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Outstanding Achievements 2010

Congratulations to research fellow Dr. Tobias Loetscher and A/Prof Mike Nicholls on publishing an article entitled "Eye position predicts what number you have in mind" in the prestigious journal Current Biology. Their work, which has received extensive media coverage around the globe, shows that people's eye movements (vertical and horizontal) reveal the next number they are likely to name when asked to generate random numbers. It suggests that the mind represents numbers spatially. Read more about the research here."
Congratulations to Prof Nicholas Allen, whose book "The neuropsychology of mental illness" (Cambridge University Press; co-edited with Stephen Wood and Chris Pantelis) was recently launched in Melbourne. The book assembles world experts on the investigation, measurement and treatment of a wide range of mental disorders.