PhD Candidate, Royal Holloway
Melissa received her undergraduate degree in Neuropsychology from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in 2016. She also completed a Masters by Research at UCLan for a thesis exploring the role of interoceptive abilities in emotional intensity and susceptibility to distraction by sound. Other research areas she has been involved in include problem solving and verbal/non-verbal mimicry.
Her current research interest is the contribution of interoception in mental health and the development of psychiatric conditions, with the topic of her PhD focused specifically on interoception in eating disorders.
Understanding our body signals could be a key factor in eating disorders
Mar 06, 2019 14:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Eating is often believed to be entirely under our conscious control we choose to eat when we are hungry or when we feel tired and need more energy. Because of this, people often believe that overeating is caused by a lack...
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