Principle Research Fellow,

Department of Psychology

Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Research Interests

Behavioural neuroscience (affective and social neuroscience; psychophysiology and neurobiology of emotion; attention and temperament); clinical psychology (psychological and biological models of affective disorders; causes of the emergence of affective disorders during adolescence; early intervention and prevention of affective disorders; evolutionary bases of emotion and psychopathology; cognitive therapy); developmental psychology (adolescent brain and behavioural development; family processes in adolescent development and risk for depression); Affective Neuroscience Laboratory

Contact Details

Tel: (+61 3) 8344 6325 / 9342 2819 (ORYGEN Research Centre)
Website: http://www.psych.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/AllenN.html
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Keywords:

• adolescence
• diseases (human) - affective disorder, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress
• health and mental health
• psychology