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Cognitive Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience

How does the brain translate perception into action?
How does early language development influence a person's life?
How does the brain represent numerical information?

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab	Head of Lab Dr Sarah Tashjian
Attention Dynamics Lab	Laboratory Director Professor Katherine Johnson
Clinical and Health Psychology	Laboratory Director Associate Professor Carol Hulbert
Cognitive and Neuropsychological Development Laboratory	Laboratory Director Associate Professor Robert Reeve
Cognitive Interventions Technologies and Evaluation Research Group (CITE)	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs Dr Amit Lampit
Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Rob Hester
Cognitive Neuroscience and Computational Psychiatry Lab	Laboratory Head Associate Professor Marta Garrido
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory	Laboratory Director Dr Jason Forte
Cognitive Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience
Computational Memory Lab	Laboratory Director Dr Adam Osth
Genes, Brain and Behaviour Laboratory	Director Dr Patrick Goodbourn
Human Experience Laboratory	Head of Lab Prof Olivia Carter
Information and Influence Lab	Laboratory Director A/Prof Piers Douglas Howe
John Trinder Sleep Laboratory	Laboratory Director Prof Amy Jordan
Knowledge, Information & Learning Laboratory	Laboratory Director A/Prof Daniel R Little
Memory and Language Lab	Laboratory Director Professor Simon Dennis
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Laboratory	Head of Lab Dr Litza Kiropoulos
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Laboratory
Neurocognitive Disorders Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Sarah Wilson
Pain and Cognition Neuroimaging Lab	Head of Lab Natalia Egorova-Brumley
Prediction and Decision-Making Laboratory
Subcortical Cognitive Dysfunction Laboratory	Laboratory Director Dr Jacqueline Anderson
Time in Brain and Behaviour Laboratory	Principle Investigator Dr. Hinze Hogendoorn
Transdiagnostic Research Program (TRP)
Trauma Anxiety and Stress (TAS) Lab	Director Professor Kim Felmingham

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Developmental Psychology

What is the nature and significance of temperament over the life span?
How should we diagnose and deal with dyscalculia?
How do children acquire understanding of fractions and algebra?

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Affective Development and Psychopathology Team	Laboratory Director Dr Julian G. Simmons
Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab	Head of Lab Dr Sarah Tashjian
Attention Dynamics Lab	Laboratory Director Professor Katherine Johnson
Cognitive and Neuropsychological Development Laboratory	Laboratory Director Associate Professor Robert Reeve
Developmental Psychology
iCATS - Imaging brain development in the Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study	Project Contact Details Julian Simmons
Trauma Anxiety and Stress (TAS) Lab	Director Professor Kim Felmingham

Research Partners

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Social and Personality Psychology

Which popular myths about male and female differences are unfounded?
Why do extroverts tend to be happier than introverts?
Does willingness to communicate in a second language assist with cross-cultural adaptation?
Why do we make short-sighted financial decisions?
What motivates us to engage in pro-social behaviours?

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Social and Personality Psychology
Behavioural Ethics, Affect and Meaning Lab	Laboratory Director Professor Brock Bastian
Evolution Lab	Director Dr Khandis Blake
Functions of Emotions in Everyday Life (FEEL) Research Lab
Moral Psychology Laboratory	Laboratory Director Dr Simon Laham
Negotiation and Interactive Behaviour Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Mara Olekalns
Personality Processes Laboratory	Laboratory Co-Director Professor Luke D Smillie Laboratory Co-Director Dr Hayley K Jach
Psychology for Environmental and Social Transformation (PEST) lab	Director Professor Iain Walker
Physical Appearance Research Team (PART)
Social Action Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Yoshihisa Kashima
Social Networks Laboratory	Director Dr Johan Koskinen
Social/Personality Laboratory	Director Professor Nick Haslam

Research Partners

Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology

Can effective treatments be applied across cultures?
How and why do schizophrenic symptoms appear?
Can we develop effective early intervention for young people at risk of psychosis?
How and why do schizophrenic symptoms appear?
Can we detect vulnerability to mental disorder early in life?
How can we detect dementia in its earlier stages?

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Affective Development and Psychopathology Team	Laboratory Director Dr Julian G. Simmons
Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab	Head of Lab Dr Sarah Tashjian
Attention Dynamics Lab	Laboratory Director Professor Katherine Johnson
Bugs and Brains: The Gut and Mental Health Study	Laboratory Director Dr Julian G. Simmons
Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Stephen C Bowden
Clinical and Health Psychology	Laboratory Director Associate Professor Carol Hulbert
Clinical and Music Neuroscience Laboratory	Professor Sarah Wilson
Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology
Food, Affect and the Brain Lab (FABLAB)	Lab Head Associate Professor Trevor Steward
iCATS - Imaging brain development in the Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study	Project Contact Details Julian Simmons
Melbourne Psychology and Ageing	Co-leader Associate Professor Christina Bryant Co-leader Associate Professor Kathryn Ellis
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Laboratory	Head of Lab Dr Litza Kiropoulos
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Laboratory
Neurodevelopment in Context Lab	Lab Director Dr Sarah Knight
Physical Appearance Research Team (PART)
Transdiagnostic Research Program (TRP)
Trauma Anxiety and Stress (TAS) Lab	Director Professor Kim Felmingham
VicSpit Study	Laboratory Director Dr Julian G. Simmons
Wellbeing in Sport and Performance Lab	Lab Head Dr Courtney Walton