Associate Professor Sam Schwarzkopf, School of Optometry & Vision Science, University of AucklandBio: Sam did a neuroscience degree at Cardiff University and subsequently decided to stay there also to do his PhD with Frank Sengpiel where he used optical imaging to investigate experience-dependent plasticity of visual cortex. Subsequently, he did a brief postdoc project at the University […]

Professor Elaine Fox, Head of School, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of AdelaideBio: Elaine Fox, PhD, is a psychologist and author and became Head of the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide, Australia in early 2022. Originally from Dublin, most of her academic career has been in the […]

Dr Aaron Veldre, Research Associate, School of Psychology, University of SydneyBio: Dr Aaron Veldre is a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Psychology at The University of Sydney and the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University. His research uses eye tracking, computational modelling, and behavioural paradigms to investigate the cognitive processes underlying language […]

Dr Kiley Seymour, Senior Lecturer in Psychological Science, Western Sydney University  Bio: My research aims to advance both our basic understanding of human brain function and brain dysfunction through the development, application, and translation of innovative neuroscientific methods. I combine visual psychophysics and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI and MR-Spectroscopy) to investigate the neural basis of […]

Dr Dominic Tran, University of Sydney.I will briefly discuss my DECRA application on response inhibition and then I wanted to share some exciting data recently collected in the lab on predictive coding: The brain’s response to sensory input is modulated by prediction. For example, sounds that are produced by one’s own actions, or those that […]

Dr Hojjat Soofi, University of SydneyBio: Dr Hojjat (Hoji) Soofi is a Lecturer in Bioethics at Sydney Health Ethics (School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health). He is a pharmacist by training and an early career bioethics researcher. He received his PhD and MRes in bioethics from Macquarie University in October 2021 and […]

Dr Susan Nolan (Seton Hall University (USA); University of New South Wales (Australia))Bio: Susan Nolan is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Seton Hall University (USA). She is Past President of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Susan […]

Dr Katharina Helming (Department of Philosophy at Leipzig University)Abstract Common knowledge, that is the ability to know things together, underlies uniquely human forms of coordination. However, there is a puzzle in the existing literature about how to characterize this kind of knowledge. Traditionally philosophers propose that common knowledge requires the ability to compute higher-orders of […]

SPECIAL TIME (THURSDAY 4-5PM) AND PLACE (SUSAN WAKIL HEALTH BUILDING) CLICK HERE TO REGISTERProf Richard Lucas (Michigan State University) Abstract For many years, psychologists have debated whether or not happiness is impacted by our life circumstances. Some argue that life events, such as getting married or becoming unemployed, affect our happiness, whereas others argue that […]