About Me

I am a neuroscientist who works on empowering people to make better decisions using insights from behavioural science. At the Behavioural Insights Team (the “Nudge Unit”) I work in the Financial Capability Lab on projects related to personal finance. I am also finishing up my PhD at the Social Neuroscience lab the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, where I study imitation amongst neurotypical and autistic adults. 

I’ve previously worked as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs in London, and as an Economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Prior to my return to academia, I headed the EIU’s Technology and Telecoms practice, where I analysed trends in the sector and got to write about cool, geeky, things like spectrum allocation and the internet-of-things. A rather more detailed (chronological) resume is available here.

Publications

Krishnan-Barman, S., & Hamilton, A. F. de C. (2019). Adults imitate to send a social signal. Cognition, 187, 150–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.03.007

Krishnan-Barman, S., Forbes, P. A. G., & de C Hamilton, A. F. (2017). How can the study of action kinematics inform our understanding of human social interaction? Neuropsychologia, (January), 0–1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.01.018