Welcome to the Lab

The MIND Lab is based in the Department of Psychology at Teesside University. The lab is co-led by Dr Christopher Wilson and Dr Srdan Medimorec.

We are interested in understanding the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying decision-making, learning, and memory. We use a range of methods, including functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), eye-tracking, and virtual reality, to study these processes in both healthy and clinical populations.

Joining the lab

If you are intersted in joining the lab, the fist step is reading the Lab Manual. This will give you an overview of the lab’s research, methods, and culture.

Lab News

Grant awarded by the Academic Forum for the Study of Gambling (AFSG)

The MIND Lab has been awarded a grant by the Academic Forum for the Study of Gambling (AFSG) to explore how social identification with sports groups predicts gambling…

2025-05-1

Lab Events

MIND Lab @ Teesside University Research Fair

This event is part of the Teesside University Research Fair, showcasing research and impact in creative ways and explore research happening at Teesside and with our…

2025-06-24

The Hub exhibition space, SU Building

Breaking big problems into small pieces…

This session is for college students who are interested in studying psychology. We discuss how psychology researchers tackle big problems by breaking them down into smaller, more manageable pieces. We use examples of how certain principles of behavioural and cognitive psychology are used to manipulate people in the contexts of gambling, gaming and social media.

2025-04-02

Themis Building, Psychology Dept.

Introduction to Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

This workshop will provide an introduction to Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), a non-invasive neuroimaging technique that measures brain activity by detecting…

2024-10-23

Themis fNIRS lab