Our research addresses several important questions related to human cognition and emotion regulation:

  • How are memories for intense emotional experiences stored in the brain ?

  • What happens to emotional memories during offline periods (e.g. sleep) ?

  • Can offline memory processes be harnessed as a therapeutic tool ?

Funded by the Medical Research Council, we address these questions with a rigorous research programme that combines experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience and neurophysiology.

The EPOC lab is part of the Department of Psychology at the University of York.

Please contact us if you are interested in pursuing a PhD project on sleep, memory or emotional regulation.