Exploring how individuals perceive and respond to bodily signals, with a focus on anxiety and depression. By integrating qualitative insights from lived experience, I aim to design novel tasks which quantify how distressing bodily signals impact individuals in daily life.
Studying how bodily signals from the gastrointestinal system interact with mental health in women. This research investigates the psychological, physiological, and environmental factors that shape gut-brain communication, aiming to inform interventions and public engagement around wellbeing.
Investigating how movement and motor control relate to dopamine signalling across neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative conditions. This work integrates behavioural, cognitive, and genetic approaches to better understand shared mechanisms between autism and Parkinson’s disease.