Dr Alex Chatburn

Lecturer UniSA Justice & Society

Magill Campus (C1-08)
tel +61 8 830 24919

email Alex.Chatburn@unisa.edu.au

Available for media comment
Research Degree Supervisor

Research

Research focus

Psychology
Cognitive Sciences
Medical and Health Sciences
Neurosciences
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2021	Sinha, R, Kyriaki, L, Cross, ZR, Weigall, IE & Chatburn, A 2021, 'Combining neurophysiological and psychological indicators to understand individual and team cognition and decision-making', in Robert J Galavan & Kristian J Sund (eds), New Horizons in Managerial and Organizational Cognition, Emerald Publishing, UK, ch. 3, pp. 31-56. Open access 1 4

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Ali, H, Chatburn, A & Immink, MA 2025, 'Post-error slowing during motor sequence learning under extrinsic and intrinsic error feedback conditions', Psychological Research: An International Journal of Perception, Attention, Memory and Action, vol. 89, article no. 1, pp. 1-17. 2
2025	Hayati, AF, Barde, A, Gumilar, I, Momin, A, Lee, G, Chatburn, A & Billinghurst, M 2025, 'Inter-brain synchrony in real-world and virtual reality search tasks using EEG hyperscanning', Frontiers in Virtual Reality, vol. 6, article no. 1469105, pp. 1-19. Open access
2024	Chatburn, A, Lushington, K & Cross, ZR 2024, 'Considerations towards a neurobiologically-informed EEG measurement of sleepiness', Brain Research, vol. 1841, article no. 149088, pp. 1-7. Open access 5 5 93
2024	Jano, S, Chatburn, A, Cross, ZR, Schlesewsky, M & Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I 2024, 'How predictability and individual alpha frequency shape memory: insights from an event-related potential investigation', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, vol. 216, article no. 108006, pp. 1-15. Open access
2024	Jano, S, Cross, ZR, Chatburn, A, Schlesewsky, M & Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I 2024, 'Prior context and individual alpha frequency influence predictive processing during language comprehension', Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 1898-1936.
2023	Bitton, S, Chatburn, A & Immink, MA 2023, 'The influence of focused attention and open monitoring mindfulness meditation states on true and false memory', Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, vol. 7, no. 1-2, pp. 81-96. Open access 2 2 5
2023	Brown, JO, Chatburn, A, Wright, DL & Immink, MA 2023, 'A single session of mindfulness meditation expedites immediate motor memory consolidation to improve wakeful offline learning', Journal of Motor Learning and Development, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 45-70. Open access 2 2 4
2023	Dziego, CA, Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I, Jano, S, Chatburn, A, Schlesewsky, M, Immink, MA, Sinha, R, Irons, J, Schmitt, M, Chen, S & Cross, ZR 2023, 'Neural and cognitive correlates of performance in dynamic multi-modal settings', Neuropsychologia, vol. 180, article no. 108483, pp. 1-14. Open access 10 10 6
2022	Cross, ZR, Chatburn, A, Melberzs, L, Temby, P, Pomeroy, D, Schlesewsky, M & Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I 2022, 'Task-related, intrinsic oscillatory and aperiodic neural activity predict performance in naturalistic team-based training scenarios', Scientific Reports, vol. 12, no. 1, article no. 16172, pp. 1-15. Open access 6 6 2
2022	Gibson, T, Cross, ZR & Chatburn, A 2022, 'Theta activity during encoding interacts with NREM sleep oscillations to predict memory generalization', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 16, article no. 821191, pp. 1-9. Open access 2 2
2022	Petzka, M, Chatburn, A, Charest, I, Balanos, GM & Staresina, BP 2022, 'Sleep spindles track cortical learning patterns for memory consolidation', Current Biology, vol.32, no. 11, pp. 2349-2356.e4. Open access 31 30 36
2021	Chatburn, A, Lushington, K & Kohler, MJ 2021, 'Consolidation and generalisation across sleep depend on individual EEG factors and sleep spindle density', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, vol. 179, pp. 1-9. 10 9
2020	Cross, ZR, Santamaria, A, Corcoran, AW, Chatburn, A, Alday, PM, Coussens, S & Kohler, MJ 2020, 'Individual alpha frequency modulates sleep-related emotional memory consolidation', Neuropsychologia, vol. 148, article no. 107660, pp. 1-16. Open access 11 9 5
2017	Chatburn, A, Kohler, MJ, Payne, JD & Drummond, SP 2017, 'The effects of sleep restriction and sleep deprivation in producing false memories', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, vol. 137, pp. 107-113. Open access 23 22 10
2016	Baumeister, J, Dorrian, J, Banks, S, Chatburn, A, Smith, RT, Carskadon, MA, Lushington, K & Thomas, BH 2016, 'Augmented reality as a countermeasure for sleep deprivation', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1396-1405. Open access 8 7
2014	Chatburn, A, Lushington, K & Kohler, MJ 2014, 'Complex associative memory processing and sleep: a systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioural evidence and underlying EEG mechanisms', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, vol. 47, pp. 646-655. 31 30
2013	Chatburn, AJ, Coussens, SW & Kohler, MJ 2013, 'Resiliency as a mediator of the impact of sleep on child and adolescent behavior', Nature and Science of Sleep, vol. 6, pp. 1-9. Open access 36 22
2013	Short, MA, Gradisar, M, Lack, LC, Wright, HR & Chatburn, AJ 2013, 'Estimating adolescent sleep patterns: parent reports versus adolescent self-report surveys, sleep diaries, and actigraphy', Nature and Science of Sleep, vol. 5, pp. 23-26. Open access 150 84

Conferences

Year	Output
2023	Ahmadi, M, Bai, H, Chatburn, A, Najatabadi, MA, Wunsche, BC & Billinghurst, M 2023, 'Comparison of physiological cues for cognitive load measures in VR', 2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), IEEE, pp. 837-838. 7 4 3
2022	Ahmadi, M, Bai, H, Chatburn, A, Wuensche, B & Billinghurst, M 2022, 'PlayMeBack - cognitive load measurement using different physiological cues in a VR game', in Takafumi Koike et al. (eds), VRST '22: 28th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, Association for Computing Machinery, article no. 70, pp. 1-2. Open access 6 4
2019	Dey, A, Chatburn, A & Billinghurst, M 2019, 'Exploration of an EEG-based cognitively adaptive training system in virtual reality', 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), IEEE, article no. 8797840, pp. 220-226. 82 68 9

Reports

Year	Output
2021	Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I, Cross, Z, Chatburn, A & Schlesewsky, M 2021, Enhancing human performance in complex environments (extension project): final report, Defence Science and Technology, Australia.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Defence Science and Technology Group	AUSTRALIA
Department of Defence	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Indian Institute of Information Technology	INDIA
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics	NETHERLANDS
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
niversity of Notre Dame	UNITED STATES
Northwestern University	UNITED STATES
Texas A and M University	UNITED STATES
University of Auckland	NEW ZEALAND
University of Birmingham	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Montreal	CANADA
University of Ontario Institute of Technology	CANADA
University of Oxford	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
111196 - EEG-derived measures of sleepiness	Current
Comparing Prediction Error Types and the Neurophysical Mechanisms in Modulating Memory Consolidation.	Current
Comparing the electrophysiological mechanisms and behavioural outcomes of sleep-based and retrieval-mediated memory consolidation.	Current
Exploring inter-brain synchronization in collaborative VR using EEG hyperscanning	Current
The neural correlates of memory updating	Current
Past, present and prediction: understanding the neural basis of prediction and its effect on memory processing	Completed
The effect of post-training mindfulness meditation states on wakeful and sleep-dependent forms of motor memory consolidation	Completed

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