Prof Carl Bergstrom (University of Washington) Abstract Scientific researchers may be driven by curiosity, but they are constrained by the realities of the scientific ecosystems in which they operate and motivated by the incentives with which they are confronted. We can use mathematical models of the research enterprise to understand how scientific norms and institutions […]
Professor Emerita Phyllis Butow (USYD)Bio Prof Phyllis Butow (BA(Hons), MPH, MClinPsych, PhD) is Emeritus Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney. She founded the Australian Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG) and the Centre for Medical Psychology and Evidence-based Decision-making (CeMPED). Prof Butow has worked for over 30 years leading research in […]
Dr Laura Corbit (University of Toronto)Bio I received my PhD from UCLA where I worked with Bernard Balleine studying the neural circuits underlying goal-directed learning. I completed my postdoctoral training in the lab of Patricia Janak at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Centre where I studied how exposure to alcohol altered behavioural control. From […]
School of Psychology ECRs (USYD)Speakers 1) Nathan Cross 2) Sarah Ratcliff 3) Sarah Barakat 4) Jaimie Northam 5) Kristina Horne 6) Saoirse Desai 7) Nick Everett 8) Matt Davidson 9) Laura Sperl 10) Janelle Cleary
Prof Ian Hickie (USYD)Bio Professor Hickie is a Professor of Psychiatry and the Co-Director of Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney. He has led major public health and health services developments in Australia, particularly focusing on early intervention for young people with depression, suicidal thoughts and behaviours and complex mood disorders. […]
Dr Christina Anthony (USYD)Bio Dr. Christina I. Anthony is currently a Lecturer in the Discipline of Marketing at The University of Sydney Business School. Christina’s research uses experimental design to examine questions on the psychology of consumer behavior. She has a particular interest in studying interpersonal processes and relationship dynamics during social and marketplace interactions; […]
A/Prof Lisa Williams (UNSW)Driving EDI with data: How data-driven approaches can advance equity in the STEM sector Abstract Advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion is a moral and operational imperative in today’s society, especially in the STEM sector. Establishing what to do to shift the dial in this space, and evaluating if it’s working, is essential yet […]
Dr Llew Mills (USYD)What works and why: two approaches to the treatment of addiction Abstract Addiction affects everyone, either directly through their own struggles or indirectly through the struggles of their friends and family. Yet it remains one of the most challenging disorders to treat. Medical addiction research tends to be pre-occupied with what treatments […]
A/Prof Vincent Laurent (UNSW)Cholinergic regulation of fear by the basal forebrain Abstract The basolateral amygdala (BLA) and the infralimbic (IL) region of the medial prefrontal cortex are heavily implicated in fear regulation. These two regions receive dense cholinergic projections from the nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM) and/or the horizontal limb of the diagonal band of […]
Dr Erin Goddard (UNSW)Visual feature binding and colour constancy: similar processes? Abstract Different regions in visual cortex show specialisation for encoding different visual features, giving rise the question of how these features are ‘bound together’ to create a unitary percept of each object. I will show recent work based on classification of magnetoencephalography (MEG) data […]