Dr Rosie Donaghy

I am a Research Fellow on a project with Dr Jennifer Murphy examining sex differences in interoception (the perception of internal bodily sensations) and mental health, and links to the menstrual cycle. I am interested in individual differences and changes in interoception throughout the lifespan, in particular during periods of substantial physical change i.e., infancy and toddlerhood, puberty and adolescence, pregnancy and the menopause. During my PhD I completed a longitudinal investigation into the development of interoception across infancy and early toddlerhood, and its links to self- and social- development. I have a keen interest in early development and the parent-infant relationship, drawing on transactional approaches to understand developmental change over time.