Jane Aspell

• Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University

Jane is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). Her research focuses on the multisensory bodily basis for self-consciousness. She is the Head of the Self and Body Lab at ARU.

Before joining ARU, Jane did postdoctoral research at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, at Goldsmiths College in London and at the University of Oxford. She did her PhD at the University of Newcastle and for her undergraduate studies, she read Biological Sciences at Somerville College, University of Oxford.

Jane's ongoing research goal is to investigate how the multisensory representation of the body provides the neurobiological basis for the self. She does this by creating 'out of body' illusions using video-based virtual reality setups and by measuring the integration of multisensory external and internal bodily signals in neurotypical participants, and participants with autism, chronic pain and depersonalisation.

Jane's research findings have been covered by media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Times, New Scientist magazine and BBC World Service Radio. Her research has been funded by the Bial Foundation, The British Academy, Versus Arthritis, The Leverhulme Trust, The Urology Foundation, and the Wellcome Trust.

• –present Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University

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