About Julien
, Brain Research and Imaging Centre
I am interested in the neural underpinnings of sensory perception (hearing, vision and touch), which I study using a range of neuroimaging techniques, from EEG, MEG and intracranial EEG to structural and functional MRI.
Prospective PhD students can find my available PhD projects here: /schools/psychology/phd-studentships
Supervised Research Degrees
2025 – 2029 PhD student supervision “Echoes of perception: Mapping sensory cortex with fMRI-guided ultrasound stimulation”, Candidate: Keanu Toomer, PhD Psychology, 鶹ýӳ
2020 Master student co-supervision “Connectivity-based and functional parcellation of tonotopically-organized human auditory cortex”, Candidate: Nour Nahle, MSc in Brain Imaging, Lebanese University
2019 Master student co-supervision “Single-subject, in vivo parcellation of human auditory cortex using functional, structural and diffusion MRI”,
Candidate: Iman Nassar, MSc in Brain Imaging, Lebanese University
2015 – 2019 PhD student co-supervision “Towards the detection of tonotopic re-organization in the human auditory cortex”,
PhD candidate: Ben Gurer, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham
2013 – 2014 Undergraduateproject student supervision “In-Vivo Parcellation of the Core Human Auditory Cortex”
BSc Neuroscience (3rd year), University of Nottingham
Teaching
Perception
Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain Imaging
Research methods
Statistics
Contact Julien
+44 1752 584804
julien.besle@plymouth.ac.uk