2010 APS Interest Group awards recipients
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Nominations are now open for the APS Interest Group awards 2011 More information
A number of APS Interest Groups offer awards each year that encourage and recognise excellence in the psychological area relevant to the Interest Group.
Gay And Lesbian Issues And Psychology...
Published Jul 2017
Can online lab classes overcome the tyranny of distance?
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Stephen Provost was the recipient of the 2010 APS Distinguished Contribution to Psychology Education Award and has a particular interest in enhancing the educational experience of psychology students in rural and regional Australia.
The importance of laboratories for pract...
Published Jul 2017
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Indigenous adults and the role of psychology
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The damage done to the unborn child by the mother’s consumption of alcohol during pregnancy has been long known. In 1725 the Royal College of Physicians of London referred to the consumption of alcohol as “too often the cause of weak, feeble and distempered children.” Since ab...
Published Jul 2017
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The Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Neuropsychology invites you to be involved as a sponsor and/or exhibitor at the 2022 APS College of...
Last reviewed Sep 2022
Alcohol during pregnancy overlooked as a cause of behaviour and learning issues - video now availabl
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Many of the behavioural, emotional and learning difficulties experienced by children throughout Australia may be linked to alcohol exposure in the womb, clinical neuropsychologist Associate Professor Carmela Pestell will tell a Perth audience today ...
Published Aug 2018
ICAP 2010 showcases psychology’s relevance on a global scale
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The scale and scope of psychology's application to the concerns of the international and Australian communities was highlighted throughout the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, ICAP 2010. Hosted by the APS in conjunction with the International Association of A...
Published Jun 2020
Can psychological interventions be adapted for people with moderate to severe traumatic brain
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Psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression are experienced by more than 60 per cent of people with TBI and are often associated with reduced participation in work, leisure and social activities. The causes of psychological problems in TBI are multiple and diverse, an...
Published Jun 2017
Sorting the wheat from the chaff
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Insights from 20 years of research on attention and consciousness
By Professor Jason Mattingley MAPS, Queensland Brain Institute and School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
Jason Mattingley was the 2012 recipient of the APS Distinguished Contribution to Psycho...
Published Jun 2017
Spotlight on early career: Working in an alcohol and other drugs setting
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Ireceived an undergraduate arts degree, majoring in history and psychology from Monash University, followed by a postgraduate diploma at Deakin University. I completed my Master of Psychology (Counselling) at Monash University last year.
I currently work at a community heal...
Published Oct 2017
Clinical neuro
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Working in clincal neuropsychology
By Wendy Longley
Looking back, the laboratory work required by my Masters degree in Neurobiology did not suit me at all - the research was interesting but I was far too extroverted for such confined and often solitary work. Fortunately ...
Last reviewed Jun 2018