Personal profile
Biography
Will Penny is a Brain Imaging researcher with expertise in the analysis of fMRI and EEG data. He uses Bayesian Inference, Dynamical Systems, and Probabilistic Machine Learning both to develop new methods for neuroimaging data analysis and as models of human cognition. Will joined UEA in 2017. Click here for personal website.
Will Penny has a BEng in Electrical Engineering from Nottingham University (1988), an MSc in Communication Engineering from Imperial College (1989) and a PhD in Artificial Neural Networks from Brunel University (1993). He then worked as a postdoc in the departments of Psychiatry at UCL (1994-1996), Electrical Enginnering at Imperial (1996-1999), and Information Engineering at Oxford (1999-2000) before working at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Neuroimaging at UCL as a statistician (2000), Senior Lecturer (2006), Reader (2011) and Professor (2014).
Areas of Expertise
Brain Imaging and Bayesian Inference
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A deep phenotyping n=1 study to provide proof on concept of the efficacy of VITALS on brain function during perimenopause
Minihane, A.-M. (Principal Investigator), Hornberger, M. (Co-Investigator), Lazar, A. (Co-Investigator), Penny, W. (Co-Investigator), Sami, S. (Co-Investigator), Vauzour, D. (Co-Investigator) & Johnson, M. (Technician)
1/09/25 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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University of East Anglia Brain Imaging Centre
Penny, W. (Principal Investigator), Coventry, K. (Co-Investigator), Hornberger, M. (Co-Investigator), Pomeroy, V. (Co-Investigator) & Spencer, J. (Co-Investigator)
21/08/19 → 20/08/24
Project: Research
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Delayed emergence of EEG-based task-relevant representations
Menghi, N., Melega, G., Lidstrom, A., Renoult, L. & Penny, W., May 2025, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 219, 108052.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stochastic attractor models of visual working memory
Penny, W. D., 3 Apr 2024, In: PLoS One. 19, 4, e0301039.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of a short-term Mediterranean diet on mental health, cognition and cerebral blood flow in UK adults: MediMood study protocol
Esgunoglu, L., Liaquat, M., Gillings, R., Lazar, A., Brooks, J., Penny, W., Hornberger, M., Jennings, A. & Minihane, A.-M., 25 Dec 2023, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia. 19, S23, e074649.Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract › peer-review
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The emergence of task-relevant representations in a nonlinear decision-making task
Menghi, N., Silvestrin, F., Pascolini, L. & Penny, W., Dec 2023, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 206, 107860.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An introduction to thermodynamic integration and application to dynamic causal models
Aponte, E. A., Yao, Y., Raman, S., Frässle, S., Heinzle, J., Penny, W. D. & Stephan, K. E., Feb 2022, In: Cognitive Neurodynamics. 16, p. 1–15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile7 Citations (Scopus)27 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
- 1 Peer review panel
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School of Psychology (Organisational unit)
Penny, W. (Associate Member)
Feb 2025Activity: Membership › Peer review panel