BIOGRAPHY
I completed my BSc in Psychology at the University of Essex in 2010, then MA in Counseling Psychology at the Adler School of Professional Psychology in 2012. I started my PhD at the University of Essex in October 2012.
RESEARCH OVERVIEW
My research interests are the interaction between brain and behavior, especially the functional significance of the human mirror neuron system. My PhD research will investigate the effect of modulating the mu rhythm on mirror-neuron related tasks.
PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR Nick Cooper
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Haigh, S., Barningham, L., Berntsen, M., Coutts, L.V., Hobbs, E.S.T., Irabor, J., Lever, E.M., Tang, P., & Wilkins, A. (2013). Discomfort and the cortical haemodynamic response to coloured gratings. Vision Research, 89, 47-53. link to paper
Uller C, Urquhart C, Lewis J, Berntsen M (2013). Ten-month-old infants' reaching choices for 'more': the relationship between inter-stimulus distance and number. Frontiers in Psychology, 4 link to paper
Presentations
Berntsen, M., Cooper, N., & Romei, V. (2013). Point-light motion cues of mental states on the human mu rhythm. Poster presented at the BACN Annual Conference Nottingham, April 2013.
Uller, C., Lewis, J. & Berntsen, M. (2011). The assessment of inter-stimulus distance in small visual sets and the implications for number representation in infancy. Poster presented at the 2011 Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal, 1-3 April 2011.
Kerulis, M., Berntsen, M., & Vaupel, E. (2010). Are you hip with the change? How counsellors can make use of brain science in mental health counselling. Talk presented at Illinois Counselling Association (ICA) 62nd annual conference, IL, USA.
