MAPlab

"We don't see things as they are; we see them as we are."

Welcome to the MAPlab at UNSW Sydney!

Our research probes relationships between motivation, emotion, and attentional control. How do they shape what we see and remember? How do their interactions affect psychological and physical well-being?

CoronaLabphoto — *Sahil Sharma, Steve Most (lab director), Mayeesha Azim, Poppy Watson, Taline Bardakjian, Toby Johnson, Sandy Onie, Karoleena Ivanov, & Chisato Mine*

New Paper!

December 28, 2019

Congrats to former PhD student Dr Vera Newman, whose dissertation work on the cognitive impact of emotion appraisal processes has been accepted at Acta Psychologica. We found that people who appraised heights to be dangerous were worse than those who did not at classic measures of executive function when placed high in the air through … More New Paper!

Steve Selected as APS Fellow

December 27, 2019

Lab Director Steve Most was named a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), in recognition of sustained impactful contributions to the science of psychology.

Poppy Watson Receives DECRA!

December 27, 2019

Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Poppy Watson, who received a prestigious Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) from the ARC! This is a highly competitive fellowship that recognizes her as one of the most promising up-and-coming talents in the country. Well done and well deserved!