Name: Dr Helen Skouteris
Job Title: Psychological Scientist
§ BIOGRAPHY
Dr Helen Skouteris is a lecturer in the School of Psychological Science.
Since 1988, her research interests have focused largely on perceptual and cognitive development.
Dr Skouteris' Honours and PhD Research was published in 1992 and 1997, respectively, on the topic of integration of progressively exposed shape information by infants and pre-school children.
§ Other Current Research Areas
Dr Skouteris is also active in two other research areas. The first of these is exploring the issue of body image changes during pregnancy and the factors that lead to and result from body dissatisfaction during pregnancy.
The second area of research that has been initiated by Dr Skouteris in recent years is the study of age-of-entry as a factor in the transition of infants into childcare and the impact of this variable on the mother's transition to the workplace. Currently there is no regulated lower age limit for entry into childcare. Dr Skouteris has been awarded an industry collaborative grant to conduct this research.
§ Key Achievements
§ Academic Qualifications
1996 | PhD La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia: "Recognition of form after progressive visual exposure by pre-school children". |
1991 | Honours, First Class, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. |
1988 | Bachelor of Arts, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. |
Memberships include:
1992 | Recipient of a Young Achiever Award in Human Development Research. This was awarded by the organising committee of the Seventh Australian Developmental Conference. |
1991 | Recipient of an Australian Postgraduate Research Award with a higher stipend. La Trobe University may award stipends at the higher level to scholars in research priority areas. The priority area into which my Ph.D research fell was Cognitive Science. |
1991 | Recipient of the David Myers University Medal that is awarded annually by La Trobe University to the outstanding honours graduate in each school, if of sufficient merit. |
1991 | Recipient of the Australian Psychological Society Prize. This prize is awarded annually to a fourth year student who, being of sufficient merit, has in that year pursued with most distinction a fourth-year course of study in sychology. |
§ Publications
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