I am a speech and language therapist by training. I conduct neuroimaging (fMRI and fNIRS) and behavioural research on language processing. I investigate the processes that support spoken and dynamic visual language (e.g. British Sign Language and visual speech) comprehension. I am also interested in auditory processing in individuals prone to psychosis and people with aphantasia that are unable to generate mental imagery. I teach functional brain imaging and run the research project module for the Neuroscience & Psychology BSc.

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Samuel Evans

Key publications:

• Evans et al., 2019. Sign and Speech Share Partially overlapping Conceptual Representations. Current Biology.
• Evans et al., 2015. Hierarchical organization of auditory and motor representations in speech perception: Evidence from searchlight similarity analysis. Cerebral Cortex.
• Alderson-Day et al., 2022. Susceptibility to auditory hallucinations is associated with spontaneous but not directed modulation of top-down expectations for speech. Neuroscience of Consciousness.
• Pounder et al., 2024. No clear evidence of a difference between individuals who self-report an absence of auditory imagery and typical imagers on auditory imagery tasks. PLOS One.

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