Professor Michael Banissy
BSc, MSc, PhD
Expertise
Michael is an expert in social neuroscience, studying how we perceive and interact with each other. His areas of study include: emotion perception, empathy, social connection, touch, and wellbeing.
Current positions
Professor
School of Psychological ScienceHead of School
School of Psychological Science
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
01/10/2022 to 31/01/2024
Understanding individual variation in empathy enhancement
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
31/03/2022 to 30/09/2022
Publications
Recent publications
16/05/2024Atypical emotion sharing in individuals with mirror sensory synaesthesia
Cognitive Neuropsychology
My social comfort zone
iScience
The influence of climate change on mental health in populations of the western Pacific region
Heliyon
ASMR amplifies low frequency and reduces high frequency oscillations
Cortex
ASMR-Experience Questionnaire (AEQ)
British Journal of Psychology
