We’re thrilled to welcome Professor Beatrice de Gelder, expert in cognitive neuroscience, as this year’s Brotherton Fellow. Her research explores how body and face recognition, unconscious vision, and art connect to perception and emotion. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-body-i...

The body inside out: From experience to perception and back

Join us for the annual Brotherton Lecture, presented by Professor Beatrice de Gelder, exploring the science of visual body perception.

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What do the names of colours, kinship terms and legal jargon tell us about the human mind? In the latest episode of PsychTalks, Dr Frank Mollica explores language as a culturally shaped, far from universal cognitive tool. Find it here go.unimelb.edu.au/7axe

Why does the Auckland Sky Tower seem to change size every time you look at it? Today, at our August Roundtable event, we were delighted to host Dr Sam Schwarzkopf from the University of Auckland, who shared insights into the brain processes that shape how we perceive object size.

We’re excited to announce that OP-MEG is joining the Melbourne Brain Centre Imaging Unit (MBCIU), with support from the 2025 MCRIP Growth Pool! Read more about it here: psychologicalsciences.unimelb.edu.au/cognitive-ne...

A big congratulations to Dr Sarah Tashjian, who has been awarded a 2025 Brain & Behaviour Research Foundation (BBRF) Young Investigator Grant!

Curious how kids become strategic thinkers? Join our study on metacognition and help us find out! Learn more or register your interest here: shorturl.at/T4yWl

What does a common ADHD drug tell us about how we make decisions, and how that process changes in Parkinson’s disease? Today we had the pleasure of hosting Dr Claire O'Callaghan (University of Sydney) for our July Roundtable. Watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv3R...

Cog Neuro Hub July Roundtable: Dr Claire O'Callaghan

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Your brain predicts what you see using not one, but two neural pathways. Read here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Effective connectivity reveals dual-route mechanism of visual prediction precision via insula and pulvinar

The brain’s ability to weight predictions by their precision is a central mechanism in predictive processing, enabling optimal integration of prior expectations with incoming sensory input. Despite it...

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How does your brain read a smile in motion vs a photo? Turns out it uses different pathways. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Double dissociation of dynamic and static face perception provides causal evidence for a third visual pathway - Nature Communications

The study shows a double dissociation between static and dynamic face perception in 108 patients with focal lesions, providing direct causal evidence for a third visual pathway via the posterior super...

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Australia now has its first full-head OPMEG system, and we just held our first workshop to celebrate. Yesterday we welcomed a room full of researchers, students, and clinicians to the University of Melbourne to explore what’s possible with this new wearable brain imaging technology.

What if pain is less about your body and more about your brain? The Pain and Cognition Neuroimaging Lab, part of our Cognitive Neuroscience Hub, are exploring how things like memory, attention and context can dial pain up or down, sometimes even turning it off completely.

Can speech reveal hidden signs of pain? A new study published by A/Prof Natalia Egorova-Brumley and colleagues investigates how subtle features in our spoken language, like pitch, rhythm, and vocal strain, can signal the presence and intensity of pain. Read here: journals.lww.com/painrpts/ful...

What can speech tell us about pain? : PAIN Reports

her complex speech relieves pain is not known. Understanding speech when pain is being experienced and whether certain speech features are associated with general pain sensitivity holds promise for id...

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See our May spotlight- Dr Dan Myles @dan-myles.bsky.social, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within our hub!

We had our first Cog Neuro Hub Roundtable Event for 2025, and what a great way to start the series off! Professor Gavan McNally from UNSW joined us to present a fascinating talk titled “How risk and aversion shape our actions and choices.”

This month’s spotlight is on Dr Gezelle Dali, an Academic Fellow within the Cognitive Neuroscience Hub! 🧠

Reducing sedentary time (especially on weekends!) might help protect brain function after stroke. 🧠 Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Today we hosted a Meet and Greet Event for all students and staff involved in the Cognitive Neuroscience Hub! It was great to see so many new and familiar faces, hear from lab heads, and get a glimpse into the exciting research happening in the hub.

Kicking off our monthly feature series with a spotlight on Dr Elise Rowe, a Post-Doc Research Fellow within the Cognitive Neuroscience Hub! 🧠 Elise works within the fields of perception, predictive coding, conscious awareness and mental health research. 💡 Read more about Elise's interests below!

We are thrilled to announce that 𝗔/𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 has successfully secured an $80,000 grant from 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! 👏

A big thankyou to Dr Pengfei Xu (Beijing Normal University) for presenting a fantastic seminar today, titled 'Emotional Problems: Mechanism, Prediction and Intervention'. 🧠💡 We had a great turnout, thanks to all who joined! This seminar was co-hosted by the Contemplative Studies Centre (CSC).

What a phenomenal 2024! We hosted 17 Roundtable meetings, our 1st annual symposium, revived our EEG methods workshop, engaged junior graders through outreach, published 70+ papers, secured $10.6M in research funding, and 6 RhD completions! Here's to continuing this momentum into an inspiring 2025!