Jessica Pepper

Senior Research Associate

Research Interests

I am a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Psychology at Lancaster University, funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust (PI: Dr Helen Nuttall). My research investigates the utility of neuromodulation in hearing healthcare.

As an ESRC-funded PhD student in the Neuroscience of Speech and Action laboratory, I conducted cognitive neuroscience research centred around multisensory integration and ageing. Specifically, I used techniques such as electroencephalography (EEG), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), accelerometry and psychophysical tasks to investigate how our brain processes visual and auditory information, how this changes as a function of healthy ageing, and the resulting impact on everyday tasks like speech perception and balance maintenance.

International Symposium on Hearing 2025
Participation in conference - Academic

U3A Lancaster Science and Technology Meeting
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

New Tricks in Research Integrity
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

The Experimental Psychology of TMS: The Next 40 Years (TMS@40)
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Faculty of Health and Medicine Postgraduate Symposium
Participation in conference - Academic

Experimental Psychology Society meeting
Participation in conference - Academic

Careers in Psychological Research
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Standing up for Science Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

SPiN 2025
Participation in conference - Academic

Lancaster University Psychology PGR conference 2024
Participation in conference - Academic

Centre for Ageing Research (C4AR) - Research Showcase
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Sound Minds: Ageing, Hearing, and Brain Health
Festival/Exhibition/Concert

LANN-ManCAD Research Collaboration Day
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Surgery in Lancashire and South Cumbria Conference (SILASC)
Participation in conference - Academic

Lancaster Probus Meeting
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

U3A Lancaster Science and Technology Meeting
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

International Conference on Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication
Participation in conference - Academic

Speech in Noise (SPiN) workshop
Participation in conference - Academic

BrainBox Initiative Conference 2023
Participation in conference - Academic

U3A Lytham Science and Technology Meeting
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research
Participation in conference - Academic

Cognitive Frailty Interdisciplinary Network Summer School
Participation in conference - Academic

Pint of Science
Festival/Exhibition/Concert

Postgraduate Research Conference
Participation in conference - Academic

U3A Lancaster Science and Technology Meeting
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Colin Cherry Award 2025
Prize (including medals and awards)

Ed Chronicle Memorial Prize
Prize (including medals and awards)

Commendation - MSc Psychological Research Methods
Prize (including medals and awards)

Dean's Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research
Prize (including medals and awards)

Best Conference Presentation
Prize (including medals and awards)