PhD Students and Postdocs from the School
of Psychology recently presented talks and posters as part of the Priority
Research Centre for Brain and Mental Health’s (CBMHR) annual Early
Career Researcher (ECR) conference. The conference brings together ECRs working
in preclinical neurobiology, psychological processes, and mental health across
several different schools at the University of Newcastle. Our psychology ECRs
presented on topics across cognitive, clinical, social, and biological
psychology. We’d like to thank all the psychology presenters, who gave
excellent and engaging talks and posters: Alexander Thorpe, Mattsen Yeark, Jade
Goodman, Paul Garrett, Sharon Hollins, Ashlea Rendell, Gavin Cooper, Jon-Paul
Cavallaro, Max Katz-Barber, and Yasser Saeedian,
We’d also like to congratulate the
prize-winners from the School of Psychology!
Jade Goodman won Best Talk for her work
with Associate Professor Kerry Chalmers and Dr Emily Freeman on the
associations between childhood trauma and working memory ability in adulthood.
Alexander Thorpe was the runner-up for Best
Talk for his work with Dr Keith Nesbitt, Associate Professor Ami Eidels, and
Conjoint Associate Professor Rachel Heath on measuring workload capacity with a
continuous task.
Jon-Paul Cavallaro won Best Poster for his
work with Professor Scott Brown and Dr Guy Hawkins on consumer choices under
time pressure.
Thanks to everybody who was involved, and
we hope to see you next year!
Elise Kalokerinos, Sally Hunt, and Guy
Hawkins
Psychology Early Career Researcher
Representatives on the Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research Committee
