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Disgust, bodily awareness and political ideology
Anger, fear and political leadership
2026 - How do emotions and bodily signals influence our political beliefs?
My recent research with Manos Tsakiris explores how emotions and bodily signals influence our political attitudes and preferences for political leaders. This work has recently been featured in Deutsche Welle and PsyPost.
2023 - Interview with The Washington Post
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I was interviewed about the neurobiological mechanisms of social touch, its role in reducing stress and anxiety, and how a lack of physical touch affects our mental well-being.
2022 - Radio show guest at Internal Objects, Threads Radio, London (2023) – Affective Touch
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On this show, I discussed with Gabrielle the neurological and physiological bases of affective touch, experimental studies on the role of affective touch in physical and social pain paradigms, and recent research on the effects on well-being during the lack of touch in the lockdowns of COVID-19.
Music from AC/DC, Bib, Warthog, Sial, GEL, Kohti Tuhoa and Upchuck.
2020 - New Scientist
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I was interviewed about my work on how social interactions, including touchy-feely behaviours and how the lack thereof can affect our health.
2019 - TATE modern
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Science and Art met at the TATE modern in London for the Moving Humans event exhibition.
We organised the "Heart Translator", a device that allows participants to feel the heartbeat of dancers as they perform. All throughout, we recorded the heartbeat of the participants to test whether they synchronized with the heart of the dancers.
2017 - Media coverage in Sky News and the Evening Standard:
I Our research on how gentle, affective touch can reduce feelings of social exclusion was featured in Sky News and the Evening Standard.
I was interviewed live on Sky News Live to discuss our findings and how something as simple as a gentle stroke can help ease the emotional pain of social exclusion.
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