Julia F. Christensen is a neuroscientist, psychologist and former ballet dancer. She holds a PhD in Human Cognition and Evolution (University of the Balearic Islands, 2014) and has since worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (UCL, 2014–2015) before being awarded a Newton International Research Fellowship (City University of London, 2015–2017). She is now a postdoctoral research associate in neuroscience at the Warburg Institute, University of London (B.I.A.S. project; NOMIS foundation) and honorary member of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL.