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Dr Lizzie Bradford

Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2723

Email

eefb@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

I completed my undergraduate Psychology degree (BSc (Hons) Psychology) at the University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K., before completing an MSc in Evolutionary Psychology at the University of 58³Ô¹Ï, Scotland, U.K. I then continued my postgraduate studies at the University of 58³Ô¹Ï, completing a PhD in Social Cognitive Neuroscience. Following my PhD, I spent four years working as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Kent, on a project exploring the cognitive basis of social communication across the lifespan, followed by a few years as an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Psychology at the University of Dundee. I have also been a visiting researcher at Peking University, Beijing, China.

I joined the University of 58³Ô¹Ï as an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Cognitive Neuroscience in Autumn 2024.

Research areas

Social communication plays an integral part of our daily lives; whether communicating with a friend or stranger, we are constantly computing and evaluating mental states of both ourselves and our interactive partners. This ability to consider other people’s mental states - amongst other key capacities - is typically referred to using the umbrella term 'social cognition'. These social cognitive abilities are one of the main focuses of research in the , exploring social cognition from multiple perspectives, including the cognitive and neural underpinnings of social cognition, developmental perspectives, as well as cultural and social factors that may play an influential role.

PhD supervision

• Jiaqi Chen

Selected publications

• Open access
  Evans, T. R., Bartlett, J. E., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A., Allen, T., Antoniou, G., Arent, S., Asmarani, D., Binns, N., Boulton, C., Bowhay, J., Cederlund, L., Chana, R., Chou, Y. Y., Dookheea, K., Guglani, G., Hamson-Ford, A., Hood, H., Hostafci, E. B., Jahanzeb, S. & Jones, K. & 49 others, Joseph, G. K. M., Kemalesh, T., Karoui, L. R., Khan, S., Kviatkoyskyte, R., Lee, J. X., Lewis, R., Logan, O., Martin, G., Masuleh, S. V. M., McCulloch, R., Modi, P., Nakro, S., Nguyen, V., Phan, M., Philcox, E., Pliego, A. B., Raman, S., Ramji, A. V., Ramsay, A. M. H., Rhone-Parkinson, N. E., Rizzo-Powell, T., Simony, A., Sobolak, R. A., Thompson, M., Ujobundo, B., Bradford, E. E. F., Branney, P. E., Butler, J., Chu, I., Clark, O., Dean, L., Griep, Y., Hatton, T., Heard, C., Kowalczyk, O., Lautarescu, A., McCarthy, T., More, K. R., Sabo, J., Schleu, J. E., Schloarios, D., Searle, R., Sebah, I., Wallis, L., Wang, R., Wilson-Lemoine, J. E., Wilson-Lemoine, E. & Burns, C., 27 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology. Latest Articles, p. 1-33

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Ferguson, H., DeLillo, M., Woodrow-Hill, C., Foley, R. & Bradford, E., 4 Nov 2024, In: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 19, 1, 17 p., nsae080.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Bradford, L., Chadbourn, K. & Fisher, N., 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Open access
  Bradford, E., Brunsdon, V. E. A. & Ferguson, H. J., 1 Jun 2023, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. 49, 6, p. 959–973

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Brunsdon, V. A. E., Bradford, L. & Ferguson, H. J., 30 Jun 2021, The cognitive basis of social interaction across the lifespan. Ferguson, H. J. & Bradford, E. E. F. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 117-146 30 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Ferguson, H. J. (Editor) & Bradford, L. (Editor), 30 Jun 2021, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 257 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Open access
  Ferguson, H. J., Brunsdon, V. E. A. & Bradford, E. E. F., 14 Jan 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 17 p., 1382.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Bradford, L., De Lillo, M. & Ferguson, H. J., 30 Jun 2021, The cognitive basis of social interaction across the lifespan. Ferguson, H. J. & Bradford, E. E. F. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 201-228 28 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access
  De Lillo, M., Foley, R., Fysh, M. C., Stimson, A., Bradford, E. E. F., Woodrow-Hill, C. & Ferguson, H. J., 1 Oct 2021, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 5, 10, p. 1381-1390 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  De Lillo, M., Brunsdon, V. E. A., Bradford, E. E. F., Gasking, F. & Ferguson, H. J., 1 Sept 2021, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 74, 9, p. 1579-1594 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review