Dr Idalmis Santiesteban PhD, CPsychol, FHEA

Research Overview

My research interests lie at the intercept of social psychology and cognitive neuroscience. My work aims to address questions such as:

1) To what extent self and other representations overlap or should be distinguished during social interactions?
2) What role do individual differences play when self-other processes go awry?

To address these questions, my research combines behavioural and cognitive neuroscience methods. My goal is to gain a deeper understanding of key processes underlying social interactions both in typical and atypical populations such as autism and mirror-sensory synaesthesia.

My current work in autism spectrum disorder employs a mixed method approach and relates to issues around late diagnosis, autism in females, masking, mental health and wellbeing of autistic children and adults.

I would welcome enquiries from potential PhD students interested in these areas of research. I am also happy to host visiting students and researchers in our lab.