Catarina Gaglianone (BSc, MSc, PhD Candidate)
Thesis title: The Impact of Virtual soothing environments on Prospective Visual Imagery and the symptoms of Anxiety and Depression
PhD supervisors:
Background
I hold a BSc in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology from Anglia Ruskin University(2015-2018), with research on the identification of micro-expressions in different emotional intensities( Major project- Year 3). Alongside the degree I was awarded the Alumni and Academic Scholarship, which allowed me to pursue and complete a MSc in Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience at Anglia Ruskin University (2018-2019) with research on mental imagery and its impact in people with different levels of Anxiety and Depression.
During my BSc, I was a research assistant in two occasions: the first, I volunteered to assisted in research exploring the impact of emotional states in emotion recognition. Second, I assited a PhD student in transcribing qualitative data at the Lisbon Psychology Institute (ISPA). Moreover, I worked as a mental healh support worker for 6-months between my seconf and third year of the BSc.
Right now, for my PhD I am working on my systematic review and I am a active member of Reseach Bow and Project Soothe.
CV
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Qualifications
BSc. Abnormal and Clinical Psychology (2015-2018) Anglia Ruskin University
MSc. Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience(2018-2019) Anglia Ruskin University
PhD Candidate(2020- Present) University of Edinburgh.
Responsibilities & affiliations
- Editor at the Research Bow
Postgraduate teaching
I am and I was a student tutor for the following courses:
- Biological Psychology
- Research Methods in Psychology
- Psychological Research Methods: Data Management and Analysis
- Theoretical and Conceptual Psychology
- Psychological Therapies
- Cognitive Psychology
Research summary
In my PhD research I am investigating the impact of soothing Images on prospective visual imagery and symptoms of anxiety and depression.
I aim to investigate the impact of prospective visual imagery in individuals with mood disorders(particularly anxiety disorders and depression). In addition, I am interested in investigating the impact of soothing images in individuals with mood disorders. Furthermore, I have an interest on the usage of VR as future psychological intervention. Therefore, I have a strong interest in psychopathology and psychological treatments and interventions
In addition to my interests covered by my PhD, I also have interest in the following topics:
- Psychiatry
- Neuroscience- Neuropsychopathology
- Biopsychosocial model
- Schema therapy and imagery rescripting
- New Psychological interventions- VR
- Biomarkers of behaviour- eye tracking and pupil dilation