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Jessica Teed is a doctoral candidate and teaching tutor within the Psychology department of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. She holds the position of Psychology PhD Tutor Representative and provides instructional support as a Tutor and Demonstrator for core undergraduate psychology modules including Psychology 1A, 1B, 2A, and 2B. Her academic journey is deeply embedded in cognitive neuroscience and visual perception research.
Her educational qualifications demonstrate a strong foundation in psychological science:
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, investigating visual perception and memory through multimodal methods including fMRI, TMS, and EEG.
- MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of York, with a thesis focused on developmental prosopagnosia using fMRI.
- BSc in Psychology (Industrial) from the University of Leeds, examining facial expression categorization.
Jessica's research centers on the neural mechanisms of visual perception and memory, particularly exploring how the brain organizes visual representations through retinotopic mapping and category-selective regions. She investigates the interplay between perception and memory, with current projects examining hemispheric asymmetries in object processing and the neural underpinnings of individual differences in mental imagery capacity, including the phenomenon of aphantasia. Her methodological toolkit spans psychophysics, functional magnetic resonance imaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and electroencephalography.
Her scholarly output, including the forthcoming 2025 publication on visual imagery of familiar people and places in category selective cortex, reveals a consistent focus on cortical organization for visual cognition. This work integrates mental imagery paradigms with neuroimaging to uncover how category-selective regions support both perception and imagery, contributing to broader understanding of visual system architecture.
No scientific awards or major honors were documented in the available materials.
While Jessica does not currently supervise graduate students, she plays a significant role in undergraduate education as a course tutor. She operates within the research framework of the Silson Lab, receiving guidance from Dr. Edward Silson and Professor Robert McIntosh, but has not been associated with independent research grants at this career stage.
Jessica is an integral member of the Silson Lab at the University of Edinburgh, where she collaborates on projects investigating the functional organization of the visual cortex. Her work contributes to the lab's mission of understanding how the brain processes visual information and supports memory functions through advanced neuroimaging techniques.
