KAVISHINI APASAMY

EDUCATION

PhD, Royal Holloway, University of London, Current

BSc, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2022

 

PROFILE

My research interest lies in understanding the neuroanatomy underlying cognition and how different brain network might be impacted throughout ageing and pathology. I completed my BSc in Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London in 2022. In 2021, after my second year, I was awarded the ‘Outstanding Student Research Bursary’ to pursue a six-week research placement investigating how written and spoken memories affect autobiographical narrative coherence. Following this, I decided to pursue something closer to my interests. As a result, I started my PhD, supervised by Dr Carl Hodgetts and Professor Narender Ramnani, investigating the connectivity between the hippocampus and the cerebellum in humans. During my PhD, I will study the topography of hippocampal-cerebellar connectivity in humans and during ageing. I will also aim to understand the value of this connection during behaviour. To do so, I hope to use a variety of methods including MRI to understand this research question.