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Robin Murphy is a Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, where he is also a Fellow and Tutor at Corpus Christi College. He completed his PhD at McGill University and has published over 50 scientific papers and chapters in areas such as the role of the hippocampus, animal and human learning, attention, reasoning, and the computational properties of learning. His research interests include using associative learning theory to explain mental activities in animals and its applications to human learning, which has led to the development of the field of Computational Psychopathology. Murphy's lab has received funding from various UK Research Councils and the Wellcome Foundation, and he actively collaborates with advisory panels and editorial boards, contributing to significant discourse in the field. His projects encompass investigating instrumental learning in mouse models and the relationship between serotonin, mental disorders, and a sense of agency. He teaches undergraduate courses in Psychology and Biomedical Sciences, including Behavioral Neuroscience and Advanced Learning Theory.
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford • Oxford, England
Chair and lead in research on animal and human learning, with a focus on Computational Psychopathology.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.