Sonia Abad Hernando
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About
Overview
PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at City (UoL), investigating neurocognitive mechanisms on sensorimotor processing of body-related information. Postdoctoral experience as associated researcher at ICN (UCL) under the Neurolive project (ERC- EU Horizon 2020), and as PI with an Early Career Researcher award at Goldsmiths (UoL), working on brain-body sensory integration and attentional processing. Currently working as a Lecturer at City St George's University of London.
Qualifications
- PhD, City, University of London, United Kingdom, November 2015 - October 2023
- Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom, 2018
Employment
- Lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, November 2025 - present
Publications
Publications by category
Chapter
- (2025). The structure of sleep and how it may be altered by visual impairments. In Progress in Brain Research (pp. 89-111). Elsevier. ISBN 9780443235894.
Conference paper and proceedings
- Febbo, M., Forth, J., Rai, L., Lee, H., Arthuis, A., Abad Hernando, S.... Ward, J.A. Snakeskin in the Wild: A Multi-Sensor Framework for Performance Art: A Case Study in Multimodal Sensor Synchronization. UbiComp '25:The 2025 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing / ISWC ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers.doi:10.1145/3714394.3756265
Journal articles (4)
- Hur, Y.-.J., Abad-Hernando, S., Joly-Mascheroni, R., Trupp, M.D. and Calvo-Merino, B. (2026). The Beauty of Nature Without People: An Investigation of the Roles of People, Nature, and Interpersonal Touch in Painting Preference. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 44(1), pp. 125-146. doi:10.1177/02762374251320823
- Rai, L.A., Lee, H., Becke, E., Trenado, C., Abad-Hernando, S., Sperling, M.... Orgs, G. (2025). Delta-band audience brain synchrony tracks engagement with live and recorded dance. iScience, 28(7), pp. 112922-112922. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2025.112922
- Forster, B. and Abad-Hernando, S. (2024). In your skin? Somatosensory cortex is purposely recruited to situate but not simulate vicarious touch. NeuroImage, 289, pp. 120561-120561. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120561
- Joly-Mascheroni, R., Abad-Hernando, S., Forster, B. and Calvo-Merino, B. (2021). Embodiment and Multisensory Perception of Synchronicity: Biological Features Modulate Visual and Tactile Multisensory Interaction in Simultaneity Judgements. Multisensory Research, 34(5), pp. 493-510. doi:10.1163/22134808-bja10020
Thesis/dissertation
- Abad-Hernando, S. Neurocognitive mechanisms of body representation & action prediction. (PhD)