Psychology and Ageing
News
Elsie Harwood Prize Winner
2008 - James Peter Thompson
Self-Regulation of the Driving Behaviour of Older Drivers: A Longitudinal Assessment
Supervisor: Associate Professor Jane Mathias
Ed Helmes Travel Award Winners
2008 - Sara Olsen (co-winner)
Symposium: Psychological approach to improving Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapy (CPAP) adherence
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Paper: A Motivational Intervention to Improve Patient Adherence to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy
Conference: Australasian Sleep Association Conference, Adelaide, October 2008
2008 - Maaria Haque (co-winner)
Paper #1: Can anxious older adults respond to a manualised CBT program? Common themes in clinical presentation and the complexities of working with older adults in a clinical setting
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Paper #2: Anxiety in later life: Can we distinguish between early- and late-onset anxiety
Conference: British Psychological Society PSIGE conference, York, UK, July 2008
Past News
2007 Psychology & Ageing Interest Group Conference
Click here to go to the 2007 Psychology & Ageing Interest Group Conference web page.
2007 Annual General Meeting
The APS Interest Group on Psychology and Ageing (National) held its most recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the National APS PAIG Biennial Conference, Deakin Management Centre, Geelong.
The unofficial 2007 AGM Minutes can now be downloaded at PAIG Minutes & Reports
Recipients of the Elsie Harwood Prize for the best 4th Year Research Project on Ageing
*NOTE: The Elsie Harwood Award has been awarded annually since 2002. For full details see Elsie Harwood Prize
2007: Jennifer Burke, University of Adelaide (co-winner)
Neuropsychological differentiation of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia: A meta-analysis.
Supervisor: Jane Mathias2007: Paula Nicolaou, Curtin University of Technology (co-winner)
Identifying needs, burden, and distress of carers of people with frontotemporal dementia compared to Alzheimer's disease.
Supervisors: Sarah Egan, Natalie Gasson and Robert Kane2006: Chris Hatherly, Australian National University
Peripheral vision attention in ageing: An evaluation of the Useful Field of View.
Supervisor: Kaarin Anstey2005: Melanie Burkhardt, Murdoch University
The Relationship between Androgens, apolipoprotein E Epsilon 4 Status and Cognitive Functioning in Elderly Men with and without Alzheimer’s Dementia.
Supervisor: Jonathan Foster2004: Penny Wareham, University of New South Wales
The effects of prose complexity and familiarity on elite young and elite elderly adults’ recall of prose.
Supervisor: Peter Birrell2003: Rhonda Shaw, James Cook University
Age-related decline in verbal, visual and spatial memory.
Supervisor: Edward Holmes2002: Christina Feldman, University of Western Australia
An over-reliance on gist memory and a deficit in verbatim memory: Evidence from false memories.
Supervisor: Jonathan Foster2001: Eyal Gringart, Edith Cowan University
Age Discrimintation in Hiring Practices against Older Adults in Western Australia.
Supervisor: Edward Helmes
1999: Fiona Kenvyn, University of Ballarat
The Effect of Former Occupation on Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attitudes in Retirees.
Supervisor: Lisa Hopes1997: Carolyn Boyd, Flinders University of South Australia
Predictors of Depression amongst Institutional- and Community-Dwelling Elders: Influence of Behavioural Competence and Perceived Control.
Supervisor: Mary Luszcz1995: Kathryn Collins: Flinders University of South Australia
Elderly Women’s Use of Relativistic Operations in Everyday Problem Solving.
Supervisor: Mary Luszcz1993: Kaarin Anstey: University of Sydney
Primary Ageing, Secondary Ageing and Intelligence.
Supervisor: Lazar Stankov
Ed Helmes Student Travel Award
2007 Winnner - Jennifer Burke
Neuropsychological differentiation of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia: A meta-analysis
Conference: APS PAIG Biennial Meeting, Geelong, VIC, November 20072006 Winnner - Mila Cichello
Cross cultural issues and well-being
Conference: APS Annual Meeting, Auckland, September 20062005 Winnner - Judith Gullifer
Subjective realities of older male farmers: self-perceptions of ageing and work.
Conference: APS Annual Meeting, Melbourne, September 20052004 Inaugural Winnner - Rhonda Shaw
Age-related change in visual, spatial and verbal memory.
Conference: Joint Mid-Year Meeting of the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI) & International Neuropsychological Society (INS), July 2004, Brisbane2004 Travel Award - Areti Plitas
Cross cultural study of cognitive performance in late adulthood by Greek-Australians.
Conference: 10th Annual Conference of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists (Conference Theme Mild Cognitive Impairment Across the Life Span: Theoretical, clinical and treatment implications), November,2004, Bondi Beach, Sydney
