Psychology Staff Research Interests
The Department of Psychology has excellent research laboratories in Townsville, including numerous observation suites; electrically shielded psychophysiology recording facilities; a controlled environment research suite; and evolutionary psychology laboratories. The new Townsville Regional Hospital adjacent the main campus houses state-of-the-art neural imaging equipment, and provides outstanding training, treatment, and research opportunities, including a secure 31-bed forensic unit. Cairns offers superb research facilities in a new science research and teaching complex containing a purpose built drugs and human performance research facility; additional cognitive neuroscience and perception laboratories and a dedicated bioassay facility.
Areas of Research Interest within the Department of Psychology include:
Specific areas of Staff Research include:
Cognitive Science
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Cognitive Sciences Laboratory Dr David Mitchell
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Neurocognitive Development Dr Agnes Au
Evolutionary
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Evolutionary Psychology Laboratory Dr Michele Surbey
Forensic
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Forensic Psychology Dr Stephen Morgan
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Forensic Psychology Dr Garry Kidd
Geropsychology
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Geropsychology Professor Edward Helmes
Health
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Health Psychology Dr Marie Caltabiano Dr Anne Swinbourne
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Immunoglobulim Laboratory Dr Deborah Graham
Neuropsychology
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Clinical Neuropsychology Professor Edward Helmes
Personality
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Narrative Psychology Laboratory Dr Peter Raggatt
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Personality Measurement Professor Edward Helmes