MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Lydia.Hickman@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
01223 766 166
I am a Research Associate in the Mental Health Neuroscience Lab. I work on the EM-BODY project, investigating how the perception of bodily signals (interoception) differs in mental health conditions, with a view to developing a range of interoception-based interventions.
Previously, I completed a BA in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, and an MSc and PhD in Psychology at the University of Birmingham (PI: Prof Jennifer Cook). My PhD work focused on movement, social cognition and interoception in clinical conditions (e.g., Parkinson's Disease; Autism).
I am a co-founder of the U21 Autism Research Network, an international network of eight autism research groups aimed at establishing better informed, more inclusive autism research.
HICKMAN, L. J., Fraser, D.S., Galea, J.M., Happe, F., Cook, J.L. (2026) An Assessment of Autistic and Parkinsonian Movement Profiles to Inform Selective Classification Algorithms, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Volume 18, article number 8 [Open Access]
Hickman, L. J., Cook, J.L. (2025) High rates of Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in the autistic population: True co-occurrence or a product of overlapping traits?, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 13 Jun 2025, 176:106261 [Open Access]
HICKMAN, L. , Mackie, g., LONGLEY, B., Savage, H., Bagley, E., FLEMING, H., Knight, R., Lau, I., WHINES, A., Garfinkel, S., NORD, C. (2025) Breaking through the mind-body divide: patient priorities for interoception research, Eclinicalmedicine, 31 Mar 2025, 82:103183 [Open Access]
HICKMAN, L. J., Sowden-Carvalho, S.L., Fraser, D.S., Schuster, B.A., Rybicki, A.J., Galea, J.M., Cook, J.L. (2024) Dopaminergic manipulations affect the modulation and meta-modulation of movement speed: Evidence from two pharmacological interventions, Behavioural Brain Research Volume 474, 2 October 2024, 115213 [Open Access]
