Events

Associate Professor Séamus A. Power introduces the idea of social psychology as world-making. This conceptualization, illuminated by field research, aims to re-expand the dominant social psychological paradigm and create space for different ways of thinking about social psychology. He will illustrate the forms and possibilities of this approach through various research projects.

The internet has made information available at our fingertips at all times, and has drastically reduced our need to learn and memorize facts. However, it has increased the urgency to know how to navigate this space effectively. This revolution calls for a new science of learning, one that is more focused on how and what to learn - rather than on standard learning contents.

In this talk, Professor Jakob Hohwy explains how computational understandings of our perception and behaviour are becoming dominant but can seem inhospitable to contemplation, consciousness and compassion.

The Cognitive Fitness Group uses cognitive neuroscience to create digital tools that measure, monitor and help optimise brain health. Professor Yücel will talk about his work developing innovative approaches to Digital Medicine.

Preliminary estimates suggest that as many as one third of Australians have used meditation in the past year. Given it prominence in Australian society, what do we know about for whom it works, how well it works, and for whom it doesn’t work?

The neural and psychological processes that govern pleasure and reward in humans have been forged by evolution to help us make not just good decisions, but the best decisions possible. Integrating insights from psychology, economics, and evolutionary science, Professor Lionel Page will argue that our hedonic system is designed to incentivise us to integrate all available information to identify the best courses of action and to aim for them.

This seminar assesses the early public health impacts of the legalisation of cannabis production, sale and use in Canada and 24 states in the USA.

In this seminar, Associate Professor Thompson will detail recent and current work on the development of agent-based models and application of computational social science to transport, public health, and large-scale injury rehabilitation systems.

Professor Iroise Dumontheil presents some of the research they have carried out in the last 15 years or so, investigating the typical development of cognitive control, how it inter-relates with the development of social cognition and emotional regulation during late childhood and adolescence, and how individual differences in cognitive control development may be shaped by genetics, environment, or cognitive training, and predict academic outcome.

In this talk, Professor Tim Miller will argue for a paradigm shift away from the current way that we conceptualise AI-based decision support tools, which may be counter-productive to better human decision making.

Professor Pat Dudgeon is a Bardi woman from the Kimberley. Her research is concerned with community engagement, consultation, and responsiveness, and draws upon multi-disciplinary approaches.

Join Dr Miles Holmes, founder and director of Nature Fix to explore the answers to what a meaningful moment in nature really is, and how we can reliably create one.

Clozapine is the most effective antipsychotic drug in the treatment of schizophrenia. It is the only recommended therapy for treatment resistant schizophrenia but comes with an extensive range of debilitating side-effects.

The School of Psychology at The University of Queensland is delighted to announce the return of the UQ Compassion Symposium for 2023. The eighth iteration of this beloved event, the Symposium will bring together researchers, clinicians and students from a range of disciplines to showcase compassion-based research and practice. 

At our 2023 Compassion Symposium Keynote Address, we are excited to welcome Dr Marcela Matos, Clinical Psychologist and Auxiliary Researcher at the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Portugal. Marcela will open the symposium with her talk titled 'The compassion (r)evolution: From easing suffering to awakening flourishing'.

When trying to understand a system like the human mind, cognitive scientists usually ask people to perform a task. Measuring how people behave given a certain task allows us to understand the processing strategies used and limitations that are present. How well do hypothesised mechanisms explain behaviour?

The field of neuroscience has a rich history of using brain stimulation to perturb brain function to understand the neural mechanisms underpinning cognition and behaviour.

There are currently over 110 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, and, in 2022 less than 1% of these were permanently resettled. Accordingly, tens of millions of people around the world are coping with prolonged uncertainty in the aftermath of significant exposure to trauma and adversity.