Adarsh Makdani
Faculty of Health
Faculty of Health
Email: A.Makdani@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 904 6348
Degrees
2014, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Neuroscience with Psychology (BSc. Hons.)
Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PhD: The characterisation of myelinated and unmyelinated afferents in normal and neuropathic pain
Academic appointments
Senior Technician, School of Psychology, & Research Centre for Brain & Behaviour - Faculty of Health, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - present
Postgraduate Researcher, Natural Sciences & Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2019 - present
Postgraduate training
SomAffect, United Kingdom, Liverpool John Moores University, 2014 - present
Journal article
Wei Y, Marshall AG, McGlone FP, Makdani A, Zhu Y, Yan L, Ren L, Wei G. 2024. Human tactile sensing and sensorimotor mechanism: from afferent tactile signals to efferent motor control Nature Communications, 15 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Drummond J, Makdani A, Pawling R, Walker SC. 2024. Congenital Anosmia and Facial Emotion Recognition Physiology & Behavior, 278 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ng KKW, Lafee O, Bouchatta O, Makdani AD, Marshall AG, Olausson H, McIntyre S, Nagi SS. 2024. Human foot outperforms the hand in mechanical pain discrimination eNeuro, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ali SH, Makdani AD, Cordero MI, Paltoglou AE, Marshall AG, McFarquhar MJ, McGlone FP, Walker SC, Trotter PD. 2023. Hold me or stroke me? Individual differences in static and dynamic affective touch. Scilingo EP. PloS one, 18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wei Y, McGlone FP, Marshall AG, Makdani A, Zou Z, Ren L, Wei G. 2022. From skin mechanics to tactile neural coding: Predicting afferent neural dynamics during active touch and perception IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 69 :3748-3759 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Cazzato V, Sacchetti S, Shin S, Makdani A, Trotter PD, McGlone FP. 2021. Affective touch topography and body image. PLoS One, 16 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Moore W, Makdani A, Frier W, McGlone F. 2021. Virtual Touch: Sensing and Feeling with Ultrasound DOI Publisher Url
Dunbar RIM, Pearce E, Tarr B, Makdani A, Bamford J, Smith S, McGlone FP. 2021. Cochlear SGN neurons elevate pain thresholds in response to music. Scientific Reports, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Devine SL, Walker SC, Makdani A, Stockton ER, McFarquhar MJ, McGlone FP, Trotter PD. 2020. Childhood Adversity and Affective Touch Perception: A Comparison of United Kingdom Care Leavers and Non-care Leavers. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Cazzato V, Sacchetti S, Shin S, Makdani A, Trotter PD, McGlone F. 2020. Topical heterogeneity in affective touch: Does it impact body image? DOI Publisher Url
Nagi SS, Marshall AG, Makdani A, Jarocka E, Liljencrantz J, Ridderstrom M, Shaikh S, O'Neill F, Saade D, Donkervoort S, Foley AR, Minde J, Trulsson M, Cole J, Bonnemann CG, Chesler AT, Bushnell MC, McGlone F, Olausson H. 2019. An ultrafast system for signaling mechanical pain in human skin Science Advances, 5 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
preprint
Ng KKW, Lafee O, Bouchatta O, Makdani AD, Marshall AG, Olausson H, McIntyre S, Nagi SS. 2023. Human foot outperforms the hand in mechanical pain discrimination Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DOI Publisher Url
Dataset
Trotter P, Ali SH, Makdani A, Cordero M, Paltoglou A, Marshall A, McFarquhar M, McGlone F, Walker S. 2023. Data for study entitled "Hold me or Stroke me? Individual differences in static and dynamic affective touch" DOI Public Url
Cazzato V, Sacchetti S, Shin S, Makdani A, Trotter P, McGlone F. 2021. Affective touch topography and body image
Chapters
Haggarty CJ, Makdani A, McGlone F. 2023. Affective Touch: Psychophysics, Physiology and Vicarious Touch Perception Neuromethods 196 :109-128 DOI Publisher Url
Other
Dunbar RIM, Pearce E, Tarr B, Makdani A, Bamford J, Smith S, McGlone F. 2022. Author Correction: Cochlear SGN neurons elevate pain thresholds in response to music (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (14547), 10.1038/s41598-021-93969-0) Scientific Reports, 12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Conference organisation:
Liverpool Neuroscience Group Winter Gala 2019: Fooling The Senses, Organising Committee, https://lng.org.uk/event/lng-winter-gala-2019/. 2019
IASAT 2019: International Association for the Study of Affective Touch, Organising Committee, https://iasat.org/event/iasat2019/. 2019
Liverpool Neuroscience Day 2019, Organising Committee, https://lng.org.uk/event/lnd2019/. 2019
Liverpool Neuroscience Day 2018, https://lng.org.uk/event/lnd2018/. 2018
IASAT 2017: International Association for the Study of Affective Touch, Organising Committee, https://iasat.org/event/2017/09/iasat2017. 2018
Liverpool Neuroscience Day 2016, Organising Committee, https://lng.org.uk/event/lnd2016/. 2016