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Department of Cognitive Science

Projects

Research Brochures

Recently completed

An MEG study of sentence context effects in auditory word processing

Jon Brock, Blake Johnson, Genevieve McArthur

Researcher, Kermit and Child in MSRSpatial and temporal dynamics of anticipatory preparation: Using magneto-encephalography (MEG) to test and expand converging evidence from ERP and fMRI.

Frini Karayanidis (University of Newcastle), Pat Michie (University of Newcastle), Andrew Heathcote (University of Newcastle), Blake Johnson (University of Newcastle)

PhD Project: Face recognition and congenital prosopagnosia: an MEG/ERP investigation

Davide Rivolta, Mark Williams, Laura Schmazl, Romina Palermo

Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Investigation of Auditory and Auditory-visual Speech Processing.

Mridula Sharma (Dept. Linguistics), Harvey Dillon (National Acoustics Laboratory), Susanne Purdy (University of Auckland), Graciela Tesan

Neural Correlates and Time Courses of Cortical Activation during Word and Picture Naming in English: a MEG Study

Taeko Wydell (Brunell University)

Acquiring expertise in the mental manipulation of visual images

Blake Johnson, Alexander Provost (University of Newcastle), Scott Brown (University of Newcastle), Andrew Heathcote (University of Newcastle)

Honours Project: Lateralisation of relational memory processing

Jody Kamminga (Psychology Dept), Greg Savage, Mark Williams

PhD Project: Neural basis of face processing

Bhuvanesh Awasthi (Supervisor: Mark Williams)

Neural locus of configural face perception

Mark Williams & Laura Schmalzl.

Object Perception: Feedback

Mark Williams.

Developmental Prosopamnesia

Mark Williams, Chris Hemmond, Blake Johnson.

Motion Induced Object Perception

Mark Williams

 

Continuing Studies

Investigating brain anomalies in stuttering with MEG and transcranial magnetic stimulation

Paul Sowman, Blake Johnson, Stephen Crain, Elisabeth Harrison (Dept. Linguistics)

Child in MEG DewarAuditory processing in the dyslexic brain

Blake Johnson, Melanie Reid, Stephen Crain, Genevieve McArthur, Anne Castles, Michael Hautus (University of Auckland)

PhD Project: Neuro-motor coordination in developmental disorders

Tommy Ng, Blake Johnson, Jon Brock, Paul Sowman

HEARing CRC project R1.3: Objective measurement of tinnitus and its remediation

Catherine McMahon (Dept Linguistics), Sean Randall (Dept Linguistics), Blake Johnson, Graciela Tesan, Harvey Dillon (National Acoustics Laboratory)

PhD Project: MEG Investigation - The Rubber Hand Illusion

Regine Zopf, Mark Williams, Greg Savage, Max Coltheart

Auditory processing in autism.

Jon Brock, Blake Johnson, Samantha Bzishvili, Melanie Reid

Using MEG to Probe the Neural Underpinnings of Processing Linguistic Knowledge in Mandarin-speaking Children

Pei-Shu Tsai, Stephen Crain, Graciela Tesan, Blake Johnson, Ovid Tzeng
(Academia Sinica, Taiwan), Denise Wu (National Central University, Taiwan)