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Professor Ben Parris is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Bournemouth University, where he holds the rank of Professor and serves as Deputy Head of Department and head of the Cognition and Brain Sciences research group. He completed his DPhil in Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex in 2005, followed by postdoctoral roles at the Universities of Exeter and Oxford, before joining Bournemouth University as a Senior Lecturer in 2008.
Education:
- BSc (Hons) in Psychology (with studies in Europe), University of Kent, 2000
- DPhil in Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, 2005
- PGCert in Research Supervision, Bournemouth University, 2011
His research centers on the cognitive and neural mechanisms of attention and behavioral control. He employs behavioral experiments, eye tracking, pupillometry, fMRI, and TMS to study executive functions, particularly in the context of the Stroop task, hypnotic suggestion, and non-neurotypical populations such as individuals with ADHD. His work also explores conscious awareness, pain perception, and the role of suggestion in modulating cognitive processes.
Recent publications highlight trends in cognitive control, inhibition, and the modulation of automatic processing through suggestion and hypnosis. His studies frequently involve distributional analyses, conflict resolution in selective attention tasks, and the neural correlates of executive function. He has a strong focus on methodological rigor and theoretical clarity in cognitive psychology.
Scientific Awards and Recognitions:
- Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine (2015–)
- Chartered Member, British Psychological Society (2016–)
- Member, Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (2015–)
Professor Parris has supervised multiple PhD students, including Nabil Hassim, Gizem Arabaci, and Dawid Pekalski. He has secured research grants from the British Academy/Leverhulme, Wellcome Trust, Nuffield Foundation, Experimental Psychology Society, Bial Foundation, and the French National Research Agency. He serves as a Review Editor for Frontiers in Psychology and as a grant reviewer for the Medical Research Council and ESRC.
He leads the Cognitive Control Lab at Bournemouth University, which investigates the mechanisms of cognitive control using behavioral and neuroimaging methods. The lab focuses on attention, inhibition, and the influence of suggestion on cognitive performance.
