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. , 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]
