Rhiannon Jones

​I am Senior Lecturer in Psychology, specialising in Cognitive Neuroscience. I joined the Psychology Department at Winchester in November 2013, following a postdoctoral research and teaching position at the University of Westminster. I gained my PhD and MSc from Goldsmiths, University of London, and my BSc from Bangor University.

Higher Education Teaching Qualification: Higher Education Academy Fellowship (FHEA).

My primary research interest is the biological basis of cognitive biases in psychopathology, for example those found in obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression. My current research focuses on thought-action fusion and thought suppression, and I study these using a variety of techniques including electrophysiology, transcranial electrical stimulation, and genetic association studies.

Supervision of research students

​​I am available for research supervision; my areas of supervision are: electroencephalography (EEG), including ERPs and oscillations; obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and OC symptoms in non-clinical populations; cognitive biases associated with psychopathology, especially thought-action fusion; thought-suppression and overgeneral autobiographical memory.

Peer-reviewed journals

• Jones R, Leunissen JM, Whyte A, Werson A, Bhattacharya J. (2025) Obsessive-compulsive symptoms predict increased fronto-parahippocampal synchronisation during thought suppression. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. doi: 10.3758/s13415-025-01316-x.
• Jones, R., Bhattacharya, J.B. (2014) A role for the precuneus in thought-action fusion: Evidence from participants with significant obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Neuroimage: Clinical, 4, 112-21
• Müllensiefen, D., Fry, J., Jones, R., Jilka, S., Stewart, L., Williamson, V. (2014) Individual differences predict patterns in spontaneous involuntary musical imagery. Music Perception, 31, 323-38
• Jones, R., Bhattacharya, J.B. (2012) Alpha activity in the insula accompanies the urge to neutralize in sub-clinical obsessive-compulsive participants. Journal of Behavioural Addictions, 1, 96-105.
• Lindsen, J.P., Jones, R., Shimojo, S., Bhattacharya, J. (2010) Neural components underlying subjective preferential decision making. Neuroimage, 50, 1626-32.

Online magazines

• Bhattacharya, J. & Jones, R. (2014) Electrical signature for OCD can be picked up in the brain, The Conversation 19 May 2014

Conferences

• 'Does thought-action fusion in the precuneus trigger the urge to neutralize in the insula? Evidence from thought-action fusion induction in sub-clinical obsessive-compulsive individuals', at First Annual Conference on Behavioural Addictions (2012).