Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences School of Behavioural Science

Specialist Research Laboratory

Laterality Laboratory

Coordinator Associate Professor Mike Nicholls
Location Room 831, 8th Floor, Redmond Barry Building
Phone +61 3 8344 4299
Web Laterality Lab website

 

This laboratory is concerned with the investigation of human laterality. The range of topics covered is broad, but centres around the study of asymmetries in behaviour and perception, which are tied to the lateralisation of brain function. An example of specific research topics include: asymmetries in spatial attention, lateralisation of facial communication, differences in reading style between the hemispheres and hemispheric asymmetries in information processing styles. A diverse range of research methodologies is employed ranging from psychophysical techniques to electroencephalographical recording and digital image processing. The laboratory aims to develop a better understanding of human laterality with a particular view to appreciating the functional significance of human laterality.

Current Areas of Research

For detailed information on our research, please see the Laterality Lab website.

Research Staff:

Funding & Grants:

Project: Attentional biases that underlie free-viewing perceptual asymmetries: Endogenous and exogenous effects in a behavioural/imaging study.
Year: 2005–2008
Funded by: Australian Research Council

Project: Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms Underlying Llateral Biases in Human Vision.
Year: 2002–2005
Funded by: Australian Research Council

Project: Lateralisation of Brain Function as Revealed through Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Year: 2001
Funded by: ANZ Medical Research & Technology Grant

Project: Asymmetries for Cross-Modal Temporal Processing
Year: 2000
Funded by: McDonell-Pew Network Grant

Project: Visual and Auditory Temporal Processing in Varieties of Dyslexia.
Year: 2000–2003
Funded by: Australian Research Council

Project: The Art of Self-Expression: Facial Asymmetries in Communicating Emotion
Year: 2000
Funded by: Australian Research Council

Project: A Model of the Temporal Processing Capacities of the Cerebral Hemispheres.
Year: 1999–2002
Funded by: Australian Research Council

 

Current Research Students:

Catherine Orr
Mark Yates

 

 

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