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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Robert Krueger (University of Minnesota)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Robert KruegerUniversity of Minnesota\nTitle: Empirical classification of psychopathology: The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) consortium \nAbstract: Traditionally psychopathology has been classified based on the publications of authoritative bodies\, such as the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (APA’s DSM).  Recently\, researchers have expressed an interest in basing classification more on data\, as opposed to authority.  This movement led to the formation of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) consortium.  Working from data\, the HiTOP approach emphasizes dimensions of human individual differences that are arranged hierarchically\, as opposed to categories that are arranged based on traditional DSM chapter rubrics.  In this talk\, I will describe the origins and current status of the HiTOP approach\, as well as current and future HiTOP directions and priorities.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-robert-krueger-university-of-minnesota/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210827T150000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Kylie Radford (Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader\, NeuRa & Conjoint Senior Lecturer\, School of Psychology\, UNSW)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Kylie RadfordSenior Research Scientist and Group Leader\, NeuRa & Conjoint Senior Lecturer\, School of Psychology\, UNSW\nTitle: Ageing\, dementia\, and longevity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples \nAbstract:\nThe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of Australia is ageing rapidly and is projected to exceed half a million older people in the next 30 years. With increasing lifespan\, healthy ageing is becoming synonymous with healthy brain ageing\, and dementia prevention is now a national and global priority. However\, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have higher rates of all-cause dementia\, from relatively younger ages of onset\, compared to non-Indigenous Australians and many other populations. Culturally safe dementia diagnosis\, health and aged care pathways\, and dementia literacy are thus emergent community health priorities\, but so too is dementia prevention. There is accumulating evidence for potentially modifiable risk factors across the life course and targeting these could have a major impact on reducing rates of dementia. However\, there is considerable diversity across populations in the nature and prevalence of dementia risk factors\, currently little evidence related to early life determinants\, and a need for co-design and evaluation of multi-factorial and culturally responsive risk reduction initiatives. The Koori Growing Old Well Study (KGOWS) was initiated in 2008 to determine the rates of dementia and cognitive decline in older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in urban areas of eastern Australia\, where much of the population reside. This study also aimed to validate several cognitive tests\, examine sociocultural and biomedical risk (and protective) factors\, and translate these findings into policy and practice. Working in close collaboration with five Aboriginal communities\, KGOWS found higher prevalence and incidence of dementia (predominantly Alzheimer’s disease) and cognitive decline at age 60 years and older; highly consistent with findings in remote settings. A range of potentially modifiable risk factors across the lifespan were identified\, alongside older age\, male sex\, and APOE-ɛ4\, which were also significant risk factors for cognitive decline over six years. Life-course social determinants of health appear to play a substantial role in disparities in brain health and dementia for Indigenous peoples and need to be addressed in conjunction with appropriate late-life risk reduction programs\, to improve healthy ageing and longevity.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-kylie-radford-senior-research-scientist-and-group-leader-neura-conjoint-senior-lecturer-school-of-psychology-unsw/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210820T150000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Gail Alvares (Senior Research Fellow\, Telethon Kids Institute\, WA)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Gail AlvaresSenior Research Fellow\, Telethon Kids Institute\, WA\nTitle: From biobank to clinic: translating autism research into clinical practice \nAbstract: Nearly 80 years on from the first descriptions of what we now refer to as autism spectrum disorder\, we are now at a crossroads in balancing essential research seeking to understand the mechanisms contributing to differences in neurodevelopment with the imperative from the community to accelerate priority-driven research that makes a meaningful differences in individual’s lives. In this talk\, I will discuss a program of research spanning basic science discoveries to clinical intervention evaluations aiming to further evidence-based policies and clinical practices that ultimately benefit individuals on the spectrum and their families. I will present data from the Australian Autism Biobank\, the largest biological and clinical repository of information on children on the autism spectrum and their families in Australia\, as well as data from a state-wide autism diagnostic registry. I will also discuss recent findings and protocols of several large completed and ongoing trials that\, together with our broader program of research\, has informed the establishment of a new early intervention clinical research service for children on the autism spectrum and their families\, CliniKids. Together\, this program of work will provide evidence to challenge long-held dogmas and misconceptions about how we may understand and support individuals on the autism spectrum.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-gail-alvares-senior-research-fellow-telethon-kids-institute-wa/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210813T150000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Laureate talks by A/Prof Haryana Dhillon & Prof Justin Harris (School of Psychology – University of Sydney)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special two-part colloquium\, with Laureate talks by two grant winners in our School:\nA/Prof Haryana Dhillon (MRFF Brain Cancer Survivorship Grant\, co-CI A/Prof Joanne Shaw) Title: “The BRAINS behind the money: funding a program of work in Brain cancer Rehabilitation\, Assessment\, Interventions for survivorship NeedS”. Project Summary: Brain cancers are an important\, difficult to treat\, and commonly fatal cancer. Those affected by brain cancer\, both the individuals living with the diagnosis and their caregivers\, experience debilitating and distressing changes as a consequence of the disease and its treatment. We have a unique opportunity in Australia to leverage existing knowledge and expertise to deliver better survivorship and supportive care to people affected by brain cancer. This program brings together the strongest teams in brain cancer\, primary care\, and psycho-oncology\, supportive care\, and survivorship across Australia to investigate five key areas in brain cancer management that could significantly improve the patient and caregiver experience and outcomes: identification of patient and caregiver needs\, models of survivorship care\, information and support resources\, rehabilitation\, and supportive care interventions. These themes permeate the disease\, treatment\, recovery\, and end of life pathways of this population\, our research team has the expertise\, research\, and clinical networks to successfully deliver this program of work. Our BRAINS program will deliver an care which is proactive in assessing and responding to need\, in a way that is timely and proportionate to the severity and urgency\, integrating the individual with brain cancer and their caregivers.\nProf Justin Harris (ARC Discovery Project) Title: “Learning from the evidence of absence”. Project Summary: Animals and people learn about cues that predict something important and how their own actions can cause important outcomes. They stop responding (known as extinction) when the cue or action is no longer followed by the outcome. In humans\, extinction is a primary goal for behaviour therapies that aim to eliminate a variety of problem behaviours that create significant social burden (e.g. addictions\, gambling\, anxiety disorders). However\, the success of extinction treatments is limited because some environmental conditions establish responding that is resistant to extinction and responding that has been extinguished is prone to relapse. Therefore\, we need a better understanding of the processes that underlie extinction. Our understanding of extinction has largely come from studying laboratory animals. Indeed\, both resistance to extinction and relapse are well established effects in animal studies. The current project builds on recent theoretical developments and exploits methodological advances to reveal what is learned during extinction and what makes behaviours resistant to change or prone to relapse. \n 
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-laureate-talks-by-a-prof-haryana-dhillon-prof-justin-harris-school-of-psychology-university-of-sydney/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Julie Ji (School of Psychological Science\, University of Western Australia)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Julie JiSchool of Psychological Science\, University of Western Australia\nTitle: Can mental imagery-based episodic simulation influence behaviour? \nAbstract: Mental imagery-based episodic simulation (MI-ES) allows us to pre-experience hypothetical future experiences\, which has been shown to evoke emotions in the present (anticipatory emotion) and impact judgments about future outcomes (what might happen and how likely) and its emotional impact (anticipated emotion). While researchers have hypothesised that mental imagery-based episodic simulation drives behaviour\, few studies have directly investigated the link between MI-ES and in behaviour. This colloquium will present the latest published and unpublished findings from correlational and experimental studies investigating individual differences in MI-ES and behaviour that have implications for clinical research on emotional and behavioural dysregulation.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-julie-ji-school-of-psychological-science-university-of-western-australia/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210528T150000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Katherine Boydell (Black Dog Institute\, University of New South Wales)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Katherine BoydellBlack Dog Institute\, University of New South Wales\nTitle: Using art to promote pockets of research brilliance in health \nAbstract: Arts-informed dissemination is an approach to enhancing knowledge translation in health sciences. Discourse on mental health(care) is plagued with references to issues/gaps. Media reports\, empirical studies\, and literature reviews focus on what is wrong\, much to the neglect of what is right. Yet\, evidence and anecdote suggest that\, despite challenges that hinder health care\, brilliance happens! To redress this imbalance\, we collaborated with practitioners\, scholars\, and artists to use art to promote and understand pockets of brilliance within the health system.\nWe invited practitioners and scholars to identify pockets of brilliance within their workplace and clarify why it was brilliant. We then enlisted artists to work with them to transform these pockets into art. Reflecting varied talents\, artists used textiles\, sculpture\, photography\, imagery\, and words to epitomise brilliance. During this process\, we facilitated workshops\, inviting practitioners\, scholars\, and artists to co-design these artworks with consumers and carers. We also captured artefacts via notes\, diaries\, and recordings.\nFindings suggest that art can promote experiences that are inspiring\, enriching\, and difficult to articulate. This study suggests using art to epitomise brilliance can be propelled by: a clear focus on positivity that respectfully addresses challenges; regular dialogue to foster psychological safety; and positive deviance\, whereby participants exercise initiative to challenge business-as-usual and trial innovative approaches.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-katherine-boydell-black-dog-institute-university-of-new-south-wales/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210521T150000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Psychology Colloquium: Dr Denovan Begg (School of Psychology\, University of New South Wales)
DESCRIPTION:TODAY’S COLLOQUIUM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DR BEGG’S TALK WILL BE RESCHEDULED IN SEMESTER 2.Dr Denovan Begg\nSchool of Psychology\, University of New South Wales\nTitle: The neural basis of ingestive behaviours \nAbstract: Homeostatic regulation of ingestive behaviour is generally considered to be essential for survival. Despite eating often being thought of as a homeostatic behaviour\, there is little evidence to suggest that eating is an automatic response to an acute shortage of energy. Instead\, food intake can be considered an integrated response over a prolonged period of time that maintains the levels of stored energy. In addition\, many non-homeostatic factors\, including palatability\, stress\, learning\, and social influences\, interact to regulate food intake. My lab examines the neural circuitry involved in maintaining ingestive behaviours\, using advanced techniques including optogenetics\, chemogenetics and fibre photometry. In this talk I will present some of our recent data on the interaction between homeostatic signals and non-homeostatic factors regulating ingestive behaviour. Further\, we will examine how these neural circuits may be involved in the treatments of obesity\, specifically bariatric surgery.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/cancelled-psychology-colloquium-dr-denovan-begg-school-of-psychology-university-of-new-south-wales/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210514T150000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Rachel Menzies (School of Psychology\, University of Sydney)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Rachel MenziesSchool of Psychology\, University of Sydney\nTitle: Death anxiety: The worm at the core of mental health \nAbstract: Our awareness of mortality is a universal part of the human experience\, and fears of death have been recorded throughout our species’ history. More recently\, death anxiety has been proposed to be a transdiagnostic construct\, underpinning a range of mental illnesses. This colloquium will outline theoretical and empirical evidence suggesting that death anxiety may be central to numerous mental health conditions. A series of published studies will be presented\, demonstrating the causal role of death anxiety in driving clinically-relevant behaviour. It will be argued that current psychological treatments fail to sufficiently address death anxiety. Further\, specifically targeting fears of death in treatment may be necessary to produce long-term symptom improvement. Lastly\, evidence concerning the treatment efficacy for alleviating death anxiety will be discussed.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-rachel-menzies-school-of-psychology-university-of-sydney/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210507T150000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Professor Peter McEvoy (School of Psychology\, Curtin University)
DESCRIPTION:Professor Peter McEvoySchool of Psychology\, Curtin University\nTitle: Can imagery-based techniques enhance outcomes from cognitive behaviour group therapy for social anxiety disorder? Outcomes from a randomised controlled trial \nAbstract: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most common mental disorders\, and it can have severely detrimental impacts on an individual’s ability to reach their social and occupational potential. People with SAD have a core fear of evaluation from others\, which is associated with a range of maintaining factors such as negative thoughts and images relating to social threat\, avoidance and safety behaviours\, self-focused attention\, negative core beliefs about the self and others\, and anticipatory and post-event processing (i.e.\, rumination). This colloquium will outline the rationale for incorporating mental imagery into CBT before describing some of the imagery ‘enhancements’ used in this new treatment. A range of published and unpublished primary and secondary cognitive\, behavioural\, affective\, and psychophysiological outcomes will be reported from a recently completed randomised controlled trial comparing the ‘imagery enhanced’ to a more traditional CBT approach.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-professor-peter-mcevoy-school-of-psychology-curtin-university/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210430T150000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Stephan Lewandowsky (School of Psychological Science\, University of Bristol)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Stephan LewandowskySchool of Psychological Science\, University of Bristol\nTitle: Resisting the Knowledge Dementors: The Truth about “Post-Truth” \nAbstract: We are said to live in a “post-truth” era in which “fake news” has replaced real information\, denial has compromised science\, and the ontology of knowledge and truth has taken on a relativist element. I argue that to defend evidence-based reasoning and knowledge against those attacks\, we must understand the strategies by which the post-truth world is driven forward. I depart from the premise that the post-truth era did not arise spontaneously but is the result of a highly effective political movement that deploys a large number of rhetorical strategies. I focus on three strategies: The deployment of conspiracy theories\, the use of “micro-targeting” and “bots” online\, and agenda-setting by attentional diversion. I present evidence for the existence of each strategy and its impact\, and how it might be countered.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-stephan-lewandowsky-school-of-psychological-science-university-of-bristol/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210423T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210423T160000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Anand Gururajan (School of Psychology\, University of Sydney)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Anand GururajanSchool of Psychology\, University of Sydney\nTitle: Novel Insights into the Neurobiology of Stress-Induced Psychiatric Disorders \nAbstract: Stress disorders such as major depression and PTSD are some of the most common psychiatric disorders and their prevalence has increased significantly against a background of growing global turmoil. I will present my research findings which have utilised a multidisciplinary research strategy to elucidate the role of non-coding transcriptomic and the epitranscriptomic mechanisms in the pathophysiology of these disorders and how they might be harnessed to develop new diagnostics and next-generation therapeutics.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-anand-gururajan-school-of-psychology-university-of-sydney/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210416T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210416T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Laureate talks by Prof David Alais & Prof Bart Anderson (School of Psychology – University of Sydney)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special two-part colloquium\, with Laureate talks by two grant winners in our School:\nProf David Alais (ARC Discovery Project\, co-CI Prof Frans Verstraten) Title: “Multisensory perception in active observers”. Project Summary: Perception and action are usually studied separately\, often under limited\, non-ecological conditions. Recent evidence shows both functions are intrinsically linked and mutually influence each other. This project exploits new technologies to study dynamic perception in free-moving observers in real and virtual multisensory environments. The project will establish the mechanisms underlying the perception/action link and reveal how perceptual stability is achieved despite dynamic input that changes with action. It will generate new understanding of how the brain integrates its twin functions of perceiving the multisensory world and acting upon it\, and will generate useful knowledge for virtual\, remote and robotic applications.\nProf Bart Anderson (ARC Discovery Project) Title: “Emergent cues underlying the perception of shape\, colour\, and material”. Project Summary: The goal of this project is to identify the information the visual system uses to extract the three-dimensional structure and material composition of objects. This project aims to generate an advanced understanding of the information that supports these perceptual abilities and to advance our understanding how this information is learned from exposure to natural scenes. The findings of this work are expected to benefit our understanding of the human visual system\, and to provide insights into the information needed to advance the development of deep neural networks (machine learning) that exploit the same information used by humans to guide our behavior and recognize objects and materials. \n 
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-laureate-talks-by-prof-david-alais-prof-bart-anderson-school-of-psychology-university-of-sydney/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210326T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210326T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Laureate talks by A/Prof Carolyn MacCann & Prof Mark Dadds (School of Psychology – University of Sydney)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special two-part colloquium\, with Laureate talks by two grant winners in our School:\nA/Prof Carolyn MacCann (ARC Discovery Project\, co-CIs Dr Rebecca Pinkus\, A/Prof Helena Nguyen\, A/Prof Anya Johnson) Title: “When\, why\, and how well do we regulate other people’s emotions?”. Project Summary: This project aims to understand when and why people attempt to regulate others’ emotions\, and to evaluate which regulation processes are most effective. We will study regulation attempts as they occur over minutes\, days\, and months in interactions between romantic couples and between nurse co-workers. This project extends the study of emotion regulation to others’ emotions as well as one’s own. The major project output will be an evidence-based theory of extrinsic regulation. Project benefits include applications of this new knowledge to programs and policies that reduce negative emotions and stress in healthcare workers and couples\, reducing workplace burnout\, on-the-job errors\, relationship breakdown and their associated economic costs.\nProf Mark Dadds (NHMRC MRFF Neurological Disorders\, co-CIs Dr Lucy Tully\, Prof Valsa Eapen\, Prof Bruce Tonge) Title: “Evaluation of a new brief intervention for childhood autism spectrum disorders”. Project Summary: Autism (ASD) is a complex lifelong disorder that involves social impairments and major challenges for caregivers. Research shows that parent mediated interventions can have a significant impact on maximising outcomes for these children. Surprisingly\, there are no interventions currently available that address core ASD symptoms\, behaviour disturbances\, and parental well-being in one intervention\, despite research showing that these outcomes are interdependent and amenable to change. Resourceful parents may be able to access each component individually\, but they would have to attend different agencies\, often university-based research trials\, and could not access them as an integrated intervention. As separate interventions\, they would add up to approximately 20-40 sessions\, whereas we have pilot data indicating an integrated intervention could produce effects in ~12 sessions. In addition\, current interventions for core symptoms were developed in the USA/UK\, and have prohibitive costs for training/accreditation. As a result\, there continues to be widespread implementation of ineffective or unsupported interventions for ASD in the Australian community. There is an urgent need to develop\, evaluate and disseminate an integrated parenting intervention for children with ASD that: 1) is empirically-supported\, time-limited and cost-effective; 2) addresses the interdependent domains of child and parent functioning within the one intervention; and 3) can be delivered during the child’s early critical development. We have developed a brief parent-mediated intervention that produces positive change\, is consistent with new priorities of the NDIS\, and has the potential to transform the landscape of interventions available for children with ASD early in life. We will conduct a large randomised controlled trial in preparation for national roll-out of the intervention and contribute new knowledge about how elements of treatment interact to influence outcomes for children with ASD.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-laureate-talks-by-a-prof-carolyn-maccann-prof-mark-dadds-school-of-psychology-university-of-sydney/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210319T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210319T160000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Melissa Sharpe (Department of Psychology\, UCLA)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Melissa SharpeDepartment of Psychology\, UCLA\nTitle: The cognitive (lateral) hypothalamus \nAbstract: The lateral hypothalamus is generally thought of as a switch that drives feeding. The idea is that if you turn on your lateral hypothalamus\, you will instantaneously start eating whatever is in front of you. However\, we have recently shown that this nucleus is critical for learning about the information that predicts food. This might seem like a small advance. But we were excited about this because it could mean that the lateral hypothalamus is involved in lots of other forms of learning that we haven’t thought about yet. Indeed\, in this talk I will discuss data that show the lateral hypothalamus can even be recruited to learn about fearful events. Further\, while the lateral hypothalamus is critical for learning about rewarding and fearful outcomes\, this nucleus actively opposes learning about information that is not directly relevant to motivationally-significant outcomes (e.g. learning to associate neutral cues together). This research suggests that the lateral hypothalamus biases learning towards motivationally-significant information\, and away from information that is not predictive of something important. This has led to two research directions in my lab: one that investigates how the lateral hypothalamus is integrated into the traditional fear circuit\, and another that examines how changes to hypothalamic circuits present in psychological disorders might alter the balance of learning about relevant information.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-melissa-sharpe-department-of-psychology-ucla/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210312T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210312T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Laureate talks by Dr Caitlin Cowan & Dr Stephanie Wong (School of Psychology – University of Sydney)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special two-part colloquium\, with Laureate talks by two NHMRC Investigator Grant winners in our School:\nDr Caitlin Cowan – Title: “The developing microbiome as a predictor and modulator of mental health risk and resilience: A translational gut-brain axis approach to improving childhood mental health”. Project Summary: A child’s development sets the pathway for their adult functioning. Mental health is no exception\, with the majority of psychological disorders having their roots in childhood or adolescence. Currently\, our gold-standard treatments for childhood psychopathologies are effective for only half of individuals\, meaning there is a dire need for new approaches to this problem. My project will test the hypothesis propose that gastrointestinal microorganisms (collectively known as the microbiome) contribute to psychological risk or wellbeing by shaping the gut-brain axis during critical periods of development.\nDr Stephanie Wong – Title: “Challenging behaviours in dementia: mechanisms\, assessment and interventions”. Project Summary: When most people hear about dementia\, memory loss is often the first thing that comes to mind. However\, memory impairment is only one symptom of dementia. Other symptoms\, such as apathy\, eating disturbances\, socially inappropriate behaviour and poor financial judgment\, are also common. These behavioural symptoms account for high levels of carer burden\, greater functional decline and reduced quality of life. The neurobiological mechanisms of these symptoms are not well understood\, and existing treatments show limited efficacy. My research program will examine how maladaptive reward processing mechanisms give rise to diverse behavioural symptoms in dementia\, while also developing and implementing new assessment and intervention approaches in patients and carers. This research will enhance knowledge and health outcomes in the therapeutic management of behavioural symptoms in dementia and will be applicable to challenging behaviours arising from other forms of brain injury and neurodegeneration. In the absence of disease-modifying treatments or cures\, such advances are urgently needed to improve the prognosis and quality of life of people living with dementia. \n 
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-laureate-talks-by-dr-caitlin-cowan-dr-stephanie-wong-school-of-psychology-university-of-sydney/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210305T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210305T160000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Grant winners’ celebration plus laureate talk by Prof Louise Sharpe (School of Psychology – University of Sydney)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us this Friday 5 March for a special two-part colloquium:\nA celebration of the School’s ARC\, NHMRC and MRFF grant winners. Join us in congratulating our colleagues who were awarded significant research funding in 2020.\nThe first in our series of laureate talks given by grant winners – Prof Louise Sharpe\, who\, with co-investigators A/Prof Ben Colagiuri\, Dr Jemma Todd and A/Prof Hamish MacDougall\, was awarded an ARC Discovery Project. \nGrant title: To focus on pain or not to focus: WHEN is the question\nGrant summary: The experience of pain is a ubiquitous experience\, and persistent pain is common and causes enormous personal and societal burden. Anyone who has been in severe pain will understand that pain captures attention\, but the role that attention plays in increasing pain perception is poorly understood. This project will test a new conceptual model that calls for a change in the paradigm underlying research into attention and pain. We will use novel experimental tasks in virtual reality environments to address these important gaps in our knowledge. The project will significantly advance our fundamental understanding of the role of attention in pain perception and pave the way for translational research to reduce the substantial burden pain causes.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-grant-winners-celebration-plus-laureate-talk-by-prof-louise-sharpe-school-of-psychology-university-of-sydney/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201120T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201120T160000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Anne Swinbourne (College of Healthcare Sciences – James Cook University)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Anne SwinbourneCollege of Healthcare Sciences\, James Cook University\nTitle: The interface of psychology\, natural hazards and extreme events \nAbstract: The CSIRO/BoM State of the Climate 2020 report delivers an expected message: Australia is undergoing\, and will continue to experience\, long-term climate change. This will interact negatively with Australia’s preexisting vulnerability to extreme weather events and change the country’s natural hazard risk profile. As compared to the last 50 years\, fire seasons are longer\, tropical cyclones are less frequent but more intense\, and coastal communities are more often experiencing impacts due to inundation and erosion.  The report states that coordinated\, scientifically informed economic\, social and environmental decision-making by governments\, industries and communities is required to meet future challenges.\nAll of the recommendations in the report\, and in similar reports\, emphasise the importance of human behaviour in preparing for and mitigating the impacts of extreme weather events. Human behaviour is the remit of psychology. However\, stereotypically\, psychology professionals are portrayed as working at the level of the individual or\, at most\, the community. It is therefore reasonable to ask how psychology and psychologists can contribute to\, and interface with\, higher-level bodies making decisions about how to manage extreme events and natural hazards. This colloquium will present a snapshot of Australia’s disaster management landscape\, examine current models of disaster management and consider the role of the psychology professional within these frameworks.\n*And yes\, there will be data.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-anne-swinbourne-college-of-healthcare-sciences-james-cook-university/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201113T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201113T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Vince Polito (Department of Cognitive Science – Macquarie University)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Vince PolitoDepartment of Cognitive Science\, Macquarie University\nTitle: Placebo or Panacea? Experiences and Beliefs of People who Microdose Psychedelics \nAbstract: Psychedelics are making their way back into mainstream science. High profile research teams are publishing findings in top journals showing that psychedelics can be used to better understand cognition\, perception\, neurobiology\, psychopathology and wellbeing. At the same time there is increasing interest and acceptance of these substances amongst the general public.\nOne topic that has emerged strongly into popular culture is the phenomenon of “microdosing” – taking extremely low doses of a psychedelic substance\, most typically LSD or psilocybin. A microdose can be 1/10th or less of a recreational dose and users will often microdose regularly every 3 or 4 days over an extended period of time. Due to the very low dose\, microdosers do not usually report the dramatic cognitive and perceptual changes that typically characterise psychedelic experiences\, rather immediate effects are reported to be very subtle and sometimes barely noticeable. Despite this microdosers make a wide variety of claims for the benefits of microdosing\, including improved vitality\, positive mood\, increased attention and greater creativity. Although microdosing has exploded in popularity in recent years\, there has been very little empirical research on this topic and the accuracy of these claims has not been tested.\nOur team conducted the first systematic observational study of the effects of microdosing in healthy participants. Over a period of six weeks\, 63 regular microdosers provided baseline\, daily\, and post-study ratings of a broad range of psychological and wellbeing measures. I’ll report what did and did not change for this group\, talk about the role of placebo in the use of psychedelics\, and try to answer the question of what really happens when people microdose.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-vince-polito-department-of-cognitive-science-macquarie-university/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201106T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201106T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Robert Heirene (School of Psychology – University of Sydney)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Robert HeireneGambling Treatment & Research Clinic\, Brain & Mind Centre & School of Psychology\, University of Sydney\nTitle: How can we minimise the harms associated with online gambling? Insights from the account data of 40\,000 gamblers and a randomised control trial of message prompts\nAbstract: Gambling online presents several unique risks to consumers including constant availability\, high speed and uninterrupted play\, and the ability to gamble in private. Despite these risks\, online gamblers also have access to a number of novel features that can facilitate self-directed harm-minimisation efforts unavailable to customers of land-based gambling venues—they can track their expenditure through betting statements\, set limits on deposits or losses\, and and temporarily deactivate their accounts for 24 hours or more. However\, little is known about the number of people who actually use these tools and their efficacy as harm reduction strategies. We aimed to address these gaps in understanding in two studies. In the first\, and we collected account data for almost 40\,000 customers from six online gambling sites in Australia to understand the number and characteristics of people using these responsible gambling tools. In the second\, we carried out a large\, naturalistic randomised controlled trial of message prompts encouraging the uptake of a limit setting tool and evaluated the effects of these limits on indicators of risky gambling. Findings from both studies increase the understanding of how we can encourage positive behaviour change and reduce harm in the online gambling context.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-robert-heirene-school-of-psychology-university-of-sydney/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201030T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201030T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Laura Bradfield (School of Life Sciences – UTS)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Laura BradfieldSchool of Life Sciences\, UTS\nTitle: Contextual regulation of reinstatement involving choice\nAbstract: Relapse to substance use disorder\, overeating\, or other maladaptive actions following abstinence and/or therapy is commonly modelled in animals\, however\, the majority of these studies employ procedures that are either Pavlovian\, or involve only a single instrumental response. Therefore\, the mechanisms of relapse in situations involving choice between multiple actions and outcomes are less well-understood. To address this question\, we investigated the contextual modulation of outcome-selective reinstatement. In Experiment 1\, rats were trained to press a left and a right lever for a pellet and a sucrose outcome\, respectively (counterbalanced) in context A. Extinction on both levers then took place in either context A or B\, followed by testing in context A or B. This rendered 4 groups in total: AAA\, AAB\, ABA\, and ABB. On test\, animals received ‘free’ deliveries of pellets or sucrose and their subsequent lever presses recorded. Group AAA reinstated selectively on the lever that had previously earned the presented outcome (e.g. pellet presentation reinstated pressing on the pellet lever\, sucrose on the sucrose lever). Surprisingly\, animals in group ABB also demonstrated intact outcome-selective reinstatement (reinstated > nonreinstated)\, suggesting that outcome-response (O-R) contingency knowledge had transferred across contexts. In contrast\, animals in groups AAB and ABA responded equally on both levers (i.e. reinstated = nonreinstated)\, suggesting that extinction learning\, unlike O-r learning\, was context-dependent. Experiment 2 was conducted identically\, except that rats received two sessions of extinction and were tested one day later rather than immediately. This time\, all groups demonstrated evidence of intact outcome-selective reinstatement\, regardless of context. Together\, these findings support the notion that any contextual modulation of instrumental responding involving choice is transient\, and occurs immediately after new learning but not when that learning is well-established.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-laura-bradfield-school-of-life-sciences-uts/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201023T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201023T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Khandis Blake (School of Psychological Sciences – University of Melbourne)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Khandis BlakeSchool of Psychological Sciences\, University of Melbourne\nTitle: On the causes and consequences of female sexualisation:  A nature/nurture approach that incorporates female agency.\nAbstract: The last decade has seen an increasing interest in the saturation of popular Western culture by representations of sex. What drives the proliferation of female sexualisation\, and is this something that advantages—or disadvantages—women? In a series of studies combining insights from social psychology\, economics\, gender studies\, and biology\, I examine the causes and consequences of female sexualisation\, especially as they pertain to women’s agency. I will show that sexualisation is rooted not just in cultural conditions\, but also in patterns of endogenous hormones and degrees of socioeconomic inequality. Using this evidence\, I argue that sexualisation can express a form of female agency that facilitates social climbing and status-enhancement for women. That is not to say that sexualisation entails no risks for women. I will also show that sexualisation activates intra- and inter-personal psychological processes in others\, and that these processes increase the risk of women suffering harm. I synthesise these paradoxical findings to provide a functional account of female sexualisation\, highlighting the value of integrating competing disciplinary perspectives to understand complex gendered phenomena.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-khandis-blake-school-of-psychological-sciences-university-of-melbourne/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201016T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201016T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Oren Griffiths (College of Education\, Psychology and Social Work – Flinders University)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Oren GriffithsCollege of Education\, Psychology and Social Work\, Flinders University\nTitle: Effects of non-contingency on learning\, attention and effort\nAbstract: Learned helplessness is one of the most widely recognized findings that psychology has produced in the public sphere. Much of the empirical work on this topic has focused on questions related to how repeated failure produces broadly generalizable decrements in motivation and performance. By contrast\, relatively little work has looked at how people learn than an event is unpredictable when faced with non-contingency. This talk focuses on how this learning takes place\, what the consequences of such learning are\, and whether learning that a particular stimulus is unpredictable is qualitatively distinct to classic learned helplessness effects. We used a mix of behavioural\, gaze fixation and pupil dilation measures\, and conclude that environmental factors may play an important role in governing the consequences of exposure to non-contingency (in addition to cognitive attributions).
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-oren-griffiths-college-of-education-psychology-and-social-work-flinders-university/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201002T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20201002T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: A/Prof Naomi Sweller (Department of Psychology – Macquarie University)
DESCRIPTION:A/Prof Naomi SwellerDepartment of Psychology\, Macquarie University\nTitle: I (might!) listen\, but I’m also watching: Effects of gestures on learning and communication\nAbstract: We often think of “communication” as meaning verbal interactions only\, or perhaps the effect of a smile or a frown. Less frequently considered are the hand gestures that can co-occur with speech. These movements\, made either a speaker or a listener with their hands or arms\, can have sizeable effects on learning. We learn more when we watch others’ gestures than from speech alone\, and producing our own gestures can similarly benefit task performance. In this presentation we will look at when gestures might be beneficial to learning and communication\, as well as discussing the effects of different types and sub-types of gestures on a variety of tasks. We will look at the effects of task difficulty\, as well as individual differences such as age and cognitive ability. Finally\, we will look at when perhaps gestures might not be beneficial\, including some rather counter-intuitive findings of negative effects of gesture production on learning.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-a-prof-naomi-sweller-department-of-psychology-macquarie-university/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200925T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200925T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Jemma Todd (School of Psychology – University of Sydney)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Jemma ToddSchool of Psychology\, University of Sydney \nTitle: Cognitive biases in pain and health: A dynamic perspective\nAbstract: It is important to attend to potential threat in the face of danger: doing so may save your life. However\, there are plenty of instances when our cognitive bias system can go awry. Individuals with chronic pain often continue to interpret pain as threatening\, with the pain capturing their attention to the detriment of other life goals and despite no ongoing danger. Whilst research has come far in identifying unhelpful cognitive biases\, the measures typically used do not adequately account for the dynamic nature of these biases. These biases can be adaptive or unhelpful depending on the circumstance\, and are likely to shift with motivation\, context\, and threat perception. In this presentation\, I will explore the challenges of assessing cognitive biases. I will draw on my recent research in pain and other areas such as diabetes and anxiety\, to highlight some directions forward in the field of cognitive bias research.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-jemma-todd-school-of-psychology-university-of-sydney/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200918T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200918T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Alana Fisher (Matilda Centre – University of Sydney)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Alana FisherThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use\, University of Sydney \nTitle: Advancing shared decision-making in mental health and alcohol/other drug use conditions\nAbstract: Shared decision-making is widely-endorsed as the ‘gold standard’ approach to making healthcare decisions. Shared decision-making involves clinicians\, patients (and others\, e.g.\, family) partnering together to discuss the available healthcare options and make a decision that is both evidence-based and consistent with the patient’s values and preferences. Most of the research has focussed on medical conditions such as cancer\, however\, recent years have seen a shift towards better understanding and applying shared decision-making for people with mental health conditions\, such as depression\, schizophrenia\, and bipolar disorder. The recent literature demonstrates that shared decision-making is preferred by most people with mental health conditions\, and delivers similar benefits to patients including satisfaction with care\, and better adherence to chosen treatments. Given that mental health conditions often co-occur with at-risk alcohol and other drug (AOD) use (up to 3 in 4 people presenting to AOD treatment services)\, we need to advance our knowledge of shared decision-making in this comorbid population who often present with more complex and severe needs\, and face potentially more complex decisions about their treatment and management. With reference to my PhD and early postdoctoral research work\, I will present an overview of i) shared decision-making within the context of mental health conditions\, ii) novel directions in shared decision-making through the development and evaluation of patient decision-support interventions for people with co-occurring mental health and AOD conditions.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-alana-fisher-matilda-centre-university-of-sydney/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200911T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200911T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Iain McGregor (School of Psychology & Lambert Initiative – University of Sydney)
DESCRIPTION:Professor Iain S. McGregorThe Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics\, Brain and Mind Centre\, University of Sydney\, Sydney\, Australia\nSchool of Psychology and Faculty of Science\, University of Sydney\, Sydney\, Australia\nTitle: Cannabis-based medicines: current use and future promise\nAbstract: This talk will highlight recent research from the Lambert Initiative around the current legal use of medicinal cannabis (MC) products in Australia for the treatment of conditions such as anxiety\, insomnia\, and autism\, as well as the widespread use of illicit cannabis for self-medication of chronic pain and various psychiatric conditions. Current collaborative clinical trials will also be described showing beneficial effects of cannabidiol (CBD) in intractable youth anxiety (ORYGEN\, Melbourne)\, preliminary positive signs for THC/CBD in Tourette syndrome (Wesley Hospital\, Brisbane) and investigation of CBD effects in alcohol withdrawal\, methamphetamine dependence and early psychosis. Our recent experimental work investigating the effects of vaporised cannabis on driving and cognitive function will be described. Current preclinical drug discovery programs will also be discussed outlining multiple bioactive molecules from the cannabis plant and various synthetic derivatives with strong therapeutic potential. This is an exciting and pivotal time for cannabis-based medicines in Australia with scope for cannabis-derivatives to become mainstream pharmacotherapies for a number of difficult-to-treat conditions.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-iain-mcgregor-school-of-psychology-lambert-initiative-university-of-sydney/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200904T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200904T160000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: COVID-19 research projects (several speakers from our own School)
DESCRIPTION:Members of our own School will present brief overviews of their COVID-related research projects:\nDr Micah Goldwater: Causal and moral reasoning about COVID-19 in the USA\nA/Prof Sabina Kleitman: Individual differences in coping and behaviour with COVID\nA/Prof Sally Gainsbury: COVID and gambling\nDr Ilan Dar-Nimrod: The impact of COVID on intimate relationships\nA/Prof Paul Rhodes: Cultural aspects of COVID distress; Zoom therapy implementation during COVID\nMs Grace Wei: COVID and dementia\nDr Joanne Shaw: COVID and treatment decision-making in cancer; barriers and enablers to the use of telehealth for psycho-oncology consultations \nThe Zoom webinar link will be circulated to School of Psychology staff and students. Others interested in attending\, please contact sophie.ellwood@sydney.edu.au to request the link.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-covid-19-research-projects-several-speakers-from-our-own-school/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200828T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200828T160000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium-free week – program commencing in Week 2
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URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-free-week-program-commencing-in-week-2/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200529T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200529T160000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED – Psychology Colloquium: TBA (TBA)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: TBATitle: TBA\nAbstract: TBA
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/cancelled-psychology-colloquium-tba-tba-4/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200522T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200522T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T144200
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED – Psychology Colloquium: TBA (TBA)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: TBATitle: TBA\nAbstract: TBA
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/cancelled-psychology-colloquium-tba-tba-3/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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