ABOUT ME
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My main area of theoretical interest is reality distortion in psychosis and its underlying neurocognitive and physiological mechanisms.
I am currently an PhD student in Neuroimaging at King's College London working with Professor Mitul Mehta and Dr. Dominic ffytche on a project exploring the neuropharmacology of Parkinson's Disease psychosis, specifically focusing on visual hallucinations via fMRI and EEG techniques.
My other interests involve computational psychiatry approaches (on which I based my MPhil), psychosis across diagnostic categories and pathological belief formation.
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NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
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fMRI
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Task-based fMRI
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Connectivity analysis and network analysis
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Resting state fMRI
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EEG
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ERP
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Time-frequency analyses
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Aquisition and Pre-processing
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Connectivity
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PROJECTS
EDUCATION
BA Cambridge University
King's College
October 2014 - June 2017
MPhil in Medical Science (Psychiatry)
Cambridge University
King's College
October 2017 - August 2018
PhD in Neuroimaging
King's College London
October 2018 - 2022
PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCES & POSTERS
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PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCES &
ACADEMIC SERVICE
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Publications
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M Montagnese et al., (2020)- A Review of Multimodal Hallucinations: Categorisation, Assessment, Theoretical Perspectives And Clinical Recommendations. Schizophrenia Bulletin
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M Montagnese et al., (2020)- Reinforcement learning as an intermediate phenotype in psychosis? Deficits sensitive to illness stage but not associated with polygenic risk of schizophrenia in the general population.Schizophrenia Research
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J Y Wong, B A Wan, T Bland, M Montagnese, A McLachlan, C J O’Kane, S W Zhang, L Masuda-Nakagawa - Octopaminergic neurons have multiple targets in Drosophila larval mushroom body calyx and regulate behavioral odor discrimination Accepted in Learning and Memory - forthcoming https://doi.org/10.1101/295659
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M Montagnese, M Vignando, D ffytche, M Mehta - Cognitive And Visual Processing Performance In Parkinson’s Disease Patients With vs Without Visual Hallucinations: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis. Pre-registered protocol, paper in submission https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/zu7kp
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D. Williams, M Montagnese - Bayesian Psychiatry and the Social Focus of Delusions. In submission
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M Montagnese, M Vignando, D Collerton, D ffytche, P Urwyler - Investigating cognitive correlates of hallucinations severity across disorders. In preparation, pre-registered protocol available https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/XR8PT
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Palmer-Cooper, E., Wright, A.C., Cella, M., Dlugunovych, V., Montagnese, M.,McGuire, N., Moffatt, J., Davies, G., Greenwood, K., Wykes, T. (2019)- Metacognition and hallucinations: novel methods and approaches Protocol in submission https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/Z95SY
Conferences and selected presentations
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British Neuroscience Association (BNA) 2019 Dublin -Poster presentation. Montagnese M et al., - Computational psychiatry of reinforcement learning: relation to psychotic illness, clinical risk of psychosis and polygenic risk for schizophrenia. Open access here: https://osf.io/twgkm/
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Cambridge Neuroscience Symposium - Poster presentation. Montagnese M et al., - Learning and decision making in NSPN: relation to schizophrenia genes, schizotypy and anhedonia
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Invited speaker - King's College Cambridge Graduate Lunchtime Talks : "Computational Psychiatry and Psychosis"
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Invited speaker - Fletcher Group: Presentation of MPhil Thesis results "Towards An Understanding Of Reinforcement Learning In Psychosis: Relation To Genetic Risk For Schizophrenia And Negative Symptoms"
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Conference presentation to a large scientific audience at the Genetics Society UK workshop in Edinburgh (2016)
Academic service
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Supervisor for the Psychology module (PBS1) for 1st year Psychology undergraduates at the University of Cambridge (2017-2018)
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Academic study skills tutor for undergraduates at King’s College Cambridge (2017-2018)
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Organiser for the Neuroimaging Seminars at KCL Centre for Neuroimaging (2019-present)
AWARDS AND BURSARIES
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2020 British Neuropsychiatry Association Conference Award
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BNA 2019 Early Career Researcher Bursary
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4 year NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) PhD Studentship
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King's College Cambridge Graduate Student Fund (GSF) grant
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King’s College Cambridge HE Durham Fund for vacation research
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King’s College Cambridge Bedford fund for research on animal biology
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Genetics Society UK- Summer Studentship Award
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King’s College Cambridge Undergraduate Travel Grant
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Cambridge University European Bursary
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King’s College Cambridge Ernest Gellner’s Scholarship
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St Clare’s Oxford Principal’s Award for academic excellence
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St Clare’s Oxford full Academic scholarship
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ARTiculation Prize| Roche Court Educational Trust and BBC2– Finalist at Clare’s College Cambridge
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Oxford Preservation Trust Photography award- Best shots for the categories
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Contact
marcellamontagnese [at] gmail.com
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Cam Neuroscience Profile
https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?marcellam
ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcella_Montagnese
MIND (Motivating Informal Neuroscientific Discussion)
https://neuroblogideas.wixsite.com/website
Linkedin
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/marcella-montagnese-215780124
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Twitter
@marcella_montagnese
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