Professor Harvey Whitehouse, University of Oxford  Abstract: Rituals provide a way of defining the boundaries of social groups and binding their members together. In this talk, Harvey Whitehouse attempts to unravel the psychology behind these processes, to explain how ritual behaviour evolved and how different modes of ritual performance have shaped global history over many […]

Speaker: Dr Kotryna K. Fraser (she/her/hers) is a Lecturer and an early career researcher in the Discipline of Exercise and Sport Sciences at the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney. She completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in positive youth development through sport before joining […]

A/Prof Sabina Kleitman (School of Psychology, University of Sydney)Title: Adapting, surviving and thriving during different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic Abstract: How do people maintain their mental well-being, adapt, and comply with different protective behaviours during COVID-19 in Australia & abroad? In this talk, I will discuss the fascinating findings of four studies focusing on […]

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 […]