I’m Amy. I’m a cognitive neuroscientist and postdoctoral researcher at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan.

My research investigates how variation in brain function contributes to differences in perception, cognition and behaviour. I am particularly interested in how sleep and altered perceptual experiences provide insight into the mechanisms underlying individual differences in cognition and symptom expression in neurological and psychiatric conditions.

I completed my PhD at the University of Melbourne, where I investigated Visual Snow Syndrome, a neurological condition involving altered visual perception. My current research uses EEG and polysomnography to investigate how sleep-related brain states influence cognition and behaviour.

Across my work, I combine physiological, behavioural and qualitative approaches to understand how changes in brain function contribute to variation in human experience.