Nikki-Anne Wilson

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
NeuRA: Neuroscience Research Australia

Sydney, NSW

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Biography

Nikki-Anne is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA). Her work focuses on understanding the cognitive changes in dementia, identifying risk factors, and developing interventions to support those living with dementia. 

She completed her PhD at the Brain and Mind Centre, based at The University of Sydney, for which she was awarded the Rita and John Cornforth Graduate Medal for Research Excellence. Her PhD research examined novel social-cognitive changes in the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), a younger onset dementia. 

Nikki-Anne is a passionate science communicator and regular speaker at science outreach events.

Please don't hesitate to contact Nikki-Anne for speaking, outreach, and networking opportunities.

Nikki-Anne identifies as having a disability.

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Academic paper

2020

Constructing the social world: Impaired capacity for social simulation in dementia
Academic paper

2020

Scene construction impairments in frontotemporal dementia: Evidence for a primary hippocampal contribution
Academic paper

2022

Damage to right medial temporal structures disrupts the capacity for scene construction - a case study
Academic paper

2022

Putting the Pieces Together: Mental Construction of Semantically Congruent and Incongruent Scenes in Dementia
Award

2022

Brain and Mind Centre Excellence and Impact Awards

Award

2022

Graduate Medal for Research Excellence