Psychological strategies for maximum health and enjoyment during moderate intensity and vigorous physical exercise. This project will change the way people think during physical exercise. It will show adults of all ages and levels of experience how to get more out of moderate intensity and vigorous exercise by reducing perceived effort and making it more enjoyable.
Very young adolescents and substance use: community and family vulnerabilities and healthy developmental transitions. This research will examine how families and communities protect very young children from early alcohol and tobacco use. The findings will lead to new prevention policies and programs that better meet the needs of vulnerable communities. This project will strengthen collaborations with leading international research centres in this area.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120101006
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
Understanding and increasing high school girls' physical activity levels through a physical education-based research program. Currently, less than 15% of early-teenage Australian girls meet exercise recommendations. This project will identify new ways in which physical education can promote physical activity, and will provide practical methods for increasing girls' activity levels, helping to reduce future health risks such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
Rekindle sexuality after cancer: development and testing of a novel web-based psychoeducational resource for both survivors and their partners. In collaboration with the Cancer Council New South Wales, this project will develop the first web-based psycho-educational resource, Rekindle, that addresses sexual concerns of both survivors and their partners, across all cancer-types, tailored to the unique concerns of each user.
The efficacy of a referral and physical activity program for survivors of prostate cancer. Although survival rates of prostate cancer are approximately 83 per cent with earlier detection and improved treatment modalities, prostate cancer survivors are at an increased risk of dying from co-morbidities, which may be prevented or ameliorated through participation in physical activity. This project aims to establish an effective and sustainable referral and physical activity program to improve the ....The efficacy of a referral and physical activity program for survivors of prostate cancer. Although survival rates of prostate cancer are approximately 83 per cent with earlier detection and improved treatment modalities, prostate cancer survivors are at an increased risk of dying from co-morbidities, which may be prevented or ameliorated through participation in physical activity. This project aims to establish an effective and sustainable referral and physical activity program to improve the health outcomes of prostate cancer survivors by utilising the influence of clinicians in their delivery of information to patients. This concept of a referral and physical activity program has the potential to translate across all cancer tumour streams to reduce the physiological and psychological burden associated with living with cancer.Read moreRead less
Testing a relational account for visual working memory. This project aims to test whether Becker's relational theory of attention can explain visual working memory performance, the ability to remember visual items over brief time periods. According to the relational account, elementary features such as colours are encoded relative to other features in the context (e.g. as redder, larger, darker). Our ability to detect a change in a feature would depend on the features in the context, and on whet ....Testing a relational account for visual working memory. This project aims to test whether Becker's relational theory of attention can explain visual working memory performance, the ability to remember visual items over brief time periods. According to the relational account, elementary features such as colours are encoded relative to other features in the context (e.g. as redder, larger, darker). Our ability to detect a change in a feature would depend on the features in the context, and on whether the context remains constant. This project expects to provide insights into how features are represented in memory, and to predict which items will be remembered. This could help to develop interactions and therapies for the ageing population and in clinical disorders.Read moreRead less