A/Prof Andrew Holmes (Charles Perkins Centre, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, USYD)Title: Behavioural microbiomics: How the environment can influence behaviour via the gut Abstract: The past two decades have resulted in a wealth of evidence that our gut microbiome profoundly influences many aspects of our physiology. It is now clear that this extends to […]
Dr Michael Thai is from the University of Queensland. He will present his work on racial and national identity in Asian Australians and Asian Americans. His full title and abstract are copied below, and his staff webpage can be seen here: Dr Michael Thai – School of Psychology – University of Queensland (uq.edu.au)Title: Forever foreign? […]
The Body, Heart and Mind (BHM) in business is a large, highly active research group in the University of Sydney Business School. Our research seeks to advance knowledge on employee health, wellbeing and performance at work using rigorous, multidisciplinary, multimethod and multilevel methodologies. We are passionate about doing applied, engaged research and work closely with […]
A/ProfHinze Hogendoorn Principal Research Fellow In Psychology Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences The University of Melbourne Abstract: We feel that we perceive events in the environment as they unfold in real-time. However, this intuitive view of perception is impossible to implement in the nervous system due to biological constraints such as neural transmission delays. […]
Dr Hannah FilmerThe University of Queensland Abstract: What happens in the brain during cognitive training? How can we maximise the benefits of training? Functional imaging has provided insights into the neural basis of training, but this approach is correlational. An alternative is to use non-invasive brain stimulation which not only allows for causal inferences to […]
Tess Neal, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Arizona State University Abstract: Do experts assume that their expertise protects them from bias? One might hope and expect experts to be more protected than the average person against various psychological biases that affect judgment and decision making, yet the evidence supporting this expectation of expert objectivity […]
Dr Nicholas Everett, The Brain and Mind Centre, School of Psychology, University of Sydney.Abstract: While psychosocial interventions for substance use disorders can be effective for some, they are inaccessible for the many, and relapse occurs in 60-80% of people despite successful abstinence. Unfortunately, addiction medicine is in its infancy, with very few therapies approved for […]
Dr Tom van Laer, Associate Professor of Narratology, University of SydneyAbstract: From re-enactments to pilgrimages, extraordinary experiences engage consumers with frames and roles that govern their actions for the duration of the experience. Exploring such extraordinary frames and roles, however, can make the act of returning to everyday life more difficult, a process prior research […]
Professor Andrew Baillie, The Sydney School of Health Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of SydneyBio: Andrew is a clinical psychologist and Professor of Allied Health with Sydney Local Health District and The Sydney School of Health Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine and Health. He works within SLHD to build Allied […]
Professor Simine Vazire, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of MelbourneAbstract: We often hear the self-correcting mechanisms in science invoked as a reason to trust science, but it is not always clear what these mechanisms are. Some quality control mechanisms, such as peer review for journals, or vetting for textbooks or for public dissemination, have recently […]