Dr Hannes Saal
School of Psychology
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 6504
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School of Psychology
F05
Pam Liversidge Building
Mappin Street
葫芦影业
S1 3JD
- Profile
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I am a Cognitive Scientist and run the . I studied Cognitive Science at the University of Osnabr眉ck, Germany and then obtained my MSc and PhD in Neuroinformatics at the University of Edinburgh. I was then a postdoctoral scholar in Sliman Bensmaia鈥檚 lab at the University of Chicago, before joining the University of 葫芦影业 to set up my own lab. For most of my career I have worked on the sense of touch, using methods from computational neuroscience, robotics, and machine learning.
- Qualifications
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- BSc Cognitive Science (Osnabrueck, Germany)
- MSc Neuroinformatics (Edinburgh)
- PhD Neuroinformatics (Edinburgh)
- Research interests
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I work on mathematical models of sensory coding and perception; my main research area is the sense of touch, where I use human psychophysics, computational modelling, and applied machine learning in order to elucidate the fundamental computations allowing us to make sense of our environment through touch.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 20(203).
- . iScience, 26(1).
- . PLoS Computational Biology, 18(12).
- . eLife, 11.
- . Science Advances, 8(16).
- . Journal of Neurophysiology.
- . Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00161.2017-jn.00161.2017.
- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 114(28), E5693-E5702.
- . Science Translational Medicine, 8(362).
- . Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 40, 142-149.
- . eLife, 4.
- . Neuropsychologia, 79, 344-353.
- . Trends in Neurosciences, 37(12), 689-697.
- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(42), 17107-17112.
- . PLoS Biology, 11(5), e1001558-e1001558.
Conference proceedings papers
All publications
Journal articles
- . Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 20(203).
- . PLoS Computational Biology, 19(5).
- . Human Brain Mapping.
- . iScience, 26(1).
- . PLoS Computational Biology, 18(12).
- . eLife, 11.
- . Neuron, 110(11), 1743-1745.
- . Science Advances, 8(16).
- . Journal of Neurophysiology.
- . Neuroscience.
- . Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00161.2017-jn.00161.2017.
- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 114(28), E5693-E5702.
- . Journal of Physiology-Paris.
- . Science Translational Medicine, 8(362).
- . J Neurophysiol, 116(6), 2647-2655.
- . Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 40, 142-149.
- . eLife, 4.
- . Neuropsychologia, 79, 344-353.
- . Journal of Neurophysiology, 113(7), 3013-3020.
- . Trends in Neurosciences, 37(12), 689-697.
- . Journal of Neurophysiology, 111(9), 1792-1802.
- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(42), 17107-17112.
- . Journal of Neuroscience, 32(44), 15309-15317.
- . Journal of Neuroscience, 29(25), 8022-8031.
- . Journal of Neurophysiology.
- . PLoS Biology, 11(5), e1001558-e1001558.
Chapters
- , Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience (pp. 3182-3185).
- , Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience (pp. 2756-2759). Springer New York
- , Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience (pp. 1-4).
Conference proceedings papers
- Imaging Sub-surface Skin Strain Patterns During Fingertip Sliding. HAPTICS: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, APPLICATIONS, EUROHAPTICS 2022, Vol. 13235 (pp 358-361)
- Nonlinear scaling of resource allocation in sensory bottlenecks. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 19) (pp 7543-7552). Vancouver, Canada, 8 December 2019 - 14 December 2019.
- Dynamic adaptation of exploratory movements for texture perception. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, Vol. 54 (pp E49-E49)
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- . 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 18 October 2010 - 22 October 2010.
- Active sequential learning with tactile feedback. Journal of Machine Learning Research, Vol. 9 (pp 677-684)
- . 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 18 October 2010 - 22 October 2010.
Posters
Datasets
Preprints
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- , Center for Open Science.
- , eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.
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- Research group
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Neuroscience and Cognition
- Grants
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- Innovate UK (2023-24): PathStance - Transforming a simple, prescribed NHS wearable, into a sensor-rich, at-home rehabilitation device. Smart Grant. With Matt Carre and Claire Brockett (Mechanical Engineering).
- Leverhulme Trust (2022-2025): The computational origins of the cortical homunculus. Research project grant. Principal Investigator.
- EU Horizon 2020 (2019-2023): NeuTouch - Understanding neural coding of touch as enabling technology for prosthethics and robotics. Innovative Training Network. With Tony Prescott (Computer Science) and EU-wide consortium.
- Teaching activities
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I am the course director for our MSc programmes in Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, as well as Cognitive Neuroscience and Human Neuroimaging.
I currently teach PSY6308 - Computational Neuroscience 2 and PSY6309 - Mathematical Modelling and Research Skills.
- Professional activities and memberships
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I am a member of:
- PhD Opportunities
I am happy to receive applications for PhD study in my area of research.
We advertise PhD opportunities (Funded or Self-Funded) on
For further information, please see the department PhD Opportunities page.