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Antonia Hamilton

Lecturer, Faculty of Science

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Biography

Dr Hamilton received a BSc in Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology from Oxford University in 1998 and then worked as undergraduate research assistant in Oxford Babylab with Kim Plunkett. She completed a PhD on the impact of neuronal noise for the optimal control of human arm movements with Daniel Wolpertand then moved on to a post-doctoral work on social cognition with Uta Frith and Scott Grafton. In June 2007, she moved to theUniversity of Nottingham as a lecturer in Psychology

Research Summary

 Everyday, we make judgments about what other people want, think, feel or know, just by watching them move. For example, when watching a child reach for a cookie, we infer the child's desire… read more

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Current Research

 Everyday, we make judgments about what other people want, think, feel or know, just by watching them move. For example, when watching a child reach for a cookie, we infer the child's desire automatically. I am investigating how this occurs, in particular -

  • How does the brain represent other people's goals, intentions and beliefs?
  • Do we unconsciously simulate observed movements?
  • Is the ability to interpret movements impaired in children with autism?
  • How does our ability to mimic and interpret other people's actions contribute to cooperation and building social affiliations?

Answering these questions may reveal more about the neural basis of human social interactions and our ability to understand other people's minds. I am currently using psychophysical experiments and functional magnetical resonance imaging to address some of these issues.More details of my research are available at www.antoniahamilton.com

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