Personal profile
Personal profile
I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London, working in the Lab of Action & Body. My key research interest is in understanding the causes of dissociation - an often distressing set of experiences that can involve feeling detached from the self, the world, or other aspects of reality.
To study this, I design cognitive experiments both online and in the lab. Currently, I am developing studies to test how the sensing of internal bodily signals, such as the beating heart, contribute to dissociation. I also plan to explore how the pairing of sensations in time, such as paired visual and touch sensations, might be altered in people who report more dissociation.
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, PhD, Induced and in-vivo anomalous experiences: a mixed-methods investigation of mechanisms underlying dissociation in the lab and during the pandemic, University of Sussex
1 Sept 2018 → 13 Sept 2022
Award Date: 13 Sept 2022
Psychology, MSci, Psychology & Psychological Research, University of Birmingham
1 Sept 2012 → 6 Jul 2016
Award Date: 6 Jul 2016
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Going Beyond the Ordinary — User Perceptions of the Impact of Multisensory Elements on Presence in Virtual Reality at the Royal Opera House
Woods, A., Levstek, M., Moffatt, J., Lycett, M., Whittaker, L. & Dalton, P., 27 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Multisensory Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trait dissociation is associated with dissociative experiences arising from disrupted multisensory integration
Moffatt, J., Lesur, M. R., Lenggenhager, B., Weijs, M. L., Maglianella, V., Critchley, H. D., Garfinkel, S. & Greenwood, K., 12 Apr 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 12553.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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With hand on heart: A cardiac Rubber Hand Illusion
Moffatt, J., Finotti, G. & Tsakiris, M., Feb 2024, In: Biological Psychology. 186, 10 p., 108756.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bodily Sensations During Voice-Hearing Experiences
Moffatt, J., 2022, Voices in Psychosis: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Oxford University Press, p. 59-65Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Continuities and discontinuities in the cognitive mechanisms associated with clinical and nonclinical auditory verbal hallucinations
Moseley, P., Alderson-Day, B., Common, S., Dodgson, G., Lee, R., Mitrenga, K., Moffatt, J. & Fernyhough, C., 17 Jan 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Clinical Psychological Science. 10, 4, p. 752-766 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
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Using Virtual Reality to investigate the sense of self
Moffatt, J. (PI) & Tsakiris, M. (Mentor)
Economic & Social Res Coun ESRC
1/01/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Research