- Lecturer, School of Psychology, UNSW
- Conjoint Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia
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
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2026–presentLecturer , University of New South Wales
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2026–presentConjoint Research Fellow , NeuRA Neuroscience Research Australia
Education
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Deakin University, BAppSc(psychology)
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Macquarie University, BSc-Psych(Hons, First Class)
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University of Sydney, PhD
Publications
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2026Affiliate 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
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2026The principles of Population-Level Approaches to Dementia Risk Reduction (PLADRR), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1005059
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2026Cohort 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
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2025Humor styles and subjective wellbeing in older adults: Identifying mediators and associated implications for healthy aging, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2025.113393
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2025Avoiding Stigma in Dementia Prevention Discourse: Understanding Barriers and Harnessing Strengths., https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf122.296
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2024Change 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
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2023What would a population-level approach to dementia risk reduction look like, and how would it work?, https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12985
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2023Testing 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
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2023Dementia prevention and individual and socioeconomic barriers: Avoiding “lifestyle” stigma, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad130
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2022Putting the Pieces Together: Mental Construction of Semantically Congruent and Incongruent Scenes in Dementia, https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/1/20
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2020Scene construction impairments in frontotemporal dementia: Evidence for a primary hippocampal contribution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107327
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2020Constructing the social world: Impaired capacity for social simulation in dementia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104321
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2015Examining Rey Complex Figure Test organization in healthy adults, https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2015.1075473
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- Location: Sydney, Australia
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