Psychology staff and graduate students with a research interest in brain processes underlying aspects of cognition in applied contexts meet regularly in the Centre for Research in Applied Cognition, Knowledge, Learning and Emotion (CRACKLE) to discuss their research and develop collaborative projects. Current and recent research grant funds exceed £300,000 and have been obtained from British Academy, Headway Head Injury Trust, MoD Competition of Ideas as well as ESRC. Research programmes include:

• attention and situation awareness in natural contexts such as air-traffic control tasks, road-traffic environments, situations involving military and medical decision-making and prediction of threatening intent (Graham Edgar, Dritan Nikolla, Di Catherwood) (funding includes a £245,000 Competition of Ideas grant from the MoD)
• cognitive function in brain-damaged populations and the influence of antipsychotic medication on cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia (Phil Tyson) (past funding has included a grant of £38,455 from Eli Lilley Ltd.)
• ‘thinking and doing’ (fantasy and reality) in convicted sexual offenders and the role of the Internet in reinforcing and normalizing sexual fantasies (Tim Jones) 
• the needs of carers of individuals with acquired brain injury (Phil Tyson and Tim Jones) (with Samantha Hall & Hilary Osborne from the Headway Cotswold Trust) (funding includes £5.875.00 from the Gloucestershire Partnership Trust)
• cognitive processing in childhood, including infant attention to the visual field (Di Catherwood) (funding includes a £96,000 ESRC grant with Dr. Anna Franklin from Surrey University to explore infant and adult spatial cognition) and cognition in developmental disorders such as Autistic Spectrum Disorders, ADHD and Dyslexia (Colin Terrell)
• the psychology of education (Helen Stivaros), especially: the teaching and learning relationship, improving educational performance, educational transitions 
• cognitive and emotional processing underlying social values and self-regulatory focus; nonconscious processes: specifically, the way in which are people are influenced beyond their awareness (Kerry Rees)
• attention and inattention to phobic stimuli (Richard Brailsford)