The University of Western Australia

Professor Romola Bucks

Professor
School of Psychology

Contact details

Address

School of Psychology
The University of Western Australia (M304)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 3232

Fax

6488 1006

Email

romola.bucks@uwa.edu.au

Personal homepage

http://wapp.psychology.uwa.edu.au

Qualifications

BSc MSc PhD Bristol

Biography

Trained in the UK in Clinical Psychology, specialised in Clinical Neuropsychology. Subsequently obtained a PhD from the University of Bristol. Ran the Bristol Memory Disorders Clinic and Clinical Research Centre, for diagnosis, management and research into dementia.

Key research

The identification of risk factors for the development of dementia, through exploration of the cognitive and emotional consequences of normal ageing compared with changes of pathological origin.

Publications

Selected references and briefing papers:
Bucks, R.S., Garner, M., Tarrant, L., Bradley, B.P., & Mogg, K. (2008). Interpretation of emotionally ambiguous faces in older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science, in press IF=3.455
Meadmore, K., Dror, I.E. Bucks, R.S. (2008). Lateralisation of spatial processing and age. Laterality, in press IF=1.364
Bucks, R.S., Gidron, Y., Harris, P., Teeling, J., Wesnes, K.A., & Perry, V.H. (2008). Selective effects of upper respiratory tract infection on cognition, mood and emotion processing: a prospective study, Brain, Behaviour and Immunity, 22, 399-407. IF=3.757
Preston, L., Marshall, A., & Bucks, R.S. (2007). Investigating the ways that older people cope with dementia: a qualitative study. Aging and Mental Health, 11, 131-143. IF=1.197
Astell, A. J., & Bucks, R. S. (2006). Strategy prompts increase verbal fluency in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Brain and Language, 99,151-2. IF=2.317
Ansell, E.L. & Bucks, R.S. (2006). Mnemonic Anosognosia in Alzheimer's disease: A Test of Agnew and Morris (1998). Neuropsychologia, 44, 1095-1012. IF=3.924
Bucks, R.S., & Maguire, N. (2005). Creating ethical research: Understanding ethics committee decision making. Workshop materials for teaching the principles of ethical research. The Higher Education Academy: Psychology Network. Department of Psychology, University of York. ISBN 0-9544704-8-6. http://www.psychology.heacademy.ac.uk/docs/pdf/p20050608_Ethical_Research.pdf.
Cooper, M., Turpin, G., Bucks, R.S., & Kent, G. (2005). Good Practice Guidelines for the Conduct of Psychological Research within the NHS. British Psychological Society: Leicester. http://www.bps.org.uk/document-download-area/document-download$.cfm?file_uuid=E615A15A-1143-DFD0-7E9F-60808ED2875D&ext=pdf

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

Centre for Rehabilitation Research Steering Committee
Management Committee, Busselton Healthy Ageing Study (BHAS)
Co-ordinator of PSYC1101

Future research

Exploration of obstructive sleep apnoea and diabetes as risk factors for cognitive impairment, with Western Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute (WASDRI).

Languages

French, reasonably fluent

Memberships

WANS

Previous positions

Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton, UK

Teaching

Cognitive ageing, neuropsychology, research methods.

Current external positions

Steering Committee for The Parkinson's Centre (ParkC), a collaborative group of scientists based at ECU.

Research profile

Research profile and publications