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Psychology Colloquium: Dr Alana Fisher (Matilda Centre – University of Sydney)

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Dr Alana Fisher The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney  Title: Advancing shared decision-making in mental health and alcohol/other drug use conditions Abstract: Shared decision-making is widely-endorsed as the ‘gold standard’ approach to making healthcare decisions. Shared decision-making involves clinicians, patients (and others, e.g., family) partnering together to …

Psychology Colloquium: Prof Iain McGregor (School of Psychology & Lambert Initiative – University of Sydney)

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Professor Iain S. McGregor The Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia School of Psychology and Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Title: Cannabis-based medicines: current use and future promise Abstract: This talk will highlight recent research from the Lambert Initiative around the current legal use …

Psychology Colloquium: COVID-19 research projects (several speakers from our own School)

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Members of our own School will present brief overviews of their COVID-related research projects: Dr Micah Goldwater: Causal and moral reasoning about COVID-19 in the USA A/Prof Sabina Kleitman: Individual differences in coping and behaviour with COVID A/Prof Sally Gainsbury: COVID and gambling Dr Ilan Dar-Nimrod: The impact of COVID on intimate relationships A/Prof Paul …

CANCELLED – Psychology Colloquium: Emeritus Professor Robert (Bob) Boakes (University of Sydney)

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Speaker: Emeritus Professor Robert (Bob) Boakes (University of Sydney) Title: The monkey, the lettuce leaf, sugar and disappointment: From translation to discovery Abstract: For some years our group has run translational experiments to study metabolic and cognitive impairments in rats that have drunk large amounts of a sugar solution.  Metabolic problems have included development of large …

CANCELLED – Psychology Colloquium: Dr Emma Alleyne (University of Kent)

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Speaker: Dr Emma Alleyne (University of Kent) Title: ‘Taking it out on the dog’: Why adults abuse animals Abstract: One of the most acute and distressing animal welfare problems is abuse carried out by adults. There are difficulties to detect, intervene, and prevent animal cruelty incidents due to the very nature of animals as ‘voiceless victims’. …