Personal profile
Research interests
I am interested in the relationship between interoception and mental health. My PhD research is focused on whether interoception, the perception of one’s internal states (e.g., feeling one’s heartbeat), represents the general psychopathology factor (the ‘p-factor’). Proposals suggest that the p-factor underlies most common mental health disorders, representing lesser-to-greater severity of psychopathology. If vulnerability to psychopathology can be explained by one factor, then identification of this factor is crucial for diagnosis, intervention, and treatment of mental ill health. Using dimensional and network approaches, I will be investigating whether interoception can explain relationships between mental health symptoms, and therefore be considered the p-factor.
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Mental Health, BSc (Hons), First Class Honours
Clinical Psychology, MSc, Distinction
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Research output
- 4 Article
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Exploring sex differences in cardiac interoceptive accuracy using the phase adjustment task
Spooner, R., Bird, J. M., Irigoras Izagirre, N., Clemente, R., Fernandez Fueyo, E., Budworth, G., Cocirla, D., Todd, J., Aspell, J., Leganes, M., Watling, D., Plans, D., Brewer, R. & Murphy, J., 25 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychophysiology. 12 p., e14689.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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No differences between remote and laboratory-based testing of cardiac interoceptive accuracy using the Phase Adjustment Task
Spooner, R., Bird, J. M., Clemente, R., Irigoras Izagirre, N., Fernandez Fueyo, E., Watling, D., Plans, D., Brewer, R., Bird, G. & Murphy, J., 18 Nov 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 8 p., 28524.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dissociations between self-reported interoceptive accuracy and attention: evidence from the interoceptive attention scale
Gabriele, E., Spooner, R., Brewer, R. & Murphy, J., Feb 2022, In: Biological Psychology. 168, 108243.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gender differences in interoceptive accuracy and emotional ability: An explanation for incompatible findings
Prentice, F., Hobson, H., Spooner, R. & Murphy, J., Oct 2022, In: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 141, 104808.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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British Psychological Society Undergraduate Award
Spooner, R. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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