I obtained my PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (King's College London) in 2016. My thesis focused on the mechanisms underlying aberrant processing of salience in schizophrenia. Subsequently, I was awarded a NIHR-BRC Bridging Award Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to investigate the neural correlates of value processing in schizophrenia. My current research focuses on the investigation of the neuro-cognitive mechanisms that go awry in psychopathology, with a particular emphasis on schizophrenia and eating disorders. In 2008, I obtained the eligibility to practice as a Clinical Psychologist in my home country and have worked as a clinician in several mental health services and with a wide range of clinical populations.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Please contact me if you are interested in applying for a PhD in one of my areas of specialism
Funding
NIHR-BRC 1 year Postdoctoral Bridging Award Fellowship at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London
NIHR-BRC 3+1 PhD Studentship at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London
One year research bursary at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
Martinelli, Cristina, Rigoli, Francesco, Averbeck, Bruno and Shergill, Sukhwinder S. (2018) The value of novelty in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 192, pp. 287-293. ISSN (print) 0920-9964
Martinelli, Cristina, Rigoli, Francesco, Dolan, Ray J. and Shergill, Sukhwinder S. (2018) Decreased value-sensitivity in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 259, pp. 295-301. ISSN (print) 0165-1781
Martinelli, Cristina, Rigoli, Francesco and Shergill, Sukhwinder S. (2017) Aberrant force processing in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 43(2), pp. 417-424. ISSN (print) 0586-7614
Rigoli, Francesco, Friston, Karl J, Martinelli, Cristina, Selakovic, Mirjana, Shergill, Sukhwinder S and Dolan, Raymond J (2016) A Bayesian model of context-sensitive value attribution. eLife, 5, e16127. ISSN (online) 2050-084X
Martinelli, Cristina and Shergill, Sukhwinder S. (2015) Clarifying the role of pattern separation in schizophrenia : the role of recognition and visual discrimination deficits. Schizophrenia Research, 166(1-3), pp. 328-333. ISSN (print) 0920-9964
Martinelli, Cristina and Shergill, Sukhwinder S. (2015) Everything you wanted to know about neuroimaging and psychiatry, but were afraid to ask. BJPsych Advances, 21(4), pp. 251-260. ISSN (print) 2056-4678