Rachel Moseley

Principal academic
Bournemouth University

Rachel Moseley is principal academic in psychology at Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom. Her research centers around issues that autistic adults face, including mental ill-health, suicidality, self-injury, aging and late diagnosis. She also investigates aspects of cognition and social communication in autistic people and how these differ depending on personal characteristics, such as sex.

From this contributor

Spectrum Microphone

Autism and menopause: Q&A with Rachel Moseley and Julie Turner-Cobb

By Shelby Grebbin
7 April 2022 | 5 min read
A plate with a slice of yellow cake sits on a blue plate on a light blue table cloth, surrounded by spoons and forks. This image places an emphasis on food and ritualized behaviors.
Spectrum

Autism and eating disorders may have an emotional connection

By Rachel Moseley, Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, The Conversation
12 August 2020 | 5 min read

Explore more from The Transmitter

Barbara Finlay looking at a glass jar with a brain.
Evolution

Remembering Barbara Finlay, ‘maverick’ of evolutionary neuroscience

Finlay, who died on 12 September, championed the idea that developmental constraints dictate how evolution sculpts brains, a concept she used to model the timing of hundreds of events and align them across mammalian species.

By Calli McMurray
23 October 2026 | 8 min read
A crow looking at a screen showing a circle of white dots on a black background.
Behavior

Crows have brains ‘in the fast lane’

The birds accurately complete decision-making tasks twice as fast as primates, although their endbrains look considerably different.

By Sarah Thau
22 October 2026 | 4 min read
A boy manipulates blocks at a table while sitting across from a woman taking notes.
Spectrum

Prevalence of profound autism declines with new definition

The updated, more precise definition used in a CDC study includes adaptive scores.

By Brianna Abbott
22 October 2026 | 5 min read