Welcome to the website of the Human Information Processing (HIP) lab in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, run by Professor Christopher Summerfield.

lab retreat in the Cotswolds, autumn 2025. Lab retreat in the Cotswolds, autumn 2025

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** We have funding from the Wellcome Trust and Cooperative AI Foundation. We are always interested in hearing from prospective postdocs. Please get in touch if you are interested: christopher.summerfield@psy.ox.ac.uk **

If you would like to apply to the lab as a prospective graduate student (2026 entry), please can you complete this form before November 1st, 2025.

Chris does not travel by air to give talks. See my flightless professors page.

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