Lori Minini

Lori Minini is a Lecturer in Psychology at St Mary's University. She holds a BSc (1st class honours) and PhD in Psychology from University College London, followed by postdoctoral training in functional neuroimaging at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on visual perception and visuomotor control, employing techniques like retinotopic mapping and neuroimaging to study visual system functions. She teaches modules including Research Methods and Statistics, and convenes Frontiers in Psychology. Administrative roles include Personal Tutor and membership on the University Ethics Committee.

Education: BSc Psychology with Cognitive Science (1st class honours), University College London; PhD Psychology, University College London.

Research interests emphasize the parcellation of dorsal (visuomotor) and ventral (visuocognitive) visual systems. Recent work explores binocular integration and hand-centered visual representations using computational models and neuroimaging. Her 2022 study investigated microbiome-targeted dietary interventions in ADHD, showcasing interdisciplinary approaches.

• Award: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2019)

Advising: Supervised doctoral students during her career. Grants: No specific grants mentioned in text. Active in teaching innovation and ethics governance.

Labs/Teams: No specific lab affiliations stated, but collaborates with Oxford's Experimental Psychology Department and computational neuroscience groups.