Our lab

What we do & Who we are?

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We aim to understand the psychology of the self

What is “the self”?
Which parts and links in the brain reflect the self?
Why do we have a strong sense of self?
How does our self-concept influence how we interact with other people?

These are just some of the questions we try to answer with methods such as behavioural experiments, virtual reality experiments, Electroencephalogram recordings, and machine learning models.

The Sui Cognition Lab is based in the School of Psychology at the University of Aberdeen.

University of Aberdeen campus

Meet Our Team


Prof Jie Sui

Prof Jie Sui

Principal Investigator
University profile

Dr Naomi Lee

Dr Naomi Lee

Lecturer, University of Worcester (Former PhD Researcher)

Dr Meike Scheller

Dr Meike Scheller

Assistant Professor, Durham University (Former Postdoc Researcher)

Huilin Fang

Huilin Fang

PhD Researcher

Zhuoen Lu

Zhuoen Lu

PhD Researcher

Michella Feldborg

Michella Feldborg

PhD Researcher

Qin Chen

Qin Chen

PhD Researcher

Zofia Farkowska

Zofia Farkowska

PhD Researcher

Yuan Shen

Yuan Shen

PhD Researcher

Thank Our Funders


University of Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen

Leverhulme Trust

Leverhulme Trust

Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

Economic and Social Research Council

Economic and Social Research Council

The Royal Society

The Royal Society

China Scholarship Council

China Scholarship Council

EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership

EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership

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