About Julien
I am interested in the neural underpinnings of sensory perception (hearing, vision and touch), which I study using a range of neuroimaging techniques, from EEG, MEG and intracranial EEG to structural and functional MRI.
Prospective PhD students can find my available PhD projects here: /schools/psychology/phd-studentships
Supervised Research Degrees
2025 ñޓ 2029 PhD student supervision ñޜEchoes of perception: Mapping sensory cortex with fMRI-guided ultrasound stimulationñޝ, Candidate: Keanu Toomer, PhD Psychology, ñ
2020 Master student co-supervision ñޜConnectivity-based and functional parcellation of tonotopically-organized human auditory cortexñޝ, Candidate: Nour Nahle, MSc in Brain Imaging, Lebanese University
2019 Master student co-supervision ñޜSingle-subject, in vivo parcellation of human auditory cortex using functional, structural and diffusion MRIñޝ,
Candidate: Iman Nassar, MSc in Brain Imaging, Lebanese University
2015 ñޓ 2019 PhD student co-supervision ñޜTowards the detection of tonotopic re-organization in the human auditory cortexñޝ,
PhD candidate: Ben Gurer, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham
2013 ñޓ 2014 Undergraduateproject student supervision ñޜIn-Vivo Parcellation of the Core Human Auditory Cortexñޝ
BSc Neuroscience (3rd year), University of Nottingham
Teaching
Perception
Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain Imaging
Research methods
Statistics
Contact Julien
+44 1752 584804
julien.besle@plymouth.ac.uk