Research

I am very active in research, and in the last five years I have published over 20 academic papers in the peer-reviewed literature. The subject areas of my research is very broad, and might be summarised for the media as "The Body and Its Language". Formally, I am a physiologist, and my work encompasses molecular physiology to integrative human physiology. In my research on human physiology, I make measurements such as electrocardiograms (ECGs), electromyograms (EMGs), galvanic skin responses (GSR or EDR), and breathing (rate and depth). These measurements, summarised under the term peripheral physiology of the autonomic nervous system, represent the tools by which I examine human behaviours such as nonverbal communication, pleasure, etc.

I have an international reputation on the study of 'long QT syndrome', which is a disorder of the heart that causes sudden death; my University of Bristol website covers that research in detail, but it is written for the academic specialist, rather than for the general public.

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See my University of Bristol website.

See my current research on the Herg K+ Channel.