Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory

The Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory (FNL) conducts research that falls into the broad area of Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience - it examines the neural basis of human perceptual- ,memory- and emotion-related processes in healthy individuals, changes associated with ageing and in a variety of disorders, with a focus on schizophrenia and psychosis. In addition, we follow the new trend of applying our expertise to a variety of other fields such as marketing, economy and design (Applied Neuroscience).

Our research facilities permit studies using EEG, fMRI and a broad range of neuropsychological psychometric tests. The laboratory has also access to MEG facilities based at KIT-Macquarie University Brain Research Laboratory. Most often we complete our investigations with traditional psychophysiological measures like skin conductance and heart rate.

The FNL is a facility within the School of Psychology. It forms part of the Priority Research Centre in Brain and Mental Health and affiliated with the Hunter Medical Research Institute. The FNL has close collaborative links with the Schizophrenia Research Institute (formerly known as NISAD - Neuroscience Institute for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders).

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