Olivia Carter

Cognitive and perceptual impairments in schizophrenia extend to other psychotic disorders but not schizotypy.

Natalie Frattaroli, Mia Geljic, Dominika Runkowska, Hayley Darke, Caitlin Reddyhough, Taylor Mills, Matthew Mitchell, Rachel Hill, Olivia Carter, Suresh Sundram

Journal article  |  2022  |  Schizophr Res Cogn

Well characterised cognitive and perceptual impairments in schizophrenia may not be diagnostically specific with some studies sugg..

The path to contentless experience in meditation: An evidence synthesis based on expert texts

Toby J Woods, Jennifer M Windt, Olivia Carter

Journal article  |  2022  |  PHENOMENOLOGY AND THE COGNITIVE SCIENCES

In contentless experience (sometimes termed pure consciousness) there is an absence of mental content such as thought, perception,..

Evidence synthesis indicates contentless experiences in meditation are neither truly contentless nor identical

Toby J Woods, Jennifer M Windt, Olivia Carter

Journal article  |  2022  |  PHENOMENOLOGY AND THE COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Contentless experience involves an absence of mental content such as thought, perception, and mental imagery. In academic work it ..

Exercise alone impacts short-term adult visual neuroplasticity in a monocular deprivation paradigm

Lucas Virathone, Bao N Nguyen, Fiona Dobson, Olivia L Carter, Allison M McKendrick

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF VISION

Adult homeostatic visual plasticity can be induced by short-term patching, heralded by a shift in ocular dominance in favor of the..

Dynamic face processing impairments are associated with cognitive and positive psychotic symptoms across psychiatric disorders

Hayley Darke, Suresh Sundram, Simon J Cropper, Olivia Carter

Journal article  |  2021  |  NPJ SCHIZOPHRENIA

Impairments in social cognition-including recognition of facial expressions-are increasingly recognised as a core deficit in schiz..

Neuroplasticity in older adults revealed by temporary occlusion of one eye

Bao N Nguyen, Menaka Malavita, Olivia L Carter, Allison M McKendrick

Journal article  |  2021  |  CORTEX

Occluding one eye for several hours alters visual experience. Specifically, occluding one eye shifts the balance of ocular dominan..

Power and pragmatism in functional neurological disorder research

Richard AA Kanaan, Daniela Huepe-Artigas, Shimaa K Morsy, Olivia L Carter

Journal article  |  2021  |  EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR

Medicinal psychedelics for mental health and addiction: Advancing research of an emerging paradigm

Daniel Perkins, Jerome Sarris, Susan Rossell, Yvonne Bonomo, David Forbes, Christopher Davey, Daniel Hoyer, Colleen Loo, Greg Murray, Sean Hood, Violeta Schubert, Nicole Leite Galvao-Coelho, Meaghen O'Donnell, Olivia Carter, Paul Liknaitzky, Martin Williams, Dan Siskind, David Penington, Michael Berk, David Castle

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

The medical use of psychedelic substances (e.g. psilocybin, ayahuasca, lysergic acid diethylamide and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphet..

Clinical differences between patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and functional motor disorder

Daniela Huepe-Artigas, Olivia L Carter, Shimaa K Morsy, Richard AA Kanaan

Journal article  |  2021  |  EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR

OBJECTIVES: Why a patient might present with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) as opposed to another functional neurologica..

Stronger Top-Down and Weaker Bottom-Up Frontotemporal Connections During Sensory Learning Are Associated With Severity of Psychotic Phenomena

Ilvana Dzafic, Kit M Larsen, Hayley Darke, Holly Pertile, Olivia Carter, Suresh Sundram, Marta Garrido

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN

Recent theories in computational psychiatry propose that unusual perceptual experiences and delusional beliefs may emerge as a con..