My research aims to uncover the nature of the mental representations and computations that underlie aspects of human cognition, within a Cognitive Science perspective that includes Psychology (cognitive psychology and neuropsychology), Computer Science (computational modelling), and Linguistics (experimental phonetics). Within the broad area of human cognition, my primary interest lies in understanding fundamental aspects of the normal language system and how they become impaired as the result of brain damage or abnormal development.

My work is funded by project grants from the BBSRC, ESRC, British Academy, and Leverhulme Trust. I am Chair of the ESRC grants assessment panel for Psychology, Linguistics, & Education, and serve as Associate Editor of Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition (since 2007) and Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance (from 2011).