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07 August 2009 - Kirin Hilliar awarded prize for Best Student Presentation

Kirin Hilliar was awarded a prize for Best Student Presentation at the recent Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) conference held in Kyoto, Japan, for her paper entitled “At .....

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28 July 2009 - Colloquium Series and Postgraduate Seminar Schedules - Semester 2, 2009

Colloquium Series and Postgraduate Seminar schedules for semester 2 are available now.

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02 July 2009 - Psychology gets new Head of School

Prof Simon Killcross has taken over duties as Head of School from Assoc Prof Brett Hayes, who was the acting Head of School for a year.

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01 July 2009 - Angela Nickerson awarded Sir Keith Murdoch Fellowship

Angela Nickerson has been awarded a Sir Keith Murdoch Fellowship by the American Australian Association, which allows her to undertake postdoctoral research for 12 months in the United States.

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24 June 2009 - Prestigious fellowship awarded to Prof Richard Bryant

Scientia Professor Richards Bryant has been named a 2009 Australian Laureate Fellow by the Australian Research Council.

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16 June 2009 - William James Prize for Contributions to the Study of Consciousness awarded to Dr Joel Pearson

The sixth William James Prize for Contributions to the Study of Consciousness was awarded to Dr Joel Pearson in Berlin, Germany, on the occasion of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Association for the S.....

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15 June 2009 - Men unprepared for retirement according to survey

Men are planning for their financial security in retirement but not for their happiness, according to Dr Joanne Earl of the School of Psychology, the co-author of a recent study.

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10 June 2009 - Enhancing mental health in Aboriginal children

A project team led by Professor Richard Bryant from the School of Psychology has received the largest single ARC Linkage Project Grant to UNSW of more than one million dollars over five years to fund .....

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09 June 2009 - John Clark Memorial Scholarship in Psychology

The John Clark Memorial Scholarship worth $1,000 for one year is open to applicants enrolled in a postgraduate program in Psychology undertaking research in an area concerned with the ongoing problems.....

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05 June 2009 - Risk factor for obsessive-compulsive disorder identified

Kids with impaired thought processes are more likely to develop obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as adults, according to a new study conducted by Dr Jessica Grisham of the School of Psychology, UNS.....

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26 May 2009 - International rising star

Associate Professor Gavan P. McNally has been recognised as an international rising star by the Association for Psychological Science.

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26 May 2009 - Award for Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology

The Science Academia and Research Advisory Group of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) has selected Dr Jee Kim for a 2008 Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology Award.

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26 May 2009 - Scientia Professor Richard Bryant honoured for innovative research

Scientia Professor Richard Bryant, a world-leading authority on post-traumatic stress, has received the 2008 Australian Psychological Society Award for Distinguished Contribution to Science.

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14 November 2008 - A face by any other name: seeing racial bias
If Barack Obama had taken his mother's surname and kept his childhood nickname, American voters might literally see "Barry Dunham" as a quite different presidential candidate, a new study by researche.....

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29 October 2008 - The drink before the storm
A Morgan Poll this year found that 14.5million Australians think there is link between drinking alcohol and violent behaviour. University of NSW psychologist Thomas Denson, who studies aggression and .....

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23 October 2008 - Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology 2009
12th Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology organized by the University of New South Wales will be held in Sydney from 17th – 19th March, 2009 and will examine the topic: The Psychology of Attitude .....
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20 October 2008 - Sixth annual Forensic Psychology Masters Research Conference
The Sixth annual Forensic Psychology Masters Research Conference will be held on October 28, 2008. Students from the Master of Psychology (Forensic) program at the School of Psychology, University of .....
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25 September 2008 - Psychology professor elected to the prestigious Academy of Social Sciences
Congratulations to Prof Marcus Taft of the School of Psychology who has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
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19 September 2008 - UNSW scores well in citations
The Essential Science Indicators ranking has placed UNSW in the top 50 universities in the world in the areas of social science and psychiatry/psychology.
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29 August 2008 - Complex decisions? Don’t sleep on it
Neither snap judgments nor sleeping on a problem are any better than conscious thinking for making complex decisions, according to UNSW research.
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28 July 2008 - Older people look on the bright side of life
Elders are as satisfied with their social lives as younger people despite spending more time alone, according to a study by Queensland University and UNSW researchers.
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28 July 2008 - Anger research using fMRI informs risk for aggressive behaviour
In the first study of its kind, UNSW researchers have insulted people while scanning their brains and discovered that different regions become active depending on which type of aggressive response a p.....
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04 June 2008 - Juror satisfaction study released by The Australian Institute of Criminology
A definitive study into the practices, policies and procedures that affect juror satisfaction in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, led by Associate Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty of the.....
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01 May 2008 - The School of Psychology dominates the field
UNSW is cementing its reputation at the head of the pack of Australia’s leading universities, with a 25-year analysis showing a dramatic increase in publications and citations.
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01 May 2008 - 2007 Maconochie Prize awarded to David Bright
David Bright, a doctoral student in the School of Psychology at UNSW, has been awarded the APS College of Forensic Psychologists' 2007 Maconochie Prize.
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21 April 2008 - New hope for prolonged grief
Strong feelings of grief are normal and healthy after the death of someone you love but recent research from UNSW suggests that some people grieve for so long that it becomes a significant mental illn.....
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22 February 2008 - Clinical Neuropsychology research highlights
At UNSW we have a number of groups interested in neuropsychological function. Each year the Clinical Neuropsychology group produces a newsletter highlighting some of the work conducted in that year.
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08 February 2008 - Pregnancy hits your memory
Many women believe that they become more forgetful during pregnancy: a new study by Australian researchers suggests that they are right - and that their memory can be significantly impaired for at lea.....
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03 January 2008 - Psychology researcher leads funding round in the Faculty of Science
Dr Gavan McNally of the School of Psychology was awarded more than $1.25 million dollars in the 2008 ARC and NHMRC funding rounds. The funded grants include a prestigious ARC QEII Research Fellowship .....
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20 December 2007 - Psychology academics elected to the prestigious Academy of Social Sciences
Professors Mark Dadds and Peter Lovibond from the School of Psychology were two of the only five from UNSW to be elected as Fellows of the prestigious Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.
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26 November 2007 - Gory details sway jurors to convict
Jurors presented with gruesome evidence, such as descriptions or images of torture and mutilation, are up to five times more likely to convict a defendant than jurors not privy to such evidence, UNSW .....
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15 November 2007 - UNSW 2007 Goldstar awards
Five researchers from the School of Psychology have been awarded Goldstar grants worth $40,000 each.
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31 October 2007 - NEW PhD Scholarship available, commencing February 2008
A 3 year tax-free scholarship of $19,000-$24,000 p.a. (negotiable) is being offered in the School of Psychology to conduct research leading to a PhD in the broad area of clinical neuropsychology, focu.....
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03 October 2007 - Professor Mark Dadds awarded NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship for 2008-2012
Professor Mark Dadds of the School of Psychology was recently awarded a Principal Research Fellowship by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for 2008-2012.
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24 September 2007 - Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology 2008
Eleventh Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology will be held in Sydney from 18th – 20th March, 2008 and will examine the topic: The Psychology of Self Regulation.
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24 September 2007 - “Visit UNSW Program” for Research Students
Travel and accommodation costs are available for Honours students (top 5% of year) from anywhere in Australia or NZ to visit UNSW campuses and meet supervisors on Friday 19 October.
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19 September 2007 - UNSW Research Excellence Scholarships ($30-35K)
New scholarships of $30-$35K are available for commencing Higher Degree Research Students targeted at University Medallists and Honours students ranked first in their Honours year at any Australian un.....
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10 September 2007 - Discounted SPSS Graduate Pack edition now available to all Psychology students
With assistance from ITS Procurement, the School has negotiated the purchase of 100 units of heavily discounted Graduate Pack edition of SPSS which can be sold to undergraduate, honours, masters or Ph.....
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04 September 2007 - New resources for clinicians and researchers working with people with brain impairment
With funding from the Psychologists Registration Board of NSW the PsycBITE^TM team have produced summaries for a range of rehabilitation techniques for those with acquired brain impairment.
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09 August 2007 - The Carrick Institute honours Psychology staff
The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education has honoured 3 Psychology staff members for their contribution to student learning.
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26 July 2007 - School of Psychology acquires a departmental site license for Statistica
The School of Psychology recently acquired a departmental site license for StatSoft's flagship analytic software product STATISTICA. This is in line with providing some of the best research and.....
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13 June 2007 - A better start for antisocial children
A group of UNSW researchers lead by Prof Mark Dadds of the School of Psychology will assess the impact of a new state-of-the-art assessment and treatment program targeting the early signs of antisocia.....
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05 June 2007 - Unleashing the love hormone
Couples who’ve considered counselling to improve their relationship are being encouraged to join a UNSW School of Psychology study testing whether a so-called "love hormone" can help relationships by .....
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21 May 2007 - Bilingual Aussies are better spellers
Bilingual Australians are better spellers than monolinguals but they struggle to understand some spoken English, according to the first language study of its kind conducted at the School of Psychology.....
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17 April 2007 - Record PhD intake in 2006 & 2007
For two years running, the School of Psychology has attracted a large number of postgraduate research students (mainly PhD), making it one of most sought after research programs in Australia.
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28 February 2007 - School of Psychology acquires departmental site licenses for DirectRT, MediaLab & Inquisit
The School of Psychology has recently acquired departmental site licenses for DirectRT 2006, MediaLab 2006 and Inquisit, 3 popular software tools used in psychological research.
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26 February 2007 - International recognition for Psychology academic
Associate Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty of the School of Psychology has won the American Psychology-Law Society’s 2005-2006 book award for an outstanding contribution to the field of law and psych.....
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07 February 2007 - Psychology PhD student wins best First Paper Award
UNSW Psychology PhD student Lynette Hung has received the Sherry K. & Harold B. Crasilneck Award for Best First Paper on Hypnosis by a Young Scientist.
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19 January 2007 - Two students from School of Psychology awarded University Medals
Congratulations to Kirin Hilliar and Jill Newby, both of whom have been awarded University Medals for their outstanding performance in their Psychology degrees.
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11 January 2007 - Dude, who stole my brain?
Hormonal changes that diminish brain function could predict the onset of antisocial behaviour among adolescents, according to a new UNSW study.
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10 January 2007 - Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology 2007
Tenth Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology organised by the University of New South Wales will be held in Sydney, from Tuesday, 13th March, to Thursday 15th March, 2007.
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17 July 2006 - Work begins on new psychology web site
Work has now begun on the transformation of the School of Psychology web site. After several years with the current style, the time has come for a refresh.
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