Personal profile
Research interests
Research interests
I research the psychological and neural mechanisms of human visual perception and cognition. Vision provides information so that we can interact with the world. These interactions involved sampling using a range of motor and cognitive systems including eye movements, arm, head and body movements. One major focus of our work has been to understand how and why we move our eyes to sample the visual world. More recently we have become interested in engagement and interaction with creative content such as films, TV and live performance.
Current larger grants
MyWorld (2021-2026) UKRI Strength in Places Fund. Workpackage lead for Understanding Audiences, Total award £46,000,000
Recent larger grants
Glucocorticoid dynamics in health and disease (2018-2023) MRC Awarded to Lightman, Harmer, Robinson, Conway-Campbell, Gilchrist and Rivers, £1,847,579
GLANCE: GLAnceable Nuances for Contextual Events (2016-2020). EPSRC Awarded to Mayol-Cuevas, Gilchrist, Damen and Ludwig; £807,000
Vision for the Future (2015-2020) EPSRC Platform Grant, Awarded to Bull, Burn, Canagararjah, Cuthill, Gilchrist, Ludwig and Roberts, £1,363,000
Making decisions in an unstable world (2011-2016). EPSRC, Awarded to Gilchrist, Baddeley, Bogacz, Farrell, Leslie, Ludwig & McNamara; £1,646,000
Sensor Platform for HEalthcare in a Residential Environment [SPHERE] (2013-2017). EPSRC, Awarded to Craddock, Tavare, Flach, Coyle, Campbell, Mirmehid, Munafo, Gilchrist and other; £11,683,000
Keywords
- Decision making
- Human perception
- Motor control
- Neuroscience
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Aging and Motor Adaptation: Increased Movement Variability, Slowing Rates of Adaptation, and Smaller Aftereffects
Swainson, A., Cerminara, N. L., Apps, R. & Gilchrist, I. D., 13 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychology and Aging. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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TraceLAB: A MATLAB Toolbox for Interindividual Synchrony Analysis of Facial Expression and Head Movement Data Acquired via Trace
Carter, F., Richardson, M., Stanton Fraser, D. & Gilchrist, I. D., 29 Apr 2026, In: Entropy. 28, 5, 19 p., 503.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Adapting a Live Streamed Digital Theatre Experience Using Physiological Synchrony
Richardson, M., Carter, F. D., Levordashka, A., Gilchrist, I. D. & Stanton Fraser, D. E. B., 1 Dec 2025, In: Projections. 19, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Projects
- 11 Finished
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Listen to Bristol - Feasibility Study
Gilchrist, I. D. (Principal Investigator)
1/08/25 → 31/01/26
Project: Research
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8104 WP1.3 Pathfinder 3 MyWorld
Gilchrist, I. D. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/21 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Machine learning for intensive care decision support
Santos-Rodriguez, R. (Principal Investigator), McWilliams, C. J. (Co-Investigator), Gilchrist, I. D. (Co-Investigator) & Champneys, A. R. (Co-Investigator)
1/10/18 → 31/12/19
Project: Other
Datasets
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EPIC-Tent
Mayol-Cuevas, W. (Creator), Aldamen, D. (Creator), Jang, Y. (Creator), Sullivan, B. (Creator), Gilchrist, I. (Creator) & Ludwig, C. (Creator), University of Bristol, 17 Jun 2020
DOI: 10.5523/bris.2ite3tu1u53n42hjfh3886sa86, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/2ite3tu1u53n42hjfh3886sa86
Dataset
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Data from Reward and Probability (05-2018)
Clark, R. (Creator) & Gilchrist, I. (Creator), University of Bristol, 1 May 2018
DOI: 10.5523/bris.1iqkndj4qfe1a28uihdt5y5bd5, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/1iqkndj4qfe1a28uihdt5y5bd5
Dataset
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Does Narrative Drive Dynamic Attention to a Prolonged Stimulus?
Gilchrist, I. (Creator), Hinde, S. (Creator) & Smith, T. (Contributor), University of Bristol, 8 Dec 2017
DOI: 10.5523/bris.aczmplxdadnt2rcnhckkplue0, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/aczmplxdadnt2rcnhckkplue0
Dataset
Activities
- 1 Fellowship awarded competitively
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Research Development Fellowship: The neural basis of response time variability
Gilchrist, I. D. (Recipient)
1 Oct 2010 → 1 Apr 2014Activity: Other activity types › Fellowship awarded competitively
Equipment
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Clinical Research and Imaging Centre (CRICBristol)
Thai, J. (Manager), Bucciarelli-Ducci, C. (Other) & Gilchrist, I. (Other)
Bristol Medical School (THS)Facility/equipment: Facility