Dr Susannah Pick
@susannahpick.bsky.social
MRC Career Development Fellow. Senior Lecturer, Neuroscience & Psychology of Mental Health, IoPPN, KCL. Leads the Neurological Affective & Dissociative Symptoms (NEUROADS) Lab
Pleased to have been involved with this study on interoceptive dimensions in adults diagnosed with ADHD: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Interoceptive Abilities in Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, marked by inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Its symptoms …
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November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Pleased to have been involved with this study on interoceptive dimensions in adults diagnosed with ADHD: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New paper on heterogeneity among highly suggestible individuals in Int Rev Neurobiol. They're assumed to be a uniform group but the evidence goes against this assumption. I describe the central methodological issues, different models of heterogeneity, lines of evidence and implications t.ly/LbX3t
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October 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
New paper on heterogeneity among highly suggestible individuals in Int Rev Neurobiol. They're assumed to be a uniform group but the evidence goes against this assumption. I describe the central methodological issues, different models of heterogeneity, lines of evidence and implications t.ly/LbX3t
Reposted by Dr Susannah Pick
📣Our October issue is live!
Cover: The cost of eye movements 👀
Also in this issue:
⚠️Social threat & adolescent mental health
🧠How insights from PTSD can inform treatment of functional neurological disorder
⚖️A functional approach to the psychology of inequality
Read more: go.nature.com/47fVLZV
Cover: The cost of eye movements 👀
Also in this issue:
⚠️Social threat & adolescent mental health
🧠How insights from PTSD can inform treatment of functional neurological disorder
⚖️A functional approach to the psychology of inequality
Read more: go.nature.com/47fVLZV
October 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📣Our October issue is live!
Cover: The cost of eye movements 👀
Also in this issue:
⚠️Social threat & adolescent mental health
🧠How insights from PTSD can inform treatment of functional neurological disorder
⚖️A functional approach to the psychology of inequality
Read more: go.nature.com/47fVLZV
Cover: The cost of eye movements 👀
Also in this issue:
⚠️Social threat & adolescent mental health
🧠How insights from PTSD can inform treatment of functional neurological disorder
⚖️A functional approach to the psychology of inequality
Read more: go.nature.com/47fVLZV
Applications are also open for the @kingsioppn.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social PhD programme in mental health research for healthcare professionals. I'm in the supervisor pool and welcome enquiries about projects kclmentalhealthphd.co.uk/apply
Funding, Eligibility & How to Apply — PhD Programme in Mental Health Research for Health Professionals
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September 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Applications are also open for the @kingsioppn.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social PhD programme in mental health research for healthcare professionals. I'm in the supervisor pool and welcome enquiries about projects kclmentalhealthphd.co.uk/apply
Applications opening on 8th October for our @kingsioppn.bsky.social MRC DTP PhD studentships for 2026 entry - lots of great projects being offered including one from me and @devinterhune.bsky.social on transdiagnostic dissociative states/symptoms kcl-mrcdtp.com/apply/projec...
Projects - MRC DTP
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September 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Applications opening on 8th October for our @kingsioppn.bsky.social MRC DTP PhD studentships for 2026 entry - lots of great projects being offered including one from me and @devinterhune.bsky.social on transdiagnostic dissociative states/symptoms kcl-mrcdtp.com/apply/projec...
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📢 Interested in a career in neuropsychology?!
Join us in @svuh.bsky.social: Early career award candidates will share their awesome neuropsych research! 🧠 #Neuropsychology researchers and clinicians will describe varied, rewarding career journeys. Register👇
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Join us in @svuh.bsky.social: Early career award candidates will share their awesome neuropsych research! 🧠 #Neuropsychology researchers and clinicians will describe varied, rewarding career journeys. Register👇
www.psychologicalsociety.ie/events/Neuro...
September 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
📢 Interested in a career in neuropsychology?!
Join us in @svuh.bsky.social: Early career award candidates will share their awesome neuropsych research! 🧠 #Neuropsychology researchers and clinicians will describe varied, rewarding career journeys. Register👇
www.psychologicalsociety.ie/events/Neuro...
Join us in @svuh.bsky.social: Early career award candidates will share their awesome neuropsych research! 🧠 #Neuropsychology researchers and clinicians will describe varied, rewarding career journeys. Register👇
www.psychologicalsociety.ie/events/Neuro...
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AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…
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August 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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This talk on September 3 at the @kingsioppn.bsky.social on dissociative identity disorder by Martin Dorahy should be excellent. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Dissociative identity disorder: History, aetiology, phenomenology, controversy
Guest speaker, Professor Martin Dorahy, will present the history, aetiology and phenomenology of dissociative identity disorder, and some of the historical and current controversies associated with it...
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August 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This talk on September 3 at the @kingsioppn.bsky.social on dissociative identity disorder by Martin Dorahy should be excellent. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Are you looking to refocus and specialise your clinical or research career in affective disorders? Looking to learn from from internationally leading clinicians and scientists?
If this piques your interest, apply for our MSc in Affective Disorders:
If this piques your interest, apply for our MSc in Affective Disorders:
Affective Disorders
Our Affective Disorders course has been created for a broad spectrum of students and mental health professionals who are interested in specialist training from world-class experts. You will study all aspects of affective disorders, ranging from their characterisation and assessment to the challenges in treating these conditions. Our course is designed to be interdisciplinary and its focus is on both biological and psychological aspects. It is therefore suitable for students who seek to broaden their knowledge beyond professional boundaries, such as medicine and psychology.
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June 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Are you looking to refocus and specialise your clinical or research career in affective disorders? Looking to learn from from internationally leading clinicians and scientists?
If this piques your interest, apply for our MSc in Affective Disorders:
If this piques your interest, apply for our MSc in Affective Disorders:
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Our new paper is out in BP:GOS. A large team including @lillianwieder.bsky.social, @susannahpick.bsky.social, @sunjeevkamboj.bsky.social. We found that #dissociation can be reliably induced using a range of methods and drugs, most notably #mirror-gazing and #ketamine. t.ly/qOme3 t.ly/cK-YI
The Induction of Dissociative States: A Meta-Analysis
Plain Language SummaryWe conducted a meta-analysis of studies that measured state
dissociation (e.g., feeling detached from one’s environment) in different clinical
groups and in response to different...
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June 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Our new paper is out in BP:GOS. A large team including @lillianwieder.bsky.social, @susannahpick.bsky.social, @sunjeevkamboj.bsky.social. We found that #dissociation can be reliably induced using a range of methods and drugs, most notably #mirror-gazing and #ketamine. t.ly/qOme3 t.ly/cK-YI
Very much looking forward to presenting on dissociation at this multidisciplinary #FND symposium at St George's on 5th September. Take a look at the program here:
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June 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Very much looking forward to presenting on dissociation at this multidisciplinary #FND symposium at St George's on 5th September. Take a look at the program here:
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/__data/asset...
Register through link below:
shop.sgul.ac.uk/short-course...
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/__data/asset...
Register through link below:
shop.sgul.ac.uk/short-course...
Please support FND Dimensions by sharing/attending this event celebrating the resilience of people with Functional Neurological Disorder: Stage and Screen - A Musical Concert, Friday 28th March 2025 - University Hall, NTU City Campus, Nottingham #FND 🧠🎵💪
March 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Please support FND Dimensions by sharing/attending this event celebrating the resilience of people with Functional Neurological Disorder: Stage and Screen - A Musical Concert, Friday 28th March 2025 - University Hall, NTU City Campus, Nottingham #FND 🧠🎵💪
Reposted by Dr Susannah Pick
FINALLY! 🥳 Our paper on fear conditioning and childhood adversity has reached its final version of record @eLife! Check it out here: elifesciences.org/articles/91425
Reduced discrimination between signals of danger and safety but not overgeneralization is linked to exposure to childhood adversity in healthy adults
Childhood adversity is associated with aberrant threat learning patterns in a large healthy adult sample as evidenced by empirically testing several theories linking childhood adversity to psychopatho...
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February 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
FINALLY! 🥳 Our paper on fear conditioning and childhood adversity has reached its final version of record @eLife! Check it out here: elifesciences.org/articles/91425
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Sharing article published from our NeuroImage:Clinical issue on #FND. @fndsociety.bsky.social
Impaired spatial dynamic functional network connectivity & neurophysiological correlates in functional hemiparesis. #MicheleTinazzi @vcalhoun.bsky.social. Check it out!
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Impaired spatial dynamic functional network connectivity & neurophysiological correlates in functional hemiparesis. #MicheleTinazzi @vcalhoun.bsky.social. Check it out!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Impaired spatial dynamic functional network connectivity and neurophysiological correlates in functional hemiparesis
The present study investigated spatial dynamic functional network connectivity (dFNC) in patients with functional hemiparesis (i.e., functional stroke…
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February 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Sharing article published from our NeuroImage:Clinical issue on #FND. @fndsociety.bsky.social
Impaired spatial dynamic functional network connectivity & neurophysiological correlates in functional hemiparesis. #MicheleTinazzi @vcalhoun.bsky.social. Check it out!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Impaired spatial dynamic functional network connectivity & neurophysiological correlates in functional hemiparesis. #MicheleTinazzi @vcalhoun.bsky.social. Check it out!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sharing our new paper reporting key stakeholder perspectives on outcome measurement in #FND. This work will help ensure that outcome measures are patient-centred and clinically relevant in future. Thanks Sonja Rutten @abw89.bsky.social @timnicholson.bsky.social! 🙏 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Outcome measurement in functional neurological disorder: A qualitative study on the views of patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals - Journal of Neurology
Background In this qualitative study, we aimed to obtain and synthesise the views of patients with functional neurological disorder (FND), their caregivers, and relevant healthcare professionals (HCPs...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sharing our new paper reporting key stakeholder perspectives on outcome measurement in #FND. This work will help ensure that outcome measures are patient-centred and clinically relevant in future. Thanks Sonja Rutten @abw89.bsky.social @timnicholson.bsky.social! 🙏 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Dr Susannah Pick
New FND guidance from the British Psychological Society on the role of neuropsychology/psychology in FND management in children and adults - a one stop shop for scientific, clinical, and policy references in FND, with a focus on the UK but global relevance explore.bps.org.uk/content/repo...
Functional Neurological Disorder: Neuropsychological and psychological management in children and adults | BPS - British Psychological Society
BPS Explore is our easy-to-access central location for you to read and download a wide range of psychological content from practitioners, researchers and working groups.
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November 27, 2024 at 3:33 PM
New FND guidance from the British Psychological Society on the role of neuropsychology/psychology in FND management in children and adults - a one stop shop for scientific, clinical, and policy references in FND, with a focus on the UK but global relevance explore.bps.org.uk/content/repo...
New paper out in J Psychiatric Research today! We systematically reviewed/evaluated currently available #dissociation measures 🧐 Congrats to Sorawit Wainipitapong for leading & many thanks to the team - M Millman, X Huang, L Wieder, @devinterhune.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Assessing dissociation: a systematic review and evaluation of existing measures
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November 23, 2024 at 9:38 AM
New paper out in J Psychiatric Research today! We systematically reviewed/evaluated currently available #dissociation measures 🧐 Congrats to Sorawit Wainipitapong for leading & many thanks to the team - M Millman, X Huang, L Wieder, @devinterhune.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...