Jamie is a psychologist and lecturer in the Psychology Department at the University of Exeter. He holds an undergraduate degree in Applied Psychology, a master’s degree in Health Psychology, and a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from Liverpool John Moores University. His doctoral research focused on cognitive enhancement drug use, specifically the usage of novel psychostimulants among university students and their impact on specific cognitive functions. Jamie is a part of the Psychopharmacology lab at Exeter and has developed a growing interest in psychedelic drugs, studying factors that predict their use and exploring their impact on executive functions and mental health.
Holding a rationalist worldview and valuing evidence-based reasoning, Jamie takes an empirical, quantitative research approach to understanding the mechanisms behind the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. He loves a good debate and is currently co-creating a module for Clinical Psychology MSc students that explores critical perspectives in the study of addictions. He supervises undergraduate and postgraduate research in the areas of recreational drug use and cognitive psychology. More recently, he has offered projects that use virtual reality to replicate psychedelic experiences. He is an active member of the Exeter Psychedelic Colloquium.
