Visiting Scholars 2006-

Dr Amy Bradfield Douglass, Department of Psychology, Bates College, Maine

Dr Amy Bradfield Douglass is visiting the eyewitness laboratory during semester 2 , 2009. Her visit from the U.S. is supported by a Flinders University Visiting Research Fellowship. Amy’s research on the postidentification feedback effect – published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied – has had a major impact on the directions of eyewitness research and on international guidelines for the collection of eyewitness evidence. Amy is working on some new projects in this area with ASRI member, Neil Brewer, and Carolyn Semmler (University of Adelaide).

Professor Richard Bootzin, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona

Richard has been Professor of Psychology and Head of the Department of Psychology and Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Arizona. Just recently at the Congress of the World Federation of Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Societies in Cairns (Qld.), the 35th anniversary of his development of Stimulus Control Therapy, the most consistently successful behavioural treatment of chronic insomnia, was celebrated. He visited the Sleep Laboratory at Flinders for several weeks where he was working with ASRI members Leon Lack, Michael Gradisar and Helen Wright.

Dr Cameron Camp, Director, Myers Research Institute, Menorah Park Center for Senior Living, Ohio (USA).

Cameron visited Flinders in August 2007, and worked with Prof Mary Luszcz on the development of research programs around non-pharmacologic interventions for dementia. His research has focused on Montessori-based activity groups for persons with more advanced dementia, and on the use of spaced-retrieval and development of external aids as a means of enabling older adults with mild cognitive impairment or early stage dementia to better manage Type 2 diabetes.

Professor Hayne, Department of Psychology, University of Otago (New Zealand)

Professor Hayne is the current head of the psychology department at Otago. Her primary research interest is in memory development in infants, children, and adults. Her research findings on the development of memory, in particular, have influenced the direction of research in other laboratories around the world, and her empirical research has had a significant international impact in the field of developmental psychobiology. She serves on the editorial boards of some of the major international theoretical and empirical journals, including Psychological Review, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, and Infant Behavior and Development. She spoke in the School of Psychology’s colloquium program on verbal recall of pre-verbal memories and their clinical and forensic implications.

Professor Mary Carskadon, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Adjunct Professor of Psychology. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Professor Carskadon is an internationally recognised researcher and teacher in the areas of sleep, sleepiness, and sleep disorders in pre- and post-pubescent adolescents. In this latter area she is probably the world's most renowned expert. She visited the Sleep Laboratory and staff (Professor Leon Lack, Dr. Michael Gradisar, Dr. Helen Wright) and their students during a short visit to develop research grant collaborations in the area of child and adolescent sleep difficulties.

Professor Peter Herman and Professor Janet Polivy, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada

Janet Polivy and Peter Herman are internationally renowned experts in the field of eating and dietary behaviour. While here, Professor Herman presented research to the school on overeating. Professor Polivy worked on joint research with ASRI member Marika Tiggemann in the area of media effects on body image, and Professor Herman was working with Yolanda Martins on eating behaviour research. They will also be presenting to PhD students about post-doctorate positions and work opportunities in North America.

Prof D. Stephen Lindsay, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Professor Lindsay is a leading memory researcher who is the current editor of the prestigious APA journal Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. He presented research to the School looking at how eyewitnesses shape the beliefs of investigators. He also spoke to the PhD students about the importance of publishing their research and about the issues to consider in publication.

Prof Martine Powell, School of Psychology, Deakin University

Professor Powell is a leading researcher in the area of forensic interviewing and Australasian Editor of Applied Cognitive Psychology. She is actively involved in the training of police and child protection case workers in the skills of forensic interviewing. Her work has lead to major world wide improvements in the way that police and investigators conduct interviews with children. She gave an overview to the School of Psychology of the major challenges to further improvement in the accuracy of information obtained during interviews with children.

Prof Ross McKinnon, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia

Professor McKinnon is Director of the Sansom Institute and Professor of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology in the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences with teaching and research interests in the Pharmacology/Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Molecular Oncology areas. He is an active researcher within the Centre for Pharmaceutical Research. His research focuses primarily on two families of drug metabolising enzymes, the cytochromes P450 and UDP glucuronosyltransferases. He is particularly interested in the influence of genetic background on individual response to drugs, diet and environmental contaminants. He has also been involved in collaborative research with Dr Robyn Young and spoke about 'individualised medicine' in a presentation to the ASRI.

Prof Peter Lovibond, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales

Professor Lovibond is currently the Head of School at the University of New South Wales and is a Consulting Editor for the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes and the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Professor Lovibond's research focuses on human associative learning and expectancy theories of anxiety. He has also investigated the long term stability of depression, anxiety and stress. He spoke about 'trait and situational determinants of anxiety, depression and stress' in the School of Psychology colloquium program.