Dr Steffan Kennett
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 874364
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Location
3.705, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Dr Steffan Kennett receivedhis BANatural Sciences from Cambridge University, before carrying out his PhD at Birkbeck College, London, on Links in spatial attention between touch and vision. He was subsequently a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, before joining our Department as a lecturer in 2007.
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Multisensory attention and perception
Tactile effects on visual spatial attention
Viewing the skin changing tactile judgements
Changes in body posture modifying spatial attention
Methods ERPs, EOG, TMS, Reaction time
Current research
I am primarily interested in how the senses interact. In particular, we now know that events in one sense can affect how well or poorly we perceive, or attend to, events in other senses. For the case of touch and vision, I am currently investigating how multisensory interactions depend on our body posture. For example, a tactile event on the left hand affects vision differently depending on where in space our hand is placed when it is touched. These issues are intimately related to the brain's representation of the space around us. In a related line of research, I have found that when we can see our skin, our sense of touch on that skin is improved. Current investigations aim to improve our understanding of when and why this multisensory effect occurs. My work employs several methods including psychophysics, EEG, MEG and TMS to investigate these attentional and perceptual phenomena.
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Understanding Our Place in the World (PS101)
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Growing in the World (PS102)
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Experiencing Emotion (PS103)
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Thinking and the Mind (PS104)
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The Social World (PS105)
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The Social Brain (PS106)
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Brain and Behaviour (PS411)
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Body, Senses and Existence (PS502)
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Advanced Brain and Behaviour (PS943)
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Numerical Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience (PS948)
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Theory and Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology (PS949)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Nursing
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 8/7/2021
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 10/12/2018
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 11/5/2017
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 1/7/2015
Publications
Journal articles (24)
Micklewright, D., Liew, BXW. and Kennett, S., (2023). Redirected Attention and Impaired Recognition Memory during Exhaustive Cycling Has Implications for Information Processing Models of Effort-Regulation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20 (10), 5905-5905
Groves, K., Kennett, S. and Gillmeister, H., (2020). . British Journal of Psychology. 111 (3), 508-535
Kostyrka-Allchorne, K., Cooper, NR., Kennett, S., Nestler, S. and Simpson, A., (2019). . Developmental Neuropsychology. 44 (4), 385-396
Groves, K., Kennett, S. and Gillmeister, H., (2018). . PLoS ONE. 13 (2), e0192583-e0192583
Marshall, AC., Cooper, NR., Rosu, L. and Kennett, S., (2018). . Neurobiology of Aging. 69, 239-248
Groves, K., Kennett, S. and Gillmeister, H., (2018). . Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 30 (7), 754-770
Groves, K., Kennett, S. and Gillmeister, H., (2017). . Biological Psychology. 123, 205-219
Lekanidi, K., Dilks, P., Suaris, T., Kennett, S. and Purushothaman, H., (2017). . European Journal of Radiology. 94, 13-15
Cortis, C., Dent, K., Kennett, S. and Ward, G., (2015). . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 41 (4), 1179-1214
Kennett, S. and Driver, J., (2014). . Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. 76 (4), 1121-1135
Cooper, NR., Puzzo, I., Pawley, AD., Bowes-Mulligan, RA., Kirkpatrick, EV., Antoniou, PA. and Kennett, S., (2012). . Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. 12 (2), 393-405
Bauer, M., Kennett, S. and Driver, J., (2012). . Journal of Neurophysiology. 107 (9), 2342-2351
Kennett, S., Rorden, C., Husain, M. and Driver, J., (2010). . Journal of Neuropsychology. 4 (1), 15-32
Kennett, S., Van Velzen, J., Eimer, M. and Driver, J., (2007). . Psychophysiology. 44 (1), 69-78
Taylor-Clarke, M., Kennett, S. and Haggard, P., (2004). . Neuroscience Letters. 354 (1), 22-25
Whiteley, L., Kennett, S., Taylor-Clarke, M. and Haggard, P., (2004). . Perception. 33 (3), 307-314
Press, C., Taylor-Clarke, M., Kennett, S. and Haggard, P., (2004). . Experimental Brain Research. 154 (2), 238-245
Haggard, P., Taylor-Clarke, M. and Kennett, S., (2003). . Current Biology. 13 (5), R170-R173
Bonfiglioli, C., Duncan, J., Rorden, C. and Kennett, S., (2002). . Visual Cognition. 9 (4-5), 458-476
Maravita, A., Spence, C., Kennett, S. and Driver, J., (2002). . Cognition. 83 (2), B25-B34
Taylor-Clarke, M., Kennett, S. and Haggard, P., (2002). . Current Biology. 12 (3), 233-236
Kennett, S., Spence, C. and Driver, J., (2002). . Perception & Psychophysics. 64 (7), 1083-1094
Kennett, S., Taylor-Clarke, M. and Haggard, P., (2001). . Current Biology. 11 (15), 1188-1191
Kennett, S., Eimer, M., Spence, C. and Driver, J., (2001). . Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 13 (4), 462-478
Conferences (4)
Cooper, R. and Kennett, S., (2013). Own-race and own-university biases in eye movements for face processing
Kennett, S. and Haggard, P., (2002). Cortical coordination multiple digits in dexterous grip
Kennett, S., Eimer, M., Spence, C. and Driver, J., (2000). Links in exogenous spatial attention between touch and vision across different postures: ERP and behavioral studies.
Kennett, S., Rorden, C., Husain, M. and Driver, J., (1999). Tactile-visual unilateral extinction; Biased competition operates on high level spatial representations.
