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Craig Speelman is a Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Edith Cowan University (ECU), affiliated with the School of Arts and Humanities. He has held academic roles since 1992, including Head of School (2002–2012) and has taught courses like PSY3304 Cognition. His research focuses on cognitive psychology, skill acquisition, memory, and music, with recent work extending to cybersecurity and virtual reality applications.
Education: PhD (University of Western Australia) and BSc (Honours) in Psychology, both from the University of Western Australia.
Research Interests: Cognitive processes in skill development, memory mechanisms, applications of VR in education and mental health, cybersecurity vigilance tasks, and interdisciplinary projects in neuroscience and technology. His work bridges psychology with emerging fields like neurotechnology and cybersecurity.
Articles Trends: Recent publications emphasize cybersecurity (e.g., vigilance tasks for network defense), VR social interactions (avatar realism, self-disclosure), and methodological critiques of psychological research practices. His work often intersects technology with human behavior, particularly in applied contexts like healthcare and defense.
Awards: 1985 APS Prize and Fellow of the Psychonomics Society.
Grants & Projects: Led projects such as Augmenting Cyber Defence Capability (ACDC) ($885k) and Measuring Vigilance Decrement in Cyber Network Defence. Supervised over 20 PhD students in areas like midwives' workplace stress, cybersecurity psychology, and music cognition.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the Cyber Security Research Centre (ECU) and contributes to interdisciplinary initiatives in VR applications and cognitive neuroscience. Active in international conferences and editorial roles.
