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Brónagh McCoy

Dr Brónagh McCoy PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Research interests

  • Psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience

Biography

Dr Brónagh McCoy is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Science at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London.

Brónagh received her PhD in cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology from the VU Amsterdam, after completing a research MSc in cognitive neuroscience at Radboud University Nijmegen. 

Her research focuses on attention and learning in healthy adults, Parkinson's disease, autism, and anxiety.

She is currently investigating the impact of NHS community-based Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews (C(E)TRs) on reducing hospital admissions and improving outcomes for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.

Research interests

  • Attention and perception
  • Reinforcement learning
  • Autism and learning disabilities
  • Computational psychiatry

    Research

    A group of young diverse people of different gender, race, and political views standing together stock illustration
    Optimising community C(E)TRs through understanding the experience of people with learning disability and autistic people and investigating their impact on care (the OptiCaT study)

    The OptiCaT study aims to investigate Care Education and Treatment Reviews for people with learning disability and autistic people and how these can be improved

    Project status: Ongoing

      Research

      A group of young diverse people of different gender, race, and political views standing together stock illustration
      Optimising community C(E)TRs through understanding the experience of people with learning disability and autistic people and investigating their impact on care (the OptiCaT study)

      The OptiCaT study aims to investigate Care Education and Treatment Reviews for people with learning disability and autistic people and how these can be improved

      Project status: Ongoing