Anna Abraham, PhD

Reader in Psychology

School of Social Sciences
Leeds Beckett University, UK

Email: annaabr[@]gmail.com  | Twitter: @_imaginatrix  |  Group: Creativity & Imagination Lab

Research Expertise:        Creativity, Imagination, Reality-Fiction Distinction, Mental Time Travel, Theory of Mind, Self-Referential Thought
Domains/Disciplines:     Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology, Clinical Neuroscience, Social Neuroscience

WHAT'S NEW?   

Aug 2017:  Chair the "FROM MIND TO WORLD AND BACK: THE IMAGINATIVE BRAIN" symposium and present a talk - The Brain Basis of
                   Imagination: From Imagery to Altered States - at the 125th APA Annual Convention in Washington, DC.
                   (Other Presenters: Rex Jung, Harry Ballan, Naomi Aguiar).

Jul 2017:   Interview with the Guardian Science Podcast on A History of Human Creativity. 

May 2017: Present a talk - How the Brain Tells Reality from Fiction: A Neurocognitive Perspective - at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and
                    Society's "FACT AND FICTION: CREATION, FORMS, BOUNDARIES" symposium, University of Chicago, USA. [PROGRAM: ONLINE or PDF]

May 2017: Present a talk - Imagination: Perspectives from Psychology & Neuroscience - at the "IMAGINATION AND LEGAL PRACTICE" workshop
                   at Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University, UK.