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| WELCOME MESSAGE |
Welcome to the Richardson laboratory. In our lab we investigate a number of different issues. Some of us focus on behavioural neuroscience studies in the rat while others of us focus on studies in humans. In the rat studies, our focus is on a developmental and neural analysis of learning and memory, especially of fear. One particular area of interest in this work has to do with how learned fear can be inhibited. In the human studies, we have two areas of interest. The first has to do with learned fear in humans and the second has to do with the effects of being socially ostracised. In the human conditioning studies we are interested in learning about how fear is inhibited, and in the ostracism studies we are interested in the emotional and cognitive consequences of being excluded. Recent publications from the lab are listed in the “Publications” link of this webpage. PDFs are attached for most of these publications. Feel free to contact us if you would like the PDF for any other publication from the lab, or if you have any questions about the research we are doing. I am the course co-ordinator for PSYC3241 (Psychobiology of Memory and Motivation) and GENS9007 (Psychobiology of Sex, Love, and Attraction). |
Award for Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology
The Science Academia and Research Advisory Group of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) has selected Dr Jee Kim for a 2008 Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology Award. As noted on the APS webpage: “The purpose of this Award is to encourage and reward outstanding research in psychology by candidates who have completed a PhD at an Australian University within the last calendar year.”
The award comes with a cheque for A$1000, 12 months free Membership of the APS, and an invitation to present a paper based on her thesis at the 44th Annual meeting of the APS. Her thesis was entitled “Extinction of Conditioned Fear in the Developing Rat”, and was supervised by Professor Rick Richardson.
