Ala Yankouskaya

Dr A. Yankouskaya is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Bournemouth University. Her research lies in social cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging and is concerned with how perception, attention, and decision making emerge from interactions between cognitive, affective, and bodily processes in the brain. Across her work, she examines how social context, uncertainty, and internal states shape information integration within large-scale neural systems, with implications for behaviour and mental health.  

A. Yankouskaya’s research spans multimodal experimental approaches and analyses, including eye-tracking, fMRI, EEG, multivariate pattern analysis, and computational modelling to characterise stable and context-dependent patterns of brain organisation, their reliability, and their role in guiding adaptive behaviour. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding how variations in brain network dynamics relate to changes in mood, cognitive functioning, and vulnerability to affective disturbance.   

A. Yankouskaya has developed this research through collaborations and appointments at the University of Oxford (Centre for Cognitive Neuropsychology, Department of Experimental Psychology), the University of Birmingham (School of Psychology), Liverpool Hope University (Department of Psychology) and Bournemouth University (School of Psychology).