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Dr Nicky Rycroft completed her DPhil in Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex in 2006. Since then, she has been working as a Senior Lecturer at LSBU. Her main research interests are in psychopharmacology, and her DPhil thesis was on the role of the cholinergic system in attentional processes in humans.

Other research interests include use of psychostimulant drugs as cognitive enhancers, recreational drug use and the application of eye movement tracking to studying human attention.

BSc Psychology

• Introducing Psychological Approaches
• Introducing Real World Psychology
• Psychological Research Methods 1
• Psychopharmacology

MSc Addiction Psychology and Counselling

• Theoretical Foundations of Addiction and Counselling Psychology

Nicky’s main research interests are in Psychopharmacology, or how drugs affect brain function and behaviour. Previous work has looked at cognitive enhancing effects of nicotine and modafinil, effects of MDMA on neuropsychological performance and attentional biases in both alcohol and ecstasy users.  Current research interests include the use of psychostimulant drugs for cognitive enhancement in healthy individuals, time perception in cannabis users and the impact of stress on task goal maintenance in smokers and non-smokers.

• Fellow, Higher Education Academy
• Full member, British Association of Psychopharmacology