The QLD MIND Project

📢 New insights into #SocialFrailty & #aging. Our latest study identifies which aspects of #socialfrailty signal the greatest vulnerability in late adulthood. Subjective factors like #loneliness found to best predict psychological wellbeing 🌟 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.inps…

📢Latest research from the #QLDMINDProject provides evidence for a new cognitive & affective empathy measure comprising real world footage of spontaneously experience emotion. Read more about EMOTE here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @Julie_D_Henry @SarahAGrainger

New paper out now! Sarah Coundouris, @Julie_D_Henry, & @LenaOestreich use @uk_biobank data to explore the longitudinal relationship between frailty & sleep quality—two major concerns in late adulthood that impact health & pose a public burden. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/js…

Huge congratulations to our very own @_katemckay for passing the PhD thesis examination with no revisions! 🎉👏 What an incredible achievement—well done, Kate!🥂🎓

Excited to share our latest publication by @LachlanCGreig, Sarah Coundouris, @Julie_D_Henry & Nilufar Baghaei which provides the first test of whether visual biofeedback increases the benefits of self-compassion training. Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38896949/#:~:t…

👋Today we said goodbye to our lovely intern Luisa visiting us from @tudresden. It has been wonderful working with you the last three months, thanks for all your hard work. We will miss having you here!

This month we caught up with our Neuroimaging Lead @LenaOestreich. Lena's research has recently focused on the neural mechanisms underpinning psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy🧠Learn more about Lena & her research: research.psy.uq.edu.au/qldmindproject…

New paper out now by the @QLDMINDProject team @Julie_D_Henry Sarah Coundouris & Matthew Nangle discussing how eliminating ageism requires targeting not only health care systems & aged care professionals- but also older people themselves. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.…

Today is @EveryAGECounts' Ageism Awareness Day- a reminder that ageism is still rife in the 🇦🇺community. Ageism is stereotyping, discrimination & mistreatment based solely on age, & has harmful impacts on many Australians. Visit everyagecounts.org.au to learn more.

We spoke with Dr. Sarah Coundouris about her recent publication in Gerontology, which asks whether older spouses’ financial decision making capacity is impacted not only by their own, but also their partner’s, level of cognitive functioning💵👫 Read more: research.psy.uq.edu.au/qldmindproject…

A huge congratulations to Olivia Demichelis who passed her PhD examination today!🥂🥳 Olivia’s PhD project focused on understanding the relationships between sleep and psychological function. Well done on this massive achievement, Olivia!!

New paper out now! Research by @QLDMINDProject & colleagues provides novel evidence of age-related improvements in the capacity to self-initiate & apply episodic foresight in middle childhood. Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Did you know that ageism can become self-directed in late adulthood? We spoke with @Julie_D_Henry to discuss her recent publication in @TrendsCognSci, which asks why don’t older adults’ reject negative ageist beliefs & embrace becoming older? Read more: research.psy.uq.edu.au/qldmindproject…

A BIG Congratulation to @_katemckay on receiving the APS Psychology & Ageing Interest Group Elsie Harwood Award for best student research project in the field of ageing @AustPsych. To learn more, visit research.psy.uq.edu.au/qldmindproject…

Exciting new paper out now by @Liv_Demichelis and the @QLDMINDProject team @SarahAGrainger @Julie_D_Henry & Ruth Hubbard looking at emotional regulation, social frailty and well-being!

New research from the #QLDMINDProject shows age-related decline in episodic foresight is not explained by subjective or objective sleep quality @Liv_Demichelis @SarahAGrainger @_katemckay @Julie_D_Henry nature.com/articles/s4159…

New paper out now! Research by @roger_gamble6 @Julie_D_Henry @socialneuro finds that empathy moderates the negative relationship between #cognitiveload & #prosocialbehaviour in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read now: nature.com/articles/s4159… #QLDMINDProject

Great to see research being funded to address oral health inequity in aged care! Congrats to Loc Do & team, inc @LudlowKristiana @NicoleStormon & @QLDMINDProject's Matthew Nangle & @Julie_D_Henry for 1.4M #MRFF Dementia, Ageing & Aged Care Mission grant: researchers.uq.edu.au/research-proje…

📢EXCITING NEWS! Our Director @Julie_D_Henry has been elected president of @TheASPP. Huge congratulations!