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Memory on the beach: an Australian memory (and hypnosis) laboratory

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The memory (and hypnosis) lab at the University of New South Wales investigates a broad range of memory topics. We try to find innovative methods from cognitive and clinical psychology to address theoretical and empirical questions about memory. We aso use hypnosis as one major methodological tool in our investigations of memory (as well as other cognitive processes). In this paper, we review the projects currently underway in our memory (and hypnosis) lab.

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Acknowledgements

The research and researchers described in this report have been supported by the Australian Research Council via Australian Postdoctoral Awards (to Lynette Hung, Leah Campbell, and Fiona Maccallum), an Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship and Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship (to Amanda Barnier), and Large Grants and Discovery-Project grants (to Amanda Barnier and Richard Bryant). We have been supported also by the University of New South Wales via a University Postgraduate Scholarship (to Rochelle Cox), a Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship (to Stefanie J. Sharman), and internal funding schemes (to Amanda Barnier and Richard Bryant). We are grateful for that support. Our laboratory has benefitted also from the involvement over the past 10 years of many talented and motivated Honours and Masters students. We are grateful for their enthusiasm and commitment to our research. Their contributions are recognised in our joint publications. Finally, Amanda Barnier wishes to thank her husband, Peter Wyatt, and their 8 month old son Oliver Campbell Wyatt, who patiently kept one another company while she wrote this article.

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    Amanda J. Barnier, Richard A. Bryant, Leah Campbell, Rochelle Cox, Celia Harris, Lynette Hung, Fiona Maccallum & Stefanie J. Sharman

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Barnier, A.J., Bryant, R.A., Campbell, L. et al. Memory on the beach: an Australian memory (and hypnosis) laboratory. Cogn Process 6, 272–281 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-005-0013-y

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