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Agnese Venskus

Dr Agnese Venskus BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Lecturer in Psychology

Agnese has been a Lecturer in Psychology at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ since October 2021. Her research lies within the area of cognitive neuropsychology and forensic psychology. Her current research is focusing on exploring links between temporal sensitivity, sense of agency, alpha and theta oscillations, as well as techniques that can modify the above processes. Populations of interest are psychics and individuals with schizophrenia. Her teaching expertise lies in research methods, statistics, investigative/forensic psychology and abnormal psychology.

Posts held previously:

  • 2018 – 2021 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Essex
  • 2019 – 2020 Research Experience Scheme (student supervisor), Department of Psychology, University of Essex
  • 2016 – 2017 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Essex

Psychology

Responsibilities within the university
  • BSc Psychology Programme Lead
  • Module Leader for MSc Mental Health in Criminal and Forensic Contexts
  • BSc Psychology Project Supervision
  • MSc Psychology Project Supervision

Recognition
Reviewer for:
  • PlosOne
  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Consciousness and Cognition
Member of:
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • British Neuroscience Association
  • British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Chartered Member of the British Psychological Association

Research / Scholarly interests

Agnese`s current research is focusing on exploring links between temporal sensitivity, sense of agency, alpha and theta oscillations, as well as techniques that can modify the above processes. Populations of interest are psychics and individuals with schizophrenia.

Recent publications

Article

Venskus, Agnese , Gooding, Peter L. T., Hughes, Gethin (2023), . Frontiers Media. In: , , , . Frontiers Media, Frontiers in Psychology, 14: 1136365 1664-1078 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1136365).

Venskus, Agnese and , (2023), . Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Press) - Special Collection: CogNet. In: , , , . Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Press) - Special Collection: CogNet, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience . pp. 1-6 ISSN: 0898-929X (Print), 1530-8898 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01982).

Venskus, Agnese , Ferri, Francesca, Migliorati, Daniele, Spadone, Sara , Costantini, Marcello , Hughes, Gethin (2021), . Public Library of Science (PLoS). In: , , , . Public Library of Science (PLoS), PLoS ONE, 16: e0256987 (9) 1932-6203 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256987).

Venskus, Agnese and , Hughes, Gethin (2021), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Neuropsychologia, 159: 107919 ISSN: 0028-3932 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107919).