Profiles
Dr Julie Ji
Lecturer in Psychology
School of Psychology (Faculty of Health)
Biography
Biography
Academic positions
- Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, 2022 - present
- Forrest Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, 2018-2022
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, 2017-2018
Qualifications
- PhD (Psychology), MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 2018
- Honours (Psychology), University of Western Australia, 2012
- MSc (Social Psychology), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), 2009
- BA (Media & Communications), University of Sydney, 2008
Professional membership
- Member - Experimental Psychology Society (EPS)
- Member - Association of Psychological Science (APS)
- Member - Association of Cognitive Bias Modification (ACBM)
- Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Roles on external bodies
- BABCP (British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies) National Conference Programme Advisory Group -
Basic Processes & Experimental Psychopathology Stream Co-lead - Board member - Association of Cognitive Bias Modification (ACBM)
Key publications
(2021) 'Mental imagery-based episodic simulation amplifies motivation and behavioural engagement in planned reward activities' Behaviour Research and Therapy 145, 103947-103947 , DOI
(2015) 'Emotional Mental Imagery as Simulation of Reality: Fear and Beyond—A Tribute to Peter Lang' Behavior Therapy 47, (5) 702-719 , DOI
(2023) 'Investigating the role of action-contingent expectancy biases in dysphoria-linked activity engagement behavioural choice' Behaviour Research and Therapy 167, , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Mental imagery of suicide and non-suicidal self-injury: A meta-analysis and systematic review' Clinical Psychology Review 103, , DOI Open access
(2024) 'Less bang for my buck: Diminished anticipated enjoyment contributes to dysphoria-linked deficit in activity behavioural engagement choice' Behaviour Research and Therapy 104526-104526 Publisher Site , DOI
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Module lead:
PSYC603 Harnessing the Human Imagination
Lecturer:
PSYC515/705 Health & Wellbeing: Emotion & Cognition
PSYC603 Harnessing the Human Imagination
Lecturer:
PSYC515/705 Health & Wellbeing: Emotion & Cognition
Research
Research
Grants & contracts
2022-2023 | Chief Principal Investigator - “Investigating the role of visual mental imagery in maternal vaccination hesitancy”
Department of Health & Channel 7 Telethon Trust Western Australia Child Research Fund (WACRF), £85,000
2021-2022 | Chief Principal Investigator - “Predicting self-injurious behaviour in young people: a novel cognitive science approach”
Western Australia Raine Medical Foundation Priming Grant, £128,000
2020-2021 | Chief Principal Investigator - “Investigating "flashforward" imagery of self-injury as a risk barometer and treatment target”
Western Australia Raine Medical Foundation Priming Grant, £9,000
2018-2021 | Forrest Research Fellowship - "Investigating the role of future mental imagery in reward-seeking motivation and behaviour in depression"
Forrest Research Foundation, £253,000
2013-2017 | Cambridge Australian Poynton Doctoral Scholarship - "Emotional mental imagery: investigating dysphoria-linked bias"
Cambridge Australia Scholarships & Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust, £44,000
Department of Health & Channel 7 Telethon Trust Western Australia Child Research Fund (WACRF), £85,000
2021-2022 | Chief Principal Investigator - “Predicting self-injurious behaviour in young people: a novel cognitive science approach”
Western Australia Raine Medical Foundation Priming Grant, £128,000
2020-2021 | Chief Principal Investigator - “Investigating "flashforward" imagery of self-injury as a risk barometer and treatment target”
Western Australia Raine Medical Foundation Priming Grant, £9,000
2018-2021 | Forrest Research Fellowship - "Investigating the role of future mental imagery in reward-seeking motivation and behaviour in depression"
Forrest Research Foundation, £253,000
2013-2017 | Cambridge Australian Poynton Doctoral Scholarship - "Emotional mental imagery: investigating dysphoria-linked bias"
Cambridge Australia Scholarships & Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust, £44,000
Publications
Publications
Key publications
(2021) 'Mental imagery-based episodic simulation amplifies motivation and behavioural engagement in planned reward activities' Behaviour Research and Therapy 145, 103947-103947 , DOI
(2015) 'Emotional Mental Imagery as Simulation of Reality: Fear and Beyond—A Tribute to Peter Lang' Behavior Therapy 47, (5) 702-719 , DOI
(2023) 'Investigating the role of action-contingent expectancy biases in dysphoria-linked activity engagement behavioural choice' Behaviour Research and Therapy 167, , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Mental imagery of suicide and non-suicidal self-injury: A meta-analysis and systematic review' Clinical Psychology Review 103, , DOI Open access
(2024) 'Less bang for my buck: Diminished anticipated enjoyment contributes to dysphoria-linked deficit in activity behavioural engagement choice' Behaviour Research and Therapy 104526-104526 Publisher Site , DOI
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2024) 'Picturing self‐harm: Investigating flash‐forward mental imagery as a proximal and modifiable driver of non‐suicidal self‐injury' Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior Publisher Site , DOI
(2024) 'Less bang for my buck: Diminished anticipated enjoyment contributes to dysphoria-linked deficit in activity behavioural engagement choice' Behaviour Research and Therapy 104526-104526 Publisher Site , DOI
(2024) 'Author Correction: Social activity promotes resilience against loneliness in depressed individuals: a study over 14 days of physical isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia' Scientific Reports 14, (1) Publisher Site , DOI
(2024) 'Association between interpretation flexibility and emotional health in an anxious sample: The challenge of measuring flexible adoption of multiple perspectives' Journal of Experimental Psychopathology 15, (1) , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Mental imagery of suicide and non-suicidal self-injury: A meta-analysis and systematic review' Clinical Psychology Review 103, , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Investigating the role of action-contingent expectancy biases in dysphoria-linked activity engagement behavioural choice' Behaviour Research and Therapy 167, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Eye Closure Interacts with Music to Influence Vividness and Content of Directed Imagery' Music & Science , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Telephone-Based Behavioral Activation with Mental Imagery for Depression in Older Adults in Isolation During the covid-19 Pandemic: Long-term Results from a Pilot Trial' Clinical Gerontologist 46, (5) 801-807 , DOI
(2022) 'COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: Attitudes and Effects on Holdouts in a Large Australian University Population' International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, (16) 10130-10130 , DOI
(2022) 'Social activity promotes resilience against loneliness in depressed individuals: a study over 14-days of physical isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia' Scientific Reports 12, (1) , DOI
(2021) 'Telephone‐based behavioral activation with mental imagery for depression: A pilot randomized clinical trial in isolated older adults during the Covid‐19 pandemic' International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 37, (1) , DOI
(2021) 'Mental imagery-based episodic simulation amplifies motivation and behavioural engagement in planned reward activities' Behaviour Research and Therapy 145, 103947-103947 , DOI
(2021) 'Multi-session online interpretation bias training for anxiety in a community sample' Behaviour Research and Therapy 142, 103864-103864 , DOI
(2021) 'Emotional mental imagery generation during spontaneous future thinking: relationship with optimism and negative mood' Psychological Research 86, (2) 617-626 , DOI
(2020) 'Developing thinking around mental health science: the example of intrusive, emotional mental imagery after psychological trauma' Cognitive Neuropsychiatry 25, (5) 348-363 , DOI
(2020) 'Facilitating Episodic Simulation in Anxiety: Role of Sensory Scaffolding and Scenario Modality' International Journal of Cognitive Therapy 13, (2) 83-111 , DOI
(2019) 'The essential role of mental imagery in cognitive behaviour therapy: What is old is new again' Australian Psychologist 54, (4) 237-244 , DOI
(2019) 'Mental imagery as a “motivational amplifier” to promote activities' Behaviour Research and Therapy 114, 51-59 , DOI
(2019) 'Mental imagery in psychiatry: conceptual & clinical implications' CNS Spectrums 24, (1) 114-126 , DOI
(2018) 'Spontaneous cognition in dysphoria: reduced positive bias in imagining the future' Psychological Research 83, (4) 817-831 , DOI
(2017) 'Referential focus moderates depression-linked attentional avoidance of positive information' Behaviour Research and Therapy 93, 47-54 , DOI
(2016) 'Seeing light at the end of the tunnel: Positive prospective mental imagery and optimism in depression' Psychiatry Research 247, 155-162 , DOI
(2016) 'Effects of Engaging in Repeated Mental Imagery of Future Positive Events on Behavioural Activation in Individuals with Major Depressive Disorder' Cognitive Therapy and Research 41, (3) 369-380 , DOI
(2015) 'Emotional Mental Imagery as Simulation of Reality: Fear and Beyond—A Tribute to Peter Lang' Behavior Therapy 47, (5) 702-719 , DOI