Department of Psychology News & Events
Department of Psychology Seminars
Distinguished visitors to the department and members of the university contribute to the Departmental Seminar series. There are also regular research seminars in Psychobiology, Sensation & Perception, and Clinical Psychology.
We regularly host public speakers, both national and international. If you would like to receive regular updates regarding Psychology seminars, please subscribe to our distribution list using the following link.
http://lists.otago.ac.nz/listinfo/psyseminars
Most talks are recorded, and copies of DVD's are kept at Reception in the William James Building. Please contact us at 479 7645, or psychology@otago.ac.nz if you would like to borrow one of these.
Beyond the pump: Heart rate variability and health
Monday, 28 May 2012
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- Archway 2
Dr John Sollers, University of Auckland, Department of Psychological Medicine
Dr Sollers received his doctoral degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 1997. After post-doctoral training at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Centre under William R Lovallo, he joined the Emotions & Quantitative Psychophysiology Section in the Laboratory of Personality and Cognition at the National Institute on Aging, NIH, USA as a Staff Scientist (1999-2006). Subsequent, Dr Sollers took a job as a Research Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology at The Ohio State University (2006-2010). Presently, John is a Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Associate Professor in USA & Canada) in Health Psychology for the Department of Psychological Medicine in the Faculty of Medical & Health Science at The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
From ADHD to earthquakes - The evidence for nutritional treatments for psychological symptoms
Monday, 21 May 2012
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Associate Professor Julia Rucklidge, Clinical Psychology, University of Canterbury
Dr Julia Rucklidge is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Co-Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at the University of Canterbury. Her research interests include ADHD across the lifespan, early presentations of Bipolar Disorder, risk factors associated with young offending, and nutritional treatments for psychiatric disorders.
Death anxiety increases atheists’ unconscious belief in God: Otago
research
Monday, 2 April 2012
New University of Otago research suggests that when non-religious people think about their own death they become more consciously skeptical about religion, but unconsciously grow more receptive to religious belief.
Students’ daily functioning after drinking: new research
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
University students who spend a night drinking excessively are not only more likely to feel physically unwell the next day, they will also find it harder to concentrate or manage their study workload, according to a new Otago study.