MARCS In The Media

The research conducted in the MARCS Institute is often the feature of informative and entertaining news broadcast around the world.

Our researchers regularly contribute to leading media publications such as: 'The Conversation', The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, SBS News, ABC News, The Daily Mail, The Business Insider, Gizmodo and more.

For further information on our media and public relations, please contact Danielle Aiken, Research Media & Communications Officer, on phone (02) 9772 6695, mobile: 0417 904 348, or email d.aiken@westernsydney.edu.au

Media

Speech and Language

BBC News, Babies remember their birth language
AOL News, Babies can retain knowledge of their birth language
Daily Mail UK, People remember their birth language even if they haven't had the chance to speak it
Science Daily, Adoptees advantaged by birth language memory
Tubantia, Native Do not forget, even if you've never spoken
De Stentor, Native Do not forget, even if you've never spoken
Eindhovens Dagblad, Native Do not forget, even if you've never spoken
BN DeStem, Native Do not forget, even if you've never spoken
Brabants Dagblad, Do not forget, even if you've never spoken
Health Medicine Net, Babies remember their birth language

Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience

Parramatta Sun, Can we trust gadgets?
South West Voice, Can we trust machines?
Parramatta Advertiser, Boffins aim for peaceful night

Music Cognition and Action

Professor Peter Keller

Interlude. Music as Communication Across All Levels - An Interview with Peter Keller. 31 July 2018
The Conversation,
https://theconversation.com/rhythm-on-the-brain-and-why-we-cant-stop-dancing-56354
The Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3581149/So-s-people-t-dance-Scans-reveal-brain-responds-rhythm-causes-two-left-feet.html
IFLScience
http://www.iflscience.com/brain/rhythm-rhe-brain-and-why-we-can-t-stop-dancing
SBS Newshttp://www.sbs.com.au/topics/science/humans/article/2016/05/09/rhythm-brain-and-why-we-cant-stop-dancing-0
Stuff.co
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/teach-me/79871452/rhythm-on-the-brain-and-why-we-cant-stop-dancing
The Missouri Injury Blog
http://themissouriinjuryblog.com/2016/05/09/process-may-explain-why-some-people-have-no-natural-rhythm/
2SER
http://www.2ser.com/component/k2/item/22307-rhythm-and-the-brain

Professor Kate Stevens

ABC Radio National, 'Dance and Creativity'
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/dance-and-creativity/8033322

'Dementia research trials "time travel"

Dr Sandra Garrido

The Conversation, Sad music and depression, does it help?
https://theconversation.com/sad-music-and-depression-does-it-help-66123
ABC Regional, Sad music and depression, does it help?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub_5tRXcpmo
Science Direct - Musical prescriptions for mood improvement

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455616301071

Well and Good, Sad music can be dangerous to those suffering from depression according to studies
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/85328098/sad-music-and-depression-does-it-help
SCUSM
http://www.scusm.com.au/single-post/2016/10/30/Sad-music-and-depression-does-it-help
Music on the Mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGmH4VfNxU

Dr Bronson Harry

The Conversation, How our modular brain pieces the world together

Dr Andrew Milne

The Sydney Morning Herald. Musician using his post-rock past to help maths students. 13 August 2018.
Channel 7 News (Sydney). Interview with Dr Andrew Milne about his research which uses music to teach mathematics to high school students. Link not available. 12 August 2018.