Federica Biotti

Federica Biotti is a Lecturer in Mental Health at the Unit of Psychological Medicine within the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health at Queen Mary University of London. She holds an additional affiliation as an Associate Lecturer at the Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck University of London.

• PhD in Psychology from City, University of London

Research Interests:
Her work explores the cognitive mechanisms of interoception and its role in psychopathology. She investigates how atypical interoceptive processing contributes to conditions like developmental prosopagnosia and autism spectrum disorders, focusing on facial emotion recognition, bodily state perception, and cross-population comparisons.

Publications Trends:
Her research spans developmental cognitive disorders, facial perception anomalies, and interoceptive assessment tools. Key collaborations include researchers from Royal Holloway, City University of London, and Birkbeck University.

Advising and Collaborations:
She teaches and supervises students on the MSc Mental Health: Psychological Therapies and BSc Psychology programs. Her affiliations include the Wolfson Institute of Population Health and the NIHR School for Primary Care Research.