Professor Ted Nettelbeck

Room 416, Hughes Building Phone +61 (08) 8303 3764 Fax +61 (08) 8303 3770 theodore.nettelbeck@adelaide.edu.au

Postgraduate Coordinator Higher Degrees by Research

Area of Research

Intelligence, Cognitive Abilities, Intellectual Disabilitiy.

Senior Appointments and Memberships

Chair, University Library Committee.

Member of Brain and Cognition Group

Member of Health, Disability and Lifespan Development Group

Psychology Research Interests

The nature of human intelligence and individual differences in cognitive abilities. Much of my research has involved the development and application of measures of timed performance, like inspection time and reaction time, to the study of individual differences in information processing and the relationships of these with psychometric tests of IQ. These studies have included children, young adults and elderly persons and have encompassed a wide range of IQ, including persons with an intellectual disability.

The field of intellectual disability, including work assessment and training, the relevance of interpersonal competence to effective every-day functioning, evaluating support needs of people with disabilities.

The structure of attentional abilities and their relevance to an understanding of intelligence; determining whether speed of processing mediates cognitive changes during childhood and old age; and investigating whether inspection time has potential as a biomarker for functional ageing.

Recent Key Publications

Burns, N.R., Nettelbeck, T., McPherson, J.L. (2009). Attention and intelligence: A factor analytic study. Journal of Individual Differences, 30, 44-57.

Gregory, T., Callaghan, A., Nettelbeck, T., & Wilson, C. (2009). Inspection time predicts individual differences in everyday functioning among elderly adults: Testing discriminant validity. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 28, 87-92.

Gregory, T., Nettelbeck, T., Howard, S., & Wilson, C. (2009). A test of the cascade model in the elderly. Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 71-73.

Gregory, T., Nettelbeck, T., Howard, S., & Wilson, C. (2009). Within person changes in inspection time predict memory. Personality and Individual Difference, 46, 741-743.