Dr Rhonda Shaw
Lecturer
PhD James Cook University, Townsville BPsych (Hons) James Cook University, Townsville
Grad Dip Ed (Tertiary Teaching) James Cook University, Townsville
Rhonda Shaw
Teaching
- Foundations of Psychology
- Biopsychology
- Cognition
Research
- Visual working memory and ageing
- Dedifferentiation of working memory processes across the adult life span
- Measuring visual memory - task development
- Verbalisability of visual stimuli
- False memories
I also have an interest in examining the impact of expectations of pain on cognition, especially in relation to working memory.
Research Grants
2009 – Shaw, R., Buckingham, R., & Hiramatsu, I. CSU Competitive Grant - $9086, Charles Sturt University. Project title: Expectations of pain and cognitive functioning.
2008 – Shaw, R., & Gullifer, J. CSU Small Grant - $5988, Charles Sturt University. Project title: Community perceptions of ageing issues.
2006 - School of Social Science and Liberal studies research activity funding - $2700, Charles Sturt University.
2006 – Faculty of Arts Seed Grant - $2700, Charles Sturt University.
2005 – Faculty Arts, Education, and Social Sciences Internal Research Grant (Doctoral) - $2500, James Cook University.
Recent publications
Conference Presentations
Shaw, R. (2009). Interference and Visual Memory for Abstract and Pictorial Stimuli: The Effects of Articulatory Suppression and Spatial Tapping. Poster presented at the 16 th European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP) Conference, Krakow, Poland.
