BIOGRAPHY
I completed my PhD at Goldsmiths, University in London in 2008, having also obtained my BSc and MSc at the same institution. I then completed an 18-month post-doc at the University of Oxford followed by 3 years at Université Paris Descartes before joining the Department of Psychology, University of Essex in September 2012.
RESEARCH OVERVIEW
Action is fundamental to human behaviour and sensory experience. The main aim of my research is to better understand the mechanisms that allow us to be aware of our actions and the effects that they have on the environment. This includes investigating phenomena such as intentional binding and sensory attenuation, as well as studying the neural correlates of action selection and error monitoring. My other research areas include consciousness, attention, reward, and motivation. I am also interested in using brain computer interfaces and single-trial classification approaches to EEG data.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Hughes, G., Mathan, S., & Yeung, N. (in press). EEG indices of reward motivation and target detectability in a rapid visual detection task. Neuroimage.
Hughes, G., Desantis, A., & Waszak, F. (in press). Mechanisms of intentional binding and sensory attenuation: The role of temporal prediction, temporal control, identity prediction, and motor prediction. Psychological Bulletin.
Waszak, F., Cardoso-Leite, P., & Hughes, G. (2012). Action effect anticipation: Neurophysiological basis and functional consequences. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 36(2), 943-959.
Desantis, A., Hughes, G., & Waszak, F. (2012). Intentional binding is driven by the mere presence of an action and not by motor prediction. PLoS One, 7(1), e29557.
Hughes G., Schütz-Bosbach, S., & Waszak, F. (2011). One action system or two? Evidence for common central preparatory mechanisms in voluntary and stimulus-driven actions. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(46), 16692-16699.
Hughes G., & Waszak, F. (2011). ERP correlates of action effect prediction and visual sensory attenuation in voluntary action. Neuroimage, 56(3), 1632-1640.
Hughes, G., & Yeung, N (2011). Dissociable correlates of response conflict and error awareness in error-related brain activity, Neuropsychologia, 49(3), 405-415.
Van den Bussche, E., Hughes, G., Van Humbeeck, N., & Reynvoet, B. (2010). The relation between consciousness and attention: an empirical study using the priming paradigm. Consciousness & Cognition, 19, 86-97.
Hughes, G., Velmans, M., & De Fockert, J. (2009). Unconscious priming of a no-go response. Psychophysiology 46 (6), 1258-1269.
