Edward Legg

Social Cognition and Theory of Mind

People often act based on things they have seen or believe - their mental states. These states are internal and cannot be directly observed. For someone to correctly predict another person's behaviour it would appear necessary to reason about their internal states. My primary research focus relates to the cognitive processes involved in predicting other's actions including how and when people represent others' mental states.

I am interested in whether different cognitive processes are used in different circumstances and why people sometimes fail to accurately assess another's mental state.

2020 -

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Rijeka, Croatia

2015-2018

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK

2011 - 2015

PhD in Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK

2008 - 2011

BA(Hons) in Psychology and Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK

• Since 2018: Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions Fellowship

• 2015-2018: Economic and Social Research Council Grant, UK. As a named Postdoctoral Researcher.

• 2015-2018: Leverhulme Research Project Grant, UK. As a named Postdoctoral Researcher.

• 2011-2014: PhD Bursary from the Department of Education , Sports and Culture: Jersey.