Emil Aleksandrov Horozov

I am a Research Assistant in the Computational Psychiatry Research Group, led by Prof. Michael Browning, where I currently work on the Wellcome Trust–funded RELMED project. With a particular focus on EEG, I support the day-to-day operation of the clinical trial examining how different antidepressants affect reinforcement learning, combining behavioural and neuroimaging methods to identify predictors of treatment response in depression.

My academic background is in Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, with most of my previous work focused on investigating the neurophysiological mechanisms underpinning higher cognitive functions, particularly decision-making and long-term memory. Prior to joining the University of Oxford, I completed a Master of Research at the University of Manchester. The core component of my postgraduate thesis examined the neurobiological mechanisms of human recognition, exploring how processing fluency and contextual relationships influence familiarity-based recognition.