Speaker: Prof Karl Gegenfurtner (Giessen University)Title: Why we look where we do Abstract: The existence of a central fovea, the small retinal region with high analytical performance, is arguably the […]
Speaker: Professor Lazar Stankov (University of Sydney & University of Southern Queensland) Title: Individual differences meet political psychology: from communism to the right-wing extremism via IQ, education, social conservatism and […]
Speaker: Dr Laura Bradfield (UTS)Title: Hippocampal dysregulation causes transient deficits in decision-making: consequences for old age and Alzheimer’s disease Abstract: The hippocampus is a central component of learning and memory systems in […]
Speaker: Dr Nicky Quinn (Macquarie University) Title: Applying behavioural science to government policy Abstract: In psychology, we take many principles of behavioural science as given. We know that we regularly make decisions […]
Speaker: Dr Samuel Mehr (Harvard University)Title: Psychological functions of music in infancy Abstract: In 1871, Darwin wrote, “As neither the enjoyment nor the capacity of producing musical notes are faculties […]
Speaker: Dr Emma Alleyne (University of Kent)Title: ‘Taking it out on the dog’: Why adults abuse animals Abstract: One of the most acute and distressing animal welfare problems is abuse carried […]
Speaker: Emeritus Professor Robert (Bob) Boakes (University of Sydney)Title: The monkey, the lettuce leaf, sugar and disappointment: From translation to discovery Abstract: For some years our group has run translational experiments […]
Speaker: Dr Ann Meulders (KU Leuven) Title: TBA Abstract: TBA