Dr Lisa Saksida

Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge
Email: l.saksida@psychol.cam.ac.uk

I am a Lecturer in the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge. I have a background in both psychology (BSc and MA) and computer science (my PhD is in Robotics and the Neural Basis of Cognition). My primary research interests are learning and memory. My approach involves the development of neural systems level connectionist models which I then test using lesion-based experiments in rats. My particular focus over the past few years has been the role of perirhinal cortex in perception and memory, and the mechanisms underlying perceptual learning.