Ruth Elijah

Ruth Elijah
Doctoral/MPsych (Clinical) Candidate
B. Psychol (Honours Class 1), 2012, UNSW
Contact details
Email: Ruth Elijah
Office: Mathews Building, Room 1402
Research Summary
Supervisor: A/Prof Thomas Whitford
Co-supervisor: A/Prof Mike Le Pelley
Research Area: Temporal predictability of self-initiated sensations and modifying electrophysiological responses to self-initated sensations with training; the psychological and neurophysiological processes underlying psychotic experiences; schizophrenia and psychosis.
Teaching
PSYC3301: Psychology and Law
- Course Tutor, Semester 1, 2013, 2015 - 2016
PSYC1001: Psychology 1A
- Course Tutor, Semester 1, 2015, 2017
PSYC1001: Psychology 1B
- Course Tutor, Semester 2, 2015 - 2016
PSYC1111: Measuring Mind and Behaviour
- Course Tutor, Semester 2, 2016
Publications
Publications:
Elijah, R.B., Le Pelley, M.E., & Whitford, T.J. (2016). Modifying temporal expectations: Changing cortical responsivity to delayed self-initiated sensations with training. Biological Psychology, 120, 88-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.09.001
Selected Conference Presentations:
Elijah R., Le Pelley, M., & Whitford, T. (2017).Modifying temporal expectations of self-generated sensations with training. Oral Presentation. Science of the Self: The Agency and Body Representation Research Forum, Sydney, Australia.
Elijah R., Le Pelley, M., & Whitford, T. (2017). Using training to change expectations regarding the timing of self-generated sensations: Implications for schizophrenia. Oral Presentation. Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy, Sydney, Australia.
Elijah, R.B. Griffiths, O., Pearson, D., Jack, B., Mifsud, N.G., Libesman, S., Han, N., De Wet, R., Le Pelley, M.E., Harris, A., Whitford, T.J. (2017). Electrophysiological investigation of temporal predictions of self-generated sensations in patients with schizophrenia. Oral Presentation. UNSW Forensic and Clinical Psychology Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Elijah, R.B., Le Pelley, M.E., & Whitford, T.J. (2017). Modifying the neural expectation that sensations follow immediately from a self-initiated action. Poster Presentation. International Conference for Cognitive Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Elijah, R.B., Le Pelley, M.E., & Whitford, T.J. (2016). Modifying N1 amplitude: Training an expectation that delayed auditory sensations result from a self-initiated action. Oral Presentation. Australasian Society for Psychophysiology Conference, Adelaide, Australia.
Elijah, R. B., Le Pelley, M.E., & Whitford, T.J. (2016). Using training to modify the neural expectation that sensations follow immediately from actions. Poster Presentation. Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Shoal Bay, Australia.
Elijah, R. B., Le Pelley, M.E., & Whitford, T.J. (2016). Attenuation of Auditory Cortical Responses to Delayed Self-Generated Tones with Training: Implications for Alleviating Source Monitoring Deficits in Schizophrenia. Oral Presentation. 8th World Congress for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Melbourne, Australia.
Elijah, R. B., Whitford, T. J. & Le Pelley, M.E. (2015). Modifying N1 amplitude to self-initiated tones with training: Implications for psychosis. Oral Presentation. Biological Psychiatry Australia Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Elijah, R. & Whitford, T. (2015). Modifying N1-suppression to self-generated tones with training: Implications for alleviating source monitoring deficits in schizophrenia. Oral Presentation. Social and Emotional Neuroscience Extravaganza, Sydney, Australia.
Elijah, R.B. & Whitford, T.J. (2014). Modifying N1-suppression to self-generated tones with training: implications for alleviating source monitoring deficits in schizophrenia. Poster Presentation. Society for Mental Health Research, Adelaide, Australia.
Awards, Fellowships & Grants
2014 - 2017: Australian Postgraduate Award
2017: UNSW ARC Postgraduate Research Student Award
2016: Best Postgraduate Oral Presentation at the Australasian Society for Psychophysiology Conference.
2016: Travel award for the Australasian Society for Psychophysiology Conference.
2016: Best PhD Candidate Poster Award at the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference
2015: Award for the Highest Ranked Abstract at the Biological Psychiatry Australia Conference
2012: Dementia and Collaborative Research Centre Honours Scholarship
2010: Faculty of Science Dean's List
2009: The Staff Prize for First Year Psychology
Affiliations & Memberships
Psychologist, Psychology Board of Australia
Member Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Member Australian Society for Psychophysiology
Member Australian Clinical Psychology Association