I have been at the University of South Australia since moving from the Discipline of Paediatrics at the University of Adelaide in 2010. I am currently Program Director for cognitive neuroscience programs, where I teach topics of developmental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, sleep, attention & consciousness, research methods and general psychology. I supervise Honours, Masters and PhD students in psychology. My research focuses on the importance of sleep for cognitive performance - particularly memory, child mental health, child sleep disorders, and the neural basis of cognitive functions. I co-established and am currently Deputy Director of the Centre for Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience, and am also a member of the... Read more
About me
I have been at the University of South Australia since moving from the Discipline of Paediatrics at the University of Adelaide in 2010. I am currently Program Director for cognitive neuroscience programs, where I teach topics of developmental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, sleep, attention & consciousness, research methods and general psychology. I supervise Honours, Masters and PhD students in psychology. My research focuses on the importance of sleep for cognitive performance - particularly memory, child mental health, child sleep disorders, and the neural basis of cognitive functions. I co-established and am currently Deputy Director of the Centre for Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience, and am also a member of the Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy (Behavioural Science) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Behavioural Science Flinders University
Sleep and cognition, Child development, Child mental health, Memory
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Brain Foundation - Cerebrovascular functioning in Alzheimer's Disorder and Mild Cognitive Impairment, Brain Foundation - Annual Research Awards, 01/01/2012 - 30/06/2013
Cerebrovascular contributions to aging and dementia, Australian Association of Gerontology Inc., 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2012
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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2018 |
25
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2018 |
Open access
1
6
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2018 |
Open access
1
1
18
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2018 |
4
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2018 |
1
1
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2018 |
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2018 |
Open access
3
2
5
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2017 |
5
3
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2017 |
Open access
6
3
12
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2017 |
2
3
2
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2017 |
Open access
6
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2017 |
Open access
34
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2017 |
3
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2017 |
2
6
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2017 |
Open access
1
1
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2017 |
1
12
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2016 |
Open access
2
5
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2016 |
2
2
2
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2016 |
Open access
1
238
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2016 |
1
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2016 |
1
1
1
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2016 |
Open access
7
7
90
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2016 |
Open access
3
6
25
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2015 |
5
5
2
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2015 |
Open access
5
5
1
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2015 |
Open access
7
7
4
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2015 |
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2014 |
Open access
16
13
2
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2014 |
13
11
13
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2014 |
13
9
5
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2014 |
29
24
329
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2014 |
3
1
6
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2014 |
Open access
4
4
22
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2014 |
4
5
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2014 |
Open access
6
5
1
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2014 |
13
11
2
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2014 |
Open access
1
1
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2013 |
Open access
37
35
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2013 |
Open access
9
2
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2013 |
Open access
3
3
2
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2012 |
Open access
21
22
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2012 |
Open access
13
12
3
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2012 |
Open access
21
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2012 |
4
2
1
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2011 |
14
16
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2011 |
16
14
1
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2011 |
9
9
2
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2011 |
15
14
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2010 |
13
11
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2009 |
Open access
69
57
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2015 |
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2015 |
2
2
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2014 |
1
1
1
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2013 |
1
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2013 |
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2012 |
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2012 |
1
1
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2011 |
2
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Research
Sleep and cognition, Child development, Child mental health, Memory
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service | AUSTRALIA |
IRCCS Foundation | ITALY |
Lyell McEwin Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
Monash Medical Centre | AUSTRALIA |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
Oregon Health and Science University | UNITED STATES |
Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Sapienza University of Rome | ITALY |
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) | AUSTRALIA |
The University of Notre Dame Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University College London | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Leeds | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Milan | ITALY |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of Oxford | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of York | UNITED KINGDOM |
Washington State University | UNITED STATES |
Women's and Children's Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
Women's and Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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A neural basis for the benefit of sleep for emotional memory across the lifespan | Current |
How does the alpha rhythm of the human electroencephalogram EEG change during development and how is this related to environmental factors and cognitive performance | Current |
Investigating the neural mechanisms and individual predictors underlying the effects of mental training on perceptual-motor learning and performance. | Current |
Neurobiology of sleep and language learning | Current |
Presenting narrative in an immersive virtual environment | Current |
The role of sleep in facilitating the generalization of information across sensory modalities | Current |
Dietary caffeine and sugar and their relationship with sleep and behaviour in children and adults | Completed |
Measuring the effects of new technology on situation awareness in train driving | Completed |
Natural history of snoring in children: do neurocognitive deficits improve if snoring resolves? | Completed |
New methods for harnessing the unconscious: testing metaphor to generate ideas | Completed |
Sleep and sleep disorders during early childhood: investigations of cognition, temperament, co-sleeping and cerebrovascular functioning in sleep disturbed toddlers and preschoolers | Completed |
Sleep based associative processing | Completed |
Sleep inertia during split duty schedules and following short night-time naps | Completed |
The associations between sleep and health in adolescence | Completed |
The Impact of split shifts and naps on sleep, performance and mood | Completed |