Professor Craig Speelman
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Last reviewed May 2019
Preview of the 2013 APS Annual Conference
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InPsych
Psychology for a healthy nation
8–12 October 2013, Cairns Convention Centre, Far North Queensland
Join us in Cairns for this wonderful opportunity to gain new skills and knowledge, hear about the latest developments in psychology, meet like-minded colleagues, consult wit...
Published Jun 2017
Flow: The mindful edge in sport and performing arts
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InPsych
Performing to a high level in sport and the performing arts requires a positive mindset, which is critical to success in any endeavour involving skill and challenge. There is a psychological model that helps us to understand how finding the right mix of challenges and skills i...
Published Jun 2017
Creative cognition offers fresh insights for early psychosis
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InPsych
Common features of cognition and temperament associated with both creative potential and psychotic disorders have been well researched, but alongside these identified similarities there has been little analysis of the differences between highly creative individuals and those ...
Published Jun 2017
Managing insomnia: What we’ve learnt in the last 10 years
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InPsych
Sleep is a building block essential for our physical and mental wellbeing, potentially providing a period of restoration but also a time when we do not have to think, feel or act. However, when sleep is disrupted the result may be one of feeling tired, grumpy and cheated, wher...
Published Jun 2017
A curriculum for a continent: Psychology studies in secondary school
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InPsych
Simon Crowe was awarded the 2013 APS Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Education Award for his outstanding contributions to teaching at all levels of the psychology curriculum, from the secondary school level through to undergraduate and postgraduate lecturing and su...
Published Jun 2017
Treating PTSD in difficult times
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InPsych
New guidelines for psychologists
The past two years have been challenging for us all and traumatic for many. The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated hardships, combined with other recent disasters such as drought and bushfires, have led to significant levels of psychologic...
Published Dec 2021
Specific learning disability
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InPsych
Prevalent, but often difficult to pin down
Specific learning disability (SLD) is the most prevalent of the neurodevelopmental disorders. It is commonly known as phonological dyslexia, which means, ‘a disorder of reading and spelling’, but this makes up only one component of...
Published Dec 2021
Demystifying EMDR
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InPsych
Across Australia there is a growing interest in the consequences of trauma in children and adults. In December 2017 the Royal Commission presented a final report after a five-year inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse and related matters. The organised nat...
Published Jun 2019
Psychology and Ageing Interest Group
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Elsie Harwood Award
Alex McCord
Thesis title: Effects of Action Video Game Training on Executive Function in Older Adults
A provisional psychologist practising in aged care, Alex completed her BA summa cum laude at City University of New York, followed by Honours and ...
Last reviewed Jun 2020