Please join us for a special two-part colloquium, with Laureate talks by two grant winners in our School: Prof 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 […]

Dr Anand GururajanSchool of Psychology, University of Sydney Title: Novel Insights into the Neurobiology of Stress-Induced Psychiatric Disorders Abstract: 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 […]

Prof Stephan LewandowskySchool of Psychological Science, University of Bristol Title: Resisting the Knowledge Dementors: The Truth about “Post-Truth” Abstract: 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 […]