Professor Simon Dennis
Professor of Psychology, Director of the Complex Human Data Hub, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Health & Medicine
Privacy and health: The lessons of COVID-19
Despite public support, the COVIDSafe app failed to reach its download target. So, what are the implications for future policies that need citizens to share information?
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Watch Episode 2: Life beyond Coronavirus: The Expert view
From the government’s Covidsafe tracking app to a new testing regime - what will it take to end isolation?
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Who should own research data?
The Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal and fallout is a good reason to ask whether research participants should start owning their own data
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Sensors and big data are showing how our minds work
Big data and personal sensing technology are revolutionising psychology, opening new frontiers in our understanding of how our minds work and how we treat mental illness
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Why kids genuinely ‘can’t wait’
A child’s developing memory makes the world wondrous and slow, but an adult’s reliance on routine speeds everything up so that we really do exist in a different time perception