Psychology Trip to University of Suffolk’s Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory 

Year 13 Psychology students visited Dr Rachael Martin at the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at The University of Suffolk last week; learning more about the neurological basis of behaviour and how psychologists and neuroscientists study brain activity.  

Students collected data using the eye tracking technology and were able to try out the lab’s muse headbands measure brain activity and provide real-time feedback on your mental state, and also had the chance to see how EEG technology, a test that measures electrical activity in the brain, is used and works.   

Sam shares their experience and learnings from the day. 

“The trip was very useful and helped me further my knowledge of how the brain works as well as allowing me find out more about how psychological factors affect how well people perform in sport.  This will be useful in my studies at university.  

My favourite part of the day was learning about how hormones like adrenaline can affect the level at which perform are able to perform consistently, how some people perform better when under stress and how best to relax during these moments.”