Micah Allen, PhD

Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging University College London 12 Queens Square, London WC1N Tel: +44 7473513511 Email: micah.allen@ucl.ac.uk www.neuroconscience.com

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2013 present Wellcome Trust Post-Doctoral Fellow University College London; ICN & WTCN Supervisor: Geraint Rees Post-Doctoral Researcher, Aarhus University Hospital, MindLab & Interacting Minds Centre Supervisors: Andreas Roepstorff, Jonathan Smallwood PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience Aarhus University Mental Training and Neuroplasticity: Theoretical and Empirical Insights Supervisors: Antoine Lutz, Andreas Roepstorff MA Philosophy and Cognitive Science University of Hertfordshire BSc Psychology (Honors in the Major); Cognitive Science Minor University of Central Florida

2012 2013

2009 2012

2008-2009

2004-2008

PUBLICATIONS
Allen, M., Smallwood, J., Roepstorff, A., Lutz, A. (2013). The balanced mind: the variability of taskunrelated thoughts predicts error monitoring. Frontiers in Neuroscience. Allen, M., Dietz, M., Blair, K., Van Beek, M., Vestergaard-Poulsen, P., Rees, G., Lutz, A., & Roepstorff, A. (2012). Cognitive-affective neural plasticity following active-controlled mindfulness intervention. The Journal of Neuroscience. Ma, Y., Bang, D., Wang, C., Allen, M., Frith, C. Roepstorff, A., Han, S. (2012). Sociocultural patterning of neural activity during self-reflection. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Tylen, K., Allen, M., Hunter, B., & Roepstorff, A. (2012). Interaction versus Observation: distinctive modes of social cognition in human brain and behavior? Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Allen, M. & Williams, G. (2011). Consciousness, plasticity, and connectomics: the role of intersubjectivity in human cognition. Frontiers in Psychology. Tylen, K. Allen, M. (2009). Interactive Sense-Making in the Brain. In A. Carassa, F. Morganti, and G. Riva (eds.), Proceedings from the International workshop Enacting Intersubjectivity: paving the way for a dialogue between cognitive science, social cognition and neuroscience, Lugano, Switzerland.

FUNDING AND AWARDS

Funding 2012 2018 2010 2011 2009 2012 Welcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellow Meta-cognitive monitoring as a mechanism for adaptive change. Mind & Life Institute Varela Award (Research Grant) Aarhus University, Institute of Clinical Medicine 3 year PhD Scholarship

Awards 2013 2012 2009 2008 2008 Henry Outreach Award, Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience Aarhus University Health Sciences Travel Award Travel Award, European Neuroscience and Society Mini-Neuroschool, Vienna Travel Award, Social Cognitive Neuroscience and Narrative Summer School, BASIC Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence, Honorable Mention

PRESENTATIONS AND REVIEWING

Presentations 2013 2012 2011 2011 2011 2009 2009 2008 2008 Mindlab Presentation, CFIN, Aarhus University Society for Neuroscience, Poster presentation Blakemore Lab, UCL Music in the Brain Presentation, CFIN, Aarhus University Interacting Minds Presentation, CFIN, Aarhus University Poznan Cognition Forum Keynote Bentley Joint Attention Conference, Boston, USA European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Ioannina, Greece Narrative and Social Cognition, San Marino

Ad hoc reviewing Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Perspectives in Psychological Science, Acta Physiologica, Consciousness and Cognition, Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

TEACHING AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

2010-2012 2009-2010 2006-2007 Supervision and training of (3) Masters Students (Research Internships, Aarhus School of Biomedical Engineering) and (5) Undergraduate Research Assistants Childcare Assistant, Conductive Education Center of Orlando (CECO) Teaching Assistant, University of Central Florida.