Hello, I’m Amy. I’m a postdoctoral researcher at RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Saitama, Japan, and I hold a PhD in psychology from the University of Melbourne.

I study individual differences in perceptual, physiological, and health-related experience. Why are some symptoms terrible for some people but ignorable for others? Why do similar experiences become disabling, manageable, meaningful, or barely noticed depending on the person and context? My research spans psychometrics, symptom measurement, electrophysiology, mixed methods, longitudinal research, and lived-experience data.

My doctoral work focused on Visual Snow Syndrome: developing research measures, analysing population-level symptom patterns, and examining how people describe the impact of poorly understood conditions.

Before research, I worked in nonprofit, health, and university communications & leadership roles, which shaped how I think about evidence, communication, stakeholder needs, and practical decision-making. I like work that turns complex human data into clear, useful judgement.