Tel: +44 (0)20 7911 5000 ext: 2090
Email: t.edginton@wmin.ac.uk

Research interests

Cognitive neuropsychology and psychopharmacology of memory: cognitive deficits associated with normal and abnormal ageing, psychopharmacological models of dementia, cognitive enhancers, cognitive effects of traumatic brain injury and hydrocephalus, executive functioning, imagery and emotional aspects of memory.

General information

Trudi graduated from the University of Sussex with a BA(Hons) in Applied Psychology and a PhD in Experimental Psychology with Professor Jenny Rusted investigating ‘The role of the cholinergic system in human memory and attention.’ Her post-doctoral research position at the Psychosocial Oncology Group at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School investigated the cognitive effects of hormonal treatments in men with prostate cancer and women with breast cancer. Trudi is currently involved in research working with patients with traumatic brain injuries at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge and patients with hydrocephalus and patients with memory impairments at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with Dr Catherine Loveday and Dr Jo Iddon. She also researches patients with specific neuropsychological deficits and has recently become involved in research using virtual reality software to assess executive functioning with Dr Ashok Jansari at the University of East London. Trudi continues to pursue her interests in psychopharmacology including the role of nicotine as a cognitive enhancer. Trudi is a member of the psychobiology section of the BPS, a member of the University Health Psychology Research Group and a member of the University Research Ethics Committee. Trudi joined the University of Westminster in September, 2004 and teaches both neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience on the BSc Cognitive Science and the MSc in Applied Cognitive Neuroscience degrees at the Harrow campus.

Publications

Minati L, Edginton T, Bruzzone MG, Giaccone G. 2009. Current concepts in Alzheimer’s disease: a multidisciplinary review. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias. 24(2):95-121

Jenkins, V. Fallowfield, L. Edginton, T. et al. 2005. Preferences of healthy men for two different endocrine treatment options offered for locally advanced prostate cancer. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 21: 8

Jenkins, V., Bloomfield, D., Shilling, V. and Edginton, T.L. 2005 Does neoadjuvant hormone therapy for early prostate cancer affect cognition? Results from a pilot study. BJU International. 96: 48-53

Edginton, T.L. and Rusted, J.M. 2003. The separate and combined effects of scopolamine and nicotine on retrieval-induced forgetting. Psychopharmacology. 170: 351-357

Book chapters

Loveday, C., & Edginton, T. (2011). Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. In Davis, A. & D'Amato. R.C. (Eds) Handbook of Paediatric Neuropsychology, Springer Publishing: New York, p 769-785

Conference presentations

Ashok Jansari, Daniel Froggatt, Lynne Dawkins & Trudi Edginton (2011). The Cognitive Enhancement of Executive Functions by Nicotine: A Study Using Virtual Reality. International Neuropsychological Society Conference. Auckland, New Zealand, July

Loveday, C., Edginton, T., Iddon, J., and Morgan, R. (2011). Neuropsychological profiling of hydrocephalus and spina bifida. ASBAH,  June

TL Edginton. (2011). Cognitive enhancement or cognitive impairment? The effects of what we consume on our cognitive processes. British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Glasgow. Symposium convenor and discussant, May

Edginton, T and Rusted, J. (2010). Effects of acute and chronic cholinergic depletion on verbal fluency measures.British Psychological Society Psychobiology meeting in Windermere, UK. September

T.L. Edginton, C. Loveday, J.L. Iddon and P.J.A. Hutchinson. (2010). Assessing and responding to the cognitive and psychosocial sequelae of Traumatic Brain Injury in a multi-disciplinary neurotrauma out-patient clinic. Society of British Neurological Surgeons. Chelsea FC London, September

Lomas, T., Cartwright, T., Ridge, D. & Edginton, T. (2010). "Men behaving well?: Journeys towards constructive engagement with well-being through meditation" Poster presentation at the European Health Psychology Society. Translyvania September

TL Edginton, JL Iddon, C Loveday, JD Pickard, DJR Morgan. (2010). Cognitive and Behavioural implications associated with Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida. International Federation of Spina bifida and Hydrocephalus. Dublin, June

TL Edginton (2010). Effects of nicotine on executive functioning using a virtual reality task. Liverpool John Moores University. February,  Invited talk.

TL Edginton (2009). Cognitive and behavioural assessment and intervention for Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida. Ireland Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. Dublin, Ireland. October, Invited talk.

TL Edginton, JL Iddon, C Loveday, JD Pickard, DJR Morgan. (2009). Cognitive and Psychological Assessment in Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida: Triangulating subjective and objective data. Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society, Helsinki, August

TL Edginton, JL Iddon, C Loveday, JD Pickard, DJR Morgan. Cognitive and Psychological Sequelae of Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida: correlating subjective data and objective neuropsychological data to establish insight and inform clinical intervention and guidelines. Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida Belfast, June 2009

Edginton, T., Dawkins, L., Braedon, L., & Jansari, A Effects of nicotine on a Virtual Reality executive task. Psychobiology conference, Windermere, 2008

Edginton, T. (2008). An investigation of the effects of nicotine on executive processes using a virtual reality environment in smokers and non smokers Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Symposium conference Iguacu, Brazil, July

Edginton, T. & Zacharia, H. (2008). The Functional Dissociations Between Immediate and Delayed Emotional Memory processing Following Right Temporal Lobe Damage. Poster presentation International Neuropsychological Society Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July

Edginton, T., Jansari, A. & Spiller, M. (2007). An investigation of a non-selective imagery impairment on strategic and autobiographical memory processes following posterior frontal lobe craniotomy. International Neuropsychological Society conference, Spain, July

Edginton, T. (2007). Effects of nicotine gum on executive processing in healthy smokers using JAAM. Psychobiology Conference, Lake Windermere, September

Edginton, T., Nikolla, D. & Jansari, A. (2007). An investigation of the effects of nicotine on executive processes using a virtual reality environment, BPS Psychobiology Conference, September 

Poster presentation on the cognitive effects of reversible hormone therapy for prostate cancer. International Psycho-Oncology Society conference in Denmark, August, 2004.

Oral presentation on a case of Retrograde affective memory loss: An investigation of a non-selective emotional autobiographical memory impairment post-right temporal lobe craniotomy. International Neuropsychological Society meeting in Zurich, Switzerland. July, 2006.

Oral presentation of a study to establish the preferences of well men for two different hormone therapies in the treatment of prostate cancer. International Psycho-Oncology Society conference in Denmark, August, 2004.

Departmental oral presentation on the effects of nicotine and scopolamine on inhibitory processes in human memory, at the University of Sussex, 2002.

Poster presentation on the effects of nicotine and scopolamine on inhibitory processes in human memory, at the Alzheimer’s Association conference in Sweden, 2002.

Poster presentation on the effects of nicotine on inhibitory processes in human memory, at the BAP conference in Harrogate, 2001.