Dr Sebastian McBride
PhD, BSc

Senior Lecturer in Biological Science

Contact Details

Email: sdm@aber.ac.uk
ORCID: 0000-0001-5120-0115
Office:1.22
Phone: +44 (0) 1970 621633
Research Portal Profile (https://research.aber.ac.uk/en/persons/abaa6932-874f-40e3-a9e6-cb5d825ec260)

All undergraduate and postgraduate appointments can be made via my appointment calendar accessible here.

Dr Sebastian McBride is a Liverpool (BSc.) and Edinburgh (PhD.) graduate who first took up a lectureship position at Aberystwyth in 1996 in what was the Institute of Rural Sciences. He left the Institute in 2005 to extend his research interests in cognitive robotics in the Department of Computer Science (Aberystwyth) and then cognitive neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. He has returned to Aberystwyth University in 2016 to take up an appointment as lecturer in Biosciences.

All undergraduate and postgraduate appointments can be made via my appointment calendar accessible here.

Moderator

AB1 Behavioural Neurobiology (BR35320)

Lecturer

Tutor

Grader

AB1 Research Project (BR36440)

Dr Sebastian McBride is involved in a number of research projects based around cognition and the neurophysiological control of behaviour. In particular, he is currently working on: animal cognition markers of human neurodegenerative disease, neurophysiological mechanisms underpinning repetitive behavioural disorders and cognitive enrichment in farm and captive animal species.

Differences between horses (Equus caballus) displaying oral and locomotor stereotypies in their responses to a stable mirror. / Lewis, K.; McBride, S.D.; Parker, M.O. et al.
In: Behavioural Processes, Vol. 241, 30.09.2026, p. 105415.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Impact of Antenatal Corticosteroids on Brain Function and Underlying Mechanisms in Preclinical Studies: Protocol for a Systematic Review. / Herselman, Mauritz F; Hislop, Tara; McBride, Sebastian D. et al.
In: JMIR Research Protocols, Vol. 15, e84522, 27.03.2026.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Sleep quality and quantity and their associations with age, salivary cortisol and abnormal behaviours: A preliminary field study in racing thoroughbreds. / Hennes, Noémie; Greening, Linda; McBride, Sebastian et al.
bioRxiv, 2026.

Research output: Working paper › Preprint

Stereotypies and other abnormal behavior in welfare assessment. / Greening, Linda; McBride, Sebastian D.
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Vol. 4 3. ed. Elsevier Masson s.r.l., 2026. p. 694-698.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

An ethogram of facial behaviour in domestic horses: Evolutionary perspectives on form and function. / Lewis, Kate; McBride, Sebastian D.; Micheletta, Jérôme et al.
In: PeerJ, Vol. 13, e19309, 28.05.2025.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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