Neuroscience

Dr Riddell's research focuses on the neurobiology of brain function associated with vision.

Primarily, her research aims to understand the biological origins of short-sightedness, and to develop interventions to limits its progression. This area of research provides an excellent model to study the basic biology of vision and the impact of environmental stressors on neural tissues. Dr Riddell also investigates neurological disorders such as migraine and multiple sclerosis.

Dr Riddell is a passionate teacher. She is involved extensively in delivering undergraduate neuroscience subjects and supervising honours and post-graduate neuroscience research students.

Contact Dr Riddell to discuss research opportunities in this field: N.Riddell@latrobe.edu.au

Dr Riddell
Researcher,
La Trobe University

Dr Lindell's research focusses on laterality, examining how asymmetries of the brain and body influence perception and performance.

Her work examines a broad range of cognitive processes in both human and non-human primates, from differences in left and right hemisphere language processing to asymmetries in the expression and perception of facial emotion. She has published research investigating the links between atypical lateralisation and susceptibility to psychological disorders, including schizophrenia and autism, and is exploring the role of laterality in the stress response in both clinical and healthy populations. Her work has found both costs and benefits of atypical lateralisation, with reduced lateralisation linked to both heightened creativity and increased criminality.

Finally, Dr Lindell's work in neuroaesthetics examines how we depict ourselves in painted and photographic portraits, exploring how the typically-adopted 'Mona Lisa' pose favouring the left cheek influences perceptions of the sitter.

Contact Dr Lindell to discuss research opportunities in this field: A.Lindell@latrobe.edu.au

Dr Lindell
Researcher,
La Trobe University

Dr Chouinard is a vision neuroscientist examining the mechanisms of size and weight perception, having published research papers on these topics in healthy and clinical populations, as well as in children and adults. He also examines form and orientation perception, how vision is used in action, and subconscious processing. His research integrates visual psychophysics, the recording of forces during object lifting, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), eye-tracking, skin conductance, and virtual reality.

Contact Dr Chouinard to discuss research opportunities in this field: p.chouinard@latrobe.edu.au

Philippe Chouinard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
La Trobe University