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Dr Samuel Jones

Profile summary

  • Central Academic Staff
  • Lecturer in Applied Cognitive Psychology
  • Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
  • School of Psychology & Counselling
  • Psychology
  • samuel.jones

Professional biography

I am a cognitive scientist with an interest in brain ageing and multisensory perception. I completed my undergraduate and master's degrees in psychology and psychological research (respectively) at Bangor University, before undertaking PhD research at the University of Birmingham. My PhD applied behavioural testing, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and computational modelling to explore ways in which cognitive ageing affects the brain's ability to effectively combine signals from multiple senses. Following my PhD, I was employed as a Lecturer in Quantitative Psychological Research Methods and Statistics (Staffordshire University; 2019-2022) and Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Ageing (Nottingham Trent University; 2022-2024). I am now a Lecturer in Applied Cognitive Psychology in the OU's School of Psychology and Counselling.

Research interests

My core interest is in the effects of ageing on the brain, particularly in relation to how older adults process sensory signals (from sight, sound, touch, etc.), though I am also involved in a range of other psychology and cognitive neuroscience research. I use a variety of methods in my research, including computerised behavioural testing (online and in person), fMRI, eye tracking, and computational modelling.

Teaching interests

I most enjoy teaching quantitative research methods and statistics, and have a lot of experience doing so at a range of levels. I also regularly contribute to cognitive and biological psychology teaching.

External collaborations

I am a member of the editorial board of the journal Aging Brain, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and have served as a reviewer of research articles and grant proposals for a variety of academic journals and funding organisations.

I currently have active collaborations with researchers at Nottingham Trent University; the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour (Radboud University, Netherlands); the University of Trento (Italy); Staffordshire University; and Birmingham City University.

Publications

Older adults preserve audiovisual integration through enhanced cortical activations, not by recruiting new regions (2024-02)
Jones, Samuel A. and Noppeney, Uta
PLoS Biology, 22, Article e3002494(2)

A Content Analysis of Reasons for Disclosing Sexual Fantasies and Partner Responses (2024-02)
Kimberley, Matthew L.; Jones, Samuel A. and Elliott, Jade M.
The Journal of Sex Research ((early access))

Ageing and multisensory integration: A review of the evidence, and a computational perspective (2021-05)
Jones, Samuel A. and Noppeney, Uta
Cortex, 138 (pp. 1-23)

Older adults sacrifice response speed to preserve multisensory integration performance (2019-12)
Jones, Samuel A.; Beierholm, Ulrik; Meijer, David and Noppeney, Uta
Neurobiology of Aging, 84 (pp. 148-157)

See what you hear – How the brain forms representations across the senses (2018)
Noppeney, Uta; Jones, Samuel A.; Rohe, Tim and Ferrari, Ambra
Neuroforum, 24(4) (A169-A181)

The Human Nervous System: Functional Anatomy (2024-03)
Castro, Antonio; Jones, Gary; Sergeant, Mark J. T. and Jones, Samuel
In: Banyard, Philip; Dillon, Gayle; Norman, Christine and Winder, Belinda eds. Essential Psychology (4th Edition)
ISBN : 9781529666564 | Publisher : Sage | Published : London, UK

Multisensory Integration and Causal Inference in Typical and Atypical Populations (2024)
Jones, Samuel A. and Noppeney, Uta
In: Gu, Yong and Zaidel, Adam eds. Advances of Multisensory Integration in the Brain. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB) (pp. 59-76)
ISBN : 9789819976119 | Publisher : Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd | Published : Singapore