
Dr Maria Elena Stefanou PhD
Lecturer in Neuroscience and Psychology (Education)
Research interests
- Neuroscience
Contact details
Biography
My research interests lie in the field of cognitive neuroscience. I focus on using EEG to investigate multisensory integration (MSI), how it affects our perception and its relation to neurodevelopmental disorders with a particular interest in the interplay of attention and MSI. I have experience with virtual reality in efforts to distinguish between the main theories of human navigation, and currently, we aim to use VR to investigate MSI in more ecologically valid experimental settings.
Research Interests:
• EEG/ERPs
• Multisensory integration and illusions
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Virtual Reality
Teaching:
• BSc Neuroscience and Psychology
Please see my Research Staff Profile for more detail
Key publications:
- Stefanou et al., 2024. The dissociating effects of fear and disgust on Multisensory Integration in Autism: Evidence from evoked potentials. Frontiers in Neuroscience.
- Stefanou et al., 2020. Late attentional processes potentially compensate for early perceptual multisensory integration deficits in children with autism: evidence from evoked potentials. Scientific Reports.
- Stefanou et al., 2019. Electro-cortical correlates of multisensory integration using ecologically valid emotional stimuli: Differential effects for fear and disgust. Biological Psychology.
- Stefanou et al., 2020. A homing task that could not be done by image matching (Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting Abstract). Journal of Vision.
Research

Centre for Attention Studies
Forging new responses to the foundational digital age crisis: distraction
News
Digital Futures Institute announces eleven new Fellows for 2025-26
Eleven interdisciplinary projects awarded Fellowships from the Digital Futures Institute for the 2025-26 cohort.

Research

Centre for Attention Studies
Forging new responses to the foundational digital age crisis: distraction
News
Digital Futures Institute announces eleven new Fellows for 2025-26
Eleven interdisciplinary projects awarded Fellowships from the Digital Futures Institute for the 2025-26 cohort.
