READER IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
ACADEMIC BIO
Dr. Samantha Brooks is a Reader of Cognitive Neuroscience in the School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK, and a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society. Her research specialises in the neural mechanisms of impulse control in various psychiatric conditions (e.g. addiction, eating disorders). Previously, Dr Brooks worked as a lecturer for six years at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and co-led the Psychiatry Neuroimaging Group. Before working in South Africa, she completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Uppsala University, Sweden, where Dr Brooks continues to collaborate on projects examining the brain processes underlying eating disorders and adolescent-onset mental health disorders. She gained her Ph.D. at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, where she learned clinical neuroimaging techniques, such as structural and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Dr Brooks has published book chapters and over 100 papers to date in high impact journals with a current H Index of 42, continuing to present her work at international conferences. Her research on impulse control in eating disorders and addiction has so far attracted over 1 million Euros in international funding and collaborations with international experts in the field.
MY RESEARCH INTERESTS
Multidisciplinary Research Psychologist
Using cognitive tasks, fMRI, sMRI and Activation Likelihood Estimation (neuroimaging meta-analyses) in eating disorders, addiction, and more broadly, impulse control disorders.
NEW PROJECTS IN 2020: LIVERPOOL, UK
Working memory processes and impulse control
WORKING MEMORY, IMPULSE CONTROL AND THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
August 2020 onwards
NEURAL PROCESSES OF EATING DISORDERS AND ADDICTION-RELATED DISORDERS IN YOUNG PEOPLE
August 2020 onwards
ONGOING PROJECTS: SWEDEN, SOUTH AFRICA
Working memory processes and impulse control
WORKING MEMORY AND IMPULSE CONTROL IN EATING DISORDERS - MAIN COLLABORATION WITH PROF HELGI SCHIÖTH, UPPSALA UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN
August 2020 onwards
WORKING MEMORY AND IMPULSE CONTROL IN ADDICTION DISORDERS - MAIN COLLABORATION WITH NEURL GROUP, UNIVERSITY OF WITSWATERSRAND, SOUTH AFRICA
August 2020 onwards