Welcome to MACCS
MACCS is a research centre funded by the Australian Research Council since January 1 2000 for the purposes of carrying out research and PhD supervision in cognitive science with a special emphasis on three domains of cognition: Psycholinguistics, Visual Cognition, and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry.
Latest centre news...
Position Vacant : Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
MACCS is seeking to recruit an outstanding researcher in Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. This position has been awarded to MACCS as part of the Macquarie University Concentrations of Research Excellence (CORE) program, described at
We are seeking to appoint someone with an outstanding record of publication, of successful PhD supervision, and of procuring external grants.
MACCS Prosopagnosia research features on ABC TV Sleek Geeks
Prosopagnosia (or face blindness) refers to a selective difficulty in recognizing familiar people by their faces.
Our research will be featured on the ABC TV program Sleek Geeks on Thursday (10th January). More about our research on this fascinating condition can be found on our Prosopagnosia Research at MACCS site. If you or any of your family members are experiencing face recognition difficulties, and if you are interested in participating in research, please visit our MACCS Prosopagnosia Register.
MQtv: Professor Max Coltheart
Watch the MQtv Research Profile on Professor Max Coltheart or listen to his podcast 'Eureka - it's Max Coltheart' in the podcast archive.
Another success: 2008-2010 Macquarie Research Fellowship (MQRF)
Dr Britta Biedermann: Informing spoken word production theories using data from brain impaired speakers. $267,100
This project will look at the representation of number (singular and plural information) and will specify and evaluate theoretical models regarding the cause of grammatical errors in acquired language impairments. The outcome will improve diagnosis and treatment of language impairment in clinical practice.
ARC and NHMRC grant success
MACCS members were successful in 5 applications to the ARC or NHMRC for funding starting in 2008.
- NHMRC Project Grant:
- Dr Genevieve McArthur, Prof Max Coltheart, Prof Anne Castles. "A randomised control trial of treatments for children with different types of reading difficulty." $840,000
- ARC Discovery Projects with an Australian Research Fellowship:
- Dr Genevieve McArthur, Prof Max Coltheart, Prof Anne Castles. "Children's difficulties in learning to read: Causes and consequences of poor letter-sound knowledge." $454,322
- Dr Matthew Finkbeiner. "Attention, Intention and Automaticity." $465,000
- ARC Discovery Projects:
- Prof Stephen Crain, Dr Rosalind Thornton. "The meaning of 'OR' in logic and in human languages." $306,700
- A/Prof Sachiko Kinoshita, Dr Dennis Norris. "Masked priming in the Bayesian Reader." $129,153
- Dr David Copland, A/Prof Lyndsey Nickels, Dr Katie McMahon, Dr Anthony Angwin. "Neurocognitive substrates of naming facilitation in aphasia." $323,000
Winner of the 2007 Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science: Professor Max Coltheart
Congratulations to Professor Max Coltheart who won the Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science on Tuesday 21st August.
This is an extremely prestigious national award, which recognises the enormous and sustained contribution from Professor Coltheart to cognitive science.
The Leadership in Science Award commends not only his research achievements but also his collaborative approach to research, including dedication to postgraduate and postdoctoral research training.
Professor Coltheart's ongoing contribution to science has previously been recognised by his appointment as an ARC Federation Fellow and as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the British Academy. He is also Academic Director of the Childrens Hospital Educational Research Institute and holds the James Packer Chair of Educational Research.