James Mulcahy Msc, PhD

Dr. James S. Mulcahy, Ph.D. is a Senior Research Officer at the UK Home Office. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School and his Master's Degree at the King's College London. James is currently studying for a Ph.D. and working on the project entitled ‘Aligning dimensions of Interoceptive Experience (ADIE) to prevent the development of anxiety disorders in autism.’ The project aims to investigate the relationship between anxiety and the signaling and perception of bodily arousal in adults with autism. Through the use of an interventional study, autonomic psychophysiology, and experimental neuroimaging, he will examine interoception and its contribution to emotional and cognitive symptoms in adults with autism. He will use state-of-the-art neuroimaging to quantify brain signatures relating to interoceptive and emotional processing. The outcome of this research will provide a novel insight into interoceptive abilities in individuals with autism and the relationship this has with anxiety.