Curtin University

Quantifying the effects of prospective memory and ongoing task difficulty on capacity sharing and cognitive control

This study examines how individuals adapt to varying levels of prospective memory (PM) and ongoing-task difficulty in a cognitively demanding task environment. PM - the ability to remember and execute delayed intentions while engaged in other tasks - depends on flexible allocatio...

Concurrent Associations Between the OMNI Rating of Perceived Exertion and Measures of Monitoring Training Load in Non-Elite Adolescent Team Sport Athletes

This study aimed to investigate associations between training load (TL) calculated using the OMNI rating of perceived exertion scale (OMNI-RPE) and heart rate (HR) and velocity-derived measures of TL in non-elite adolescent team sport athletes. Fifty-four athletes participated in...

Interrogating Australia-Africa academic partnerships: does marginality create space to rethink and innovate practice?

This article interrogates contexts for and practices of academic partnership between Australia and Africa. This relationship sits at the margins of scholarship on global North–South dynamics, reflecting relatively limited empirical engagement as well as the ambiguous geopolitical...

The pharmacogGENEtics in Youth Depression (GENE-YD) study for personalizing antidepressant pharmacotherapy for young Western Australians – A feasibility study

Abstract Pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing to guide antidepressant prescribing is becoming increasingly available. However, its uptake into routine psychiatric practice for young people remains limited due to insufficient youth-specific evidence and uncertainty regarding optimal tria...

Exploring in-service Chinese as a second language teachers’ cognition and stated practices in teaching intercultural communicative competence

Abstract The cultivation of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) has become an increasingly important objective in language education. The rapid global expansion of Chinese as a second language (CSL) education has highlighted a gap in research on how in-service CSL teache...