School of Psychology

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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.

Publications

• Download a list of Rhonda’s recent research publications 25Kb [DOC]

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.