Dr James Butterworth

I am a Lecturer at the University of Surrey. I teach a variety of topics with a focus on modules of Cognitive Psychology, Personality, and The Self. I am presently in the final year of my PhD at the University of Southampton, and I have a Masters Degree in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Sussex, and a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the University of Surrey.

My key research interests lie in Sleep (incl. circadian rhythms and consciousness), Memory (including reward processing), and The Self (self-compassion, self-control, self-esteem, and self-continuity) My preferred method of research involves the application physiological measures (particularly EEG).

My PhD research explored the relationship between sleep quality and constructs of the self, with a specific focus on self-compassion, self-control, self-esteem, and self-continuity.

I also conduct EEG research. Recent research includes investigating the neural mechanisms of reward-related, emotion regulation, and wellbeing; how do different types of narcissists respond to making mistakes; and neural markers of descriptors for the presented vs authentic self.