Nikki-Anne Wilson

(She/Her)

As a member of the UNSW Ageing Futures Institute, Nikki-Anne's current research explores dementia risk reduction as well as novel interventions to support older adults with cognitive decline.

Experience

  • 2026–present
    Lecturer , University of New South Wales
  • 2026–present
    Conjoint Research Fellow , NeuRA Neuroscience Research Australia

Education

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    Deakin University, BAppSc(psychology)
  •  
    Macquarie University, BSc-Psych(Hons, First Class)
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    University of Sydney, PhD

Publications

  • 2026
    Affiliate stigma in family members of people living with dementia: A cross-sectional study identifying protective factors, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2026.103872
  • 2026
    The principles of Population-Level Approaches to Dementia Risk Reduction (PLADRR), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1005059
  • 2026
    Cohort profile: the Resilient Minds national study of mental health and cognitive resilience in community dwelling adults aged 18 to 93, https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2026.1710349
  • 2025
    Humor styles and subjective wellbeing in older adults: Identifying mediators and associated implications for healthy aging, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2025.113393
  • 2025
    Avoiding Stigma in Dementia Prevention Discourse: Understanding Barriers and Harnessing Strengths., https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf122.296
  • 2024
    Change in visual acuity over a 12-year period predicts cognitive decline in older adults: identifying social engagement as a potential mediator, https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2430529
  • 2023
    What would a population-level approach to dementia risk reduction look like, and how would it work?, https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12985
  • 2023
    Testing times for dementia: a community survey identifying contemporary barriers to risk reduction and screening, https://alzres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13195-023-01219-4
  • 2023
    Dementia prevention and individual and socioeconomic barriers: Avoiding “lifestyle” stigma, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad130
  • 2022
    Putting the Pieces Together: Mental Construction of Semantically Congruent and Incongruent Scenes in Dementia, https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/1/20
  • 2020
    Scene construction impairments in frontotemporal dementia: Evidence for a primary hippocampal contribution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107327
  • 2020
    Constructing the social world: Impaired capacity for social simulation in dementia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104321
  • 2015
    Examining Rey Complex Figure Test organization in healthy adults, https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2015.1075473

Contact Nikki-Anne for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision