Research Project
Dr
Nikki-Anne Wilson
Current Appointments
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cognitive HealthKey Research Areas
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Nikki-Anne completed her PhD as part of the Frontier dementia research group at the Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney.
Her research examined the breakdown of cognition in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and how this relates to the social challenges associated with this form of dementia.
Nikki-Anne’s skills in cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology align with her passion to improve clinical outcomes and quality of life for people with dementia.
A passionate science communicator and regular speaker at science outreach events, Nikki-Anne also enjoys participating in school mentoring programmes aiming to encourage students to develop their research skills and pursue science related careers.
- Brain and Mind Centre award for Research Excellence and Impact (2020)
- School of Psychology Publication Prize, The University of Sydney (2019)
- Best Poster Presentation at the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference (2018)
- Best DataBlitz presentation at the Sydney Postgraduate Psychology Conference
Publications
2024, 01 Jan
Change in visual acuity over a 12-year period predicts cognitive decline in older adults: identifying social engagement as a potential mediator
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1182527198
2024 Jan
Disrupted social perception in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease – Associated cognitive processes and clinical implications
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2024.122902
2023, 01 Dec
Testing times for dementia: a community survey identifying contemporary barriers to risk reduction and screening
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1157136768
2023 Dec
The effect of baseline and longitudinal cognitive reserve on memory ageing in middle and older age adults over a 12‐year period
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1167335525
2023, 24 Sep
Dementia Prevention and Individual and Socioeconomic Barriers: Avoiding “Lifestyle” Stigma
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1164305543
2023, 01 Aug
Authors’ response to: A new dementia prevention approach requires new language
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1160194460
2023, 01 Jul
What would a population-level approach to dementia risk reduction look like, and how would it work?
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1155386352
2021, 24 Dec
Putting the Pieces Together: Mental Construction of Semantically Congruent and Incongruent Scenes in Dementia
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010020
2020, 03 Feb
Scene construction impairments in frontotemporal dementia: Evidence for a primary hippocampal contribution
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1123686008
2020
Constructing the social world: Impaired capacity for social simulation in dementia
View full journal-article on http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85084793310&partnerID=MN8TOARS
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