{"id":4,"date":"2021-07-21T14:30:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T13:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/merlin\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2024-12-12T11:52:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T11:52:39","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/merlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mace Experimental Research Laboratories in Neuroscience (MERLiN) comprises a suite of laboratories located in the basement of the Malet Street building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lab was named after Professor Cecil Alex Mace, a noted psychologist and philosopher and Chair in Psychology at Birkbeck from 1944 to 1961.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MERLiN houses acoustic booths for electrophysiological, optical and psychophysiological research; sound attenuated-booths booths for eye-tracking and behavioural research; research preparation areas; and an open-plan office area for research staff and postgraduate students. Several research laboratories are located within MERLiN including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/psychology\/our-research\/our-research\/acn-lab\">Affective and Cognitive Neuroscience<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/psychology\/our-staff\/academic\/naz-derakhshan\">Dr Naz Derakhshan<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/psychology\/our-staff\/academic\/simon-green\">Dr Simon Green<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/psychology\/our-staff\/academic\/anne-richards\">Professor Anne Richards<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/psychology\/our-staff\/academic\/marie-smith\">Dr Marie Smith<\/a>);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/psychology\/our-research\/alphalab\">ALPHAlab (Auditory Language Processing, Hearing, and Attention)<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/psychology\/our-staff\/academic\/fred-dick\">Dr Fred Dick<\/a>);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/psychology\/bodylab\/\">Body Representation Lab<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/psychology\/our-staff\/academic\/matthew-longo\">Dr Matt Longo<\/a>);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research areas are equipped for electrophysiological, psychophysiological, vision, auditory, eye-tracking and general behavioural research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take part in our research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to participate in the experiments carried out at MERLiN please sign up to the Birkbeck\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psyc-bbk.sona-systems.com\/student_new_user.asp\">Sona Experiment Management System<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mace Experimental Research Laboratories in Neuroscience (MERLiN) comprises a suite of laboratories located in the basement of the Malet Street building. The lab was named after Professor Cecil Alex Mace, a noted psychologist and philosopher and Chair in Psychology at Birkbeck from 1944 to 1961. 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