Performance Neuroscience Research

22/11/2023

One of the most rewarding experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic was to collaborate and co-design an online art and wellness program with Singapore Art Museum Sharon Chen Chia, leveraging on my expertise as a cognitive neuroscientist and meditation teacher. We understood that the public needed help to alleviate loneliness and disconnect (which is prevalent even without a pandemic). In the last months we worked to publish our framework and documented the programme so that others may learn, understand and adapt the thinking behind our design rationale that is greatly lacking in these kinds of art, wellness and mindfulness programs.

Full article: Art, meditation and cognitive science: a framework for museum-based community meditation programme during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused mandatory lockdowns worldwide, exacerbating mental health issues created by social isolation. Aimed to improve mental health and maintain engagement, the Singa...

25/11/2022

𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝
If you’re looking to keep your mind and body healthy and active, you can receive $100 to exercise while performing cognitive tasks using augmented reality and having your brain activity recorded noninvasively through EEG.

Flinders University is looking for young, healthy and active adults to take part in an exercise-neuroscience study investigating brain training techniques to enhance cognitive performance during exercise.

Click the link to find out more: https://forms.gle/iDekQis22aKBxEwt8

Thank you for your interest in the exercise neuroscience study investigating brain training techniques. Please provide your email and name details below to be contacted by a member of the research team for more information. The study is seeking volunteers who are: aged 18-35 years healthy and physic...

20/09/2022

𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮!

Healthy, right-handed adults aged 18 to 35 years are invited to participate in a research study aimed at investigating the effects of exercise on brain and cognitive function.

𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 $100.
For more information, email: [email protected]

In these sessions, participants will:
• exercise on a stationary bicycle
• complete cognitive tasks
• be measured for brain activity (EEG), and heart and breathing rate

The project has been approved by Flinders University’s HREC (Project 5236).

09/10/2020

The aim of this study is to investigate athlete reaction time and accuracy performance on a newly created cognitive task. This research will investigate the validity of the task for measuring athlete cognitive performance.     

04/03/2020

Hi! Russell here, I've been focused on performing scientific research on the benefits of meditation. In our recent work, we found that focused attention training increases such that was faster and overtime N2 electrophysiology was more dynamic. Read it for free here:

Previous work found that single-session focused attention meditation (FAM) enhanced motor sequence learning through increased cognitive control as a m…

11/11/2019

Researchers at the University of South Australia (UniSA) invite healthy adults residing in Adelaide to participate in a study that aims to evaluate performance and brain function changes from cognitive training. Participants who complete the study will receive a $100 participant honorarium.

If you are interested or would like further information, please contact maarten.immink (AT) unisa.edu.au

Study Eligibility. We are seeking healthy right-handed adults aged 18 to 35 years. English must be your first language. Other eligibility criteria apply, contact the researchers for further information.

What is involved. Participation involves attending six laboratory sessions across two weeks, each 30 minutes to 2 hours long. In these sessions you will be playing a virtual reality video game as well as completing questionnaires, cognitive tasks and a cognitive training intervention. Non-invasive measurement of brain activity will be conducted with electroencephalography (EEG).

This project has been approved by the University of South Australia's Human Research Ethics Committee.

26/09/2018

Motor sequence learning is enhanced after just a single session of !! Whilst you may think that relaxation and a reduce in arousal is the mechanism, we showed that it was not!

Read the research here 50 days free:

Motor sequence learning is considered the result of the outflow of information following cognitive control processes that are shared by other goal-dir…

16/07/2018

The amazing possibilities when you apply the principals of motor neuroscience to organise training. Contextual interference effect in action!!!