Research into the role of the brain in chronic pain
WOO HOOOO! You can register for the most important cycling event of the year - UniSA's Ride for Pain. April 29th (the Sunday directly after the NOI2012 conference).There is something for everyone - a choice of the easy 35km on the flat, the 45km into the hills, or for the more serious - a 100km through the Adelaide Hills.Feast on some … [Read more...]
Ever watched a TV show and been overwhelmed by a need to quickly change the channel because the humiliation experienced by the main character is so painful it hurts to watch? Have you noticed how other members of the family don’t seem to mind as much as they shout ‘TURN IT BACK’? This study by Krach et al (free to download) provides some … [Read more...]
I was reading Valery Legrain’s blog and it caused me to reflect on what sort of daily use I give my working memory. Have I needed to mentally rehearse a phone number while dialling it? No, my phone dials whoever I ask it to. Have I bothered to calculate the amount of change I’m going to get at the checkout because the young assistant looks like … [Read more...]
Lewis Carroll paints a picture of a world where very little makes sense; an adult wonderland seen through a child’s eyes. Yet, who is to say that what we see and the behaviours that we adopt really make sense to others?I was reading (not Alice in Wonderland this time) an interesting paper recently that suggested that when natural ambiguities … [Read more...]
Abby has a very posh English accent, and clearly doesn't like granola bars. She is working as a Research Assistant with the UniSA BiM team - getting to grips with what research life entails.What brought Abby out to Oz? Having done a degree at Kings College London, Mick Thacker's pain science lectures inspired Abby to delve into what lay … [Read more...]
Jane has an addiction to Vegemite, doesn't eat cereal, and is currently finishing her Honours in Physiotherapy degree. Jane is intending to do paediatrics physiotherapy, but we are hoping to sideswipe that plan and get her back to do a PhD.What is she doing at BiM? Jane is doing her honours project in pain research looking at low back … [Read more...]
Welcome to the first fruit of the Heidi Hurricane. Heidi thinks you should all meet the team. The first one you are to meet is Carolyn Berryman. Carolyn has been teaching with the Noisters (Neuro Orthopaedic Institute) for the last 10 years and finally got herself into research via a very competitive post-graduate scholarship. Not that she has … [Read more...]
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