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Ian T. Zajac

email: ian.zajac@csiro.au

Area of Research

Human Cognitive Abilities.

Awards

Faculty of Health Science Postgraduate Travelling Fellowship 2007
School of Psychology Publication Incentive Award 2006
Australian Postgraduate Award 2006
Summer Research Scholarship 2004
Golden Key International Honours Society 2004

Psychology Research Interests

I am particularly attracted to the study of Individual Differences in Human Cognitive Ability. I am interested in the formation of distinct cognitive abilities during childhood development and the degradation of these abilities in the elderly. I am also involved in various other research projects examining predictors of participation in cancer screening programmes, problematic video game playing, and mental illness in Australian adolescent youth.

Research Project

Current knowledge of human intellectual functioning almost exclusively reflects research which has involved visually presented tests. My project aims to explore whether currently identified cognitive abilities can be successfully indexed via auditory pathways (rather than visually).

Recent Key Publications

Zajac, I. T., & Burns, N. R. (2011). Relationships between three auditory inspection time tasks and processing speed. Australian Journal of Psychology, in press.

Venning, A., Kettler, L., Zajac, I. T., Wilson, A., & Eliott, J. (2011). Is hope or mental illness a stronger predictor of mental health? International Journal of Menatl Health Promotion, Article in press.

King, D. L., Delfabbro, P. H., & Zajac, I. T. (2010). Preliminary validation of a new clinical tool for identifying problem video game playing. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 9, 72-87.

Tully, P. J., Zajac, I. T., & Venning, A. (2009). The Structure of Anxiety and Depression in a Normative Sample of Younger and Older Australian Adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37(5), 717-726.

Zajac, I. T., & Burns, N. R. (2007). Measuring auditory inspection time in primary school children. Journal of Individual Differences, 28, 45-52.