PhD Students

Chun Lim Pan

Chun Lim is an international student from Malaysia about to start his PhD under Ashok’s supervision. He is currently interested in using JEF© to explore the bilingual advantage. He aims to use JEF© to identify if bilinguals have a cognitive advantage over monolinguals.

Claudia Pulcini

Claudia is a Psychology PhD student under Ashok’s supervision. Her research is on face recognition, and specifically on Prosopagnosia, the inability to recognise faces. One line of her research will focus on comparing the Developmental and the Acquired variant of the condition. Her PhD is also investigating a condition known as Aphantasia, and how mental imagery abilities may vary across the face recognition spectrum, from Prosopagnosia up to Super Recognition. Another area of research will be a qualitative investigation into the experience of Developmental Prosopagnosics in childhood, with the final aim of developing more sensitive children’s face recognition tests to diagnose the condition at an earlier age.