Anxious Brain

Oliver Robinson is a Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health at University College London. His speciality is understanding anxiety in the brain. He uses computerised testing to probe people's behaviour, brain scanning techniques to observe the brain, and computer models to understand the links between the two. He has been at the forefront of a field known as Computational Psychiatry which attempts to use the tools of computer science to understand psychiatric symptoms. He has trained many students at undergrad, masters and PhD level and has obtained highly competitive funding to pay for his research (including from the UK, US and EU governments). He was made full professor at an unusually young age of 37. He has written nearly 100 scientific articles but has also written for the Guardian newspaper and appeared on More or Less on BBCR4.