, psychology, and clinical practice, focusing on perception, attention, and action in healthy and clinical populations. She investigates aging and brain disease impacts and develops cognitive rehabilitation interventions. Rossit holds roles as Editor for Cogent Psychology and consulting Editor for Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, alongside British Psychological Society fellowships.
Education: PhD from the University of Glasgow (stroke and visual neglect), postdoc at Western University (Canada) studying visuomotor control via fMRI. BA from University of the Algarve (Portugal).
Research Interests: Stroke rehabilitation (spatial neglect), tool use neuroscience, aging effects on attention, and neural mechanisms of action perception. Recent work includes the SIGHT trial for stroke neglect therapy and EyeFocus app development.
Grants & Awards: Multiple NIHR grants (e.g., £1M for SIGHT trial), UEA Reproducibility Network leadership, and awards including 2020 Associate Dean of Innovation.
Labs/Teams: Director of Neurolab, collaborating on projects like EyeFocus spatial neglect rehabilitation app validation and intuitive physics deficits post-stroke studies.
