Dr Emma Ward ~ Lecturer, Psychology

Dr Emma Ward is a lecturer in the College of Healthcare Sciences at James Cook University. She is currently coordinating PY4207: Neuroscience and the Biological Bases of Behaviour.

Dr Ward's research is primarily interested in brain stimulation techniques and neurolinguistics, with emphasis on how the brain processes and produces language. Her PhD thesis made important conclusions that inform our knowledge about the conceptual organisation of action words, as well as the associated brain structures involved in verb retrieval and production. 

In future research, Emma hopes to further elucidate how brain stimulation techniques, like transcranial magnetic stimualtion, can work in producing temporary and permanent brain changes for those undergoing treatment for brain damage. 

Teaching

• PY4113: Design and Analysis for Professional Psychology (Level 4; TSV)
• PY4203: The Psychology of Health, Wellbeing and Resilience (Level 4; ONL)
• PY4207: Neuroscience and the Biological Bases of Behaviour (Level 4; ONL)

Interests

Research

• Neurolinguistics
• Cognitive neuroscience
• Psycholinguistics
• Rehabilitation

Teaching

• Neuroscience

Experience

• 2022 to present - Lecturer, James Cook University (Brisbane)
• 2021 to present - Research Assistant, University of Queensland (Brisbane)
• 2021 to 2022 - Lecturer and Unit Coordinator, Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane)
• 2018 to 2022 - Sessional Academic, Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane)
• 2017 to 2021 - Research Assistant, Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane)
• 2017 to 2020 - Research Assistant, Griffith University (Brisbane)

Research Disciplines

• Biological psychology (5202)
• Cognitive and computational psychology (5204)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• health (2099)

Fellowships

• 2020 - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

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Journal Articles

• Ward E, Gauvin H, McMahon K, Meinzer M and de Zubicaray G (2022) The left inferior frontal gyrus and the resolution of unimodal vs. cross-modal interference in speech production: A transcranial direct current stimulation study. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 64.
• Ward E, Brownsett S, McMahon K, Hartwigsen G, Mascelloni M and de Zubicaray G (2022) Online transcranial magnetic stimulation reveals differential effects of transitivity in left inferior parietal cortex but not premotor cortex during action naming. Neuropsychologia, 174.
• Moreno A, Wall K, Thangavelu K, Craven L, Ward E and Dissanayaka N (2019) A systematic review of the use of virtual reality and its effects on cognition in individuals with neurocognitive disorders. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 5. pp. 834-850