Giulia Poerio
دانشیار · Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)
University of Sussexمعرفی
Dr. Giulia Poerio is an Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Sussex's School of Psychology. She holds a PhD from the University of Sheffield (2015) and has held post-doctoral positions at the Universities of York and Sheffield. Her research focuses on emotion/wellbeing, attention/cognition, sleep variables, and non-universal experiences like ASMR and synesthesia. She employs methods including fMRI, experience-sampling, and wearable technologies to study real-world cognitive dynamics.
Education:
- PhD in Psychology (University of Sheffield, 2015)
- MRes (University of Sheffield)
- BA Psychology & Philosophy (University of Sheffield)
Research Interests: ASMR, interoceptive awareness, sleep patterns, sensory sensitivity, and neural correlates of thought. She explores these through interdisciplinary approaches, including collaborations with neuroscience and clinical psychology.
Recent work highlights ASMR's physiological impacts, neural dynamics during movie-watching, and interoceptive attention's role in mood regulation. Her studies often bridge lab-based and real-world settings, emphasizing dynamic experiences.
No scientific awards explicitly listed, but her work has been widely cited and media-covered. She advises students via scheduled Zoom drop-ins and emphasizes public engagement through media outlets like The Conversation.
Labs/Teams: Not explicitly mentioned, but collaborations span neuroimaging and interdisciplinary health science projects.
