Tel: +44 (0) 1248 388252
Email: [email protected]

SimonWattLab website: 

http://watt-lab.bangor.ac.uk

Google scholar citations 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-watt-bangor-cymru  

Simon supervises undergraduate and masters research projects on a range of topics in sensorimotor control and perception. Recent projects include studies on visual-tactile sensory integration, tool use, and upper-limb prostheses.

He currently supervises one PhD student, Molly Hewitt, who is working on studies of sensorimotor control of devices, aimed at informing development of next-gen prosthetic hands.  

Simon's teaching duties include: 

– Module organiser PPP-2012 Cognitive Psychology (Yr2 undergraduate module on Perception and Cognition) 

– Module organiser PRP-4025 MSc Research Project (a.k.a. the masters Dissertation)

– Module organiser PRP-4013 Lab Rotation (an experiential module in which masters students gain experience working in active research groups). 

Simon's admin roles:

Director of Postgraduate Taught (PGT) programmes

Course lead MSc Psychology, MSc Psychological Research

WGSSS Psychology pathway lead

Simon's lab website is here: watt-lab.bangor.ac.uk/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-watt-bangor-cymru

Simon earned a PhD in Psychology at the University of Surrey, supervised by Mark Bradshaw. He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley, working with Marty Banks, before joining the faculty at Bangor in 2004.

Simon is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology in the School of Psychology and Sport Science. His research comprises a range of basic studies on how we see and use our hands in 3d space. This includes research on tool use, multisensory integration (of vision and touch), reaching and grasping, and 3d vision.

A common thread (beyond topic areas) is that Simon's research aims to integrate fundamental science with practical use (an approach known as Pasteur's Quadrant). Much of his work on sensorimotor control aims to inform development of devices such as prosthetic hands, while his work on 3d vision aims to informs development of stereoscopic displays and VR technology.