Dr Katie Daughters

Biography

My research seeks to answer questions about the biological underpinnings of social behaviour. I enjoy taking an interdisciplinary approach and use a range of methodologies to address related research questions. My research incorporates topics such as emotion, social cognition, neuroscience and well-being. A few of my current projects are detailed below. Understanding the psychological consequences of adult-onset craniopharyngioma This project seeks to understand the psychological impact of a diagnosis of adult-onset craniopharyngioma, a pituitary tumour that can disrupt endocrine functioning. Very few studies have investigated how this disruption may impact patients’ lives outside of the clinic. The study will use a sequential mixed-method design to gain a detailed understanding of the impact of this diagnosis on patients’ social functioning and psychological well-being. This project is funded by an Early Career Grant from the Society for Endocrinology (https://www.endocrinology.org/). Emotion perception in social interactions This project seeks to understand how we perceive emotions in social interactions. The project will investigate to what extent we use contextual information to evaluate emotional expressions. For example, whether we take into the account the emotional expression of an interaction partner when evaluating the emotion of a target individual. Or whether it makes a difference if the interaction partner represents a different group identity to the target individual.

Qualifications

• PhD Cardiff University, (2016)

• MSc Social Science Research Methods Cardiff University,

• BSc(Hons) Zoology Queen Mary, University of London,

Appointments

University of Essex

• Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Essex (1/7/2020 - present)

Other academic

• Early Career Research Fellow, Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University (2/10/2016 - 31/12/2018)

• Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Psychology, Bangor University (1/1/2019 - 30/6/2020)