Edwin read for a DPhil in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, was a Research Associate at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge, and is now a Lecturer at the University of Bristol. His research interests are best summarised as the quantitative exploration of development, both within individuals and in populations. He investigates how affect and cognition impact each other, and how they are shaped by the environment. Edwin triangulates problems with narrowly focussed experiments aided by computational models of behaviour, machine learning to find complex patterns in large datasets, and agent-based simulations.

His talk on disgust delves into its place within the brain and body, how we learn to experience it and if we can unlearn it.