Doctor Celia Harris

Doctor Celia Harris

Director of Impact & Engagement,
MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development

Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow - Cognitive Neuroscience,
MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development

Biography

Qualifications

  • PhD Macquarie University

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development
  • MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development

Contact

Email: Celia.Harris@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9772 6570
Mobile:
Location: 4.19
Westmead

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Publications

Books

  • Meade, M., Harris, C., Van Bergen, P., Sutton, J. and Barnier, A. (2017), 'Collaborative Remembering: Theories, Research and Applications', : Oxford University Press 9780198737865.

Chapters in Books

  • Meade, M., Harris, C., Van Bergen, P., Sutton, J. and Barnier, A. (2017), 'Collaborative remembering : background and approaches', Collaborative Remembering: Theories, Research, and Applications, Oxford University Press 9780198737865.
  • Meade, M., Harris, C., Van Bergen, P., Sutton, J. and Barnier, A. (2017), 'Concluding remarks : common themes and future directions', Collaborative Remembering: Theories, Research, and Applications, Oxford University Press 9780198737865.
  • Harris, C., Sutton, J. and Barnier, A. (2010), 'Autobiographical forgetting, social forgetting, and situated forgetting : forgetting in context', Forgetting, Psychology Press 9781848720121.
  • Sutton, J., Harris, C. and Barnier, A. (2010), 'Memory and cognition', Memory: Histories, Theories, Debates, Fordham University Press 9780823232598.

Journal Articles

  • Brookman, R., Bird, F., Harris, C. and Grant, K. (2022), '[In Press] Social anxiety disorder : associations with peer-liking, discrimination, and prejudicial feelings in early adolescent girls', Child Psychiatry and Human Development, .
  • Harris, C., Van Bergen, P., Harris, S., McIlwain, N. and Arguel, A. (2022), 'Here's looking at you : eye gaze and collaborative recall', Psychological Research, vol 86, no 3 , pp 769 - 779.
  • Harris, C. and O'Connor, A. (2022), '[In Press] On the same wavelength : the impact of other-generated cues on the reported retrieval processes and qualities of autobiographical memories', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, .
  • Harris, C., Van Bergen, P., Strutt, P., Picard, G., Harris, S., Brookman, R. and Nelson, K. (2022), 'Teaching elaborative reminiscing to support autobiographical memory and relationships in residential and community aged care services', Brain Sciences, vol 12, no 3 .
  • Harris, C., Sutton, J., Keil, P., McIlwain, N., Harris, S., Barnier, A., Savage, G. and Dixon, R. (2022), 'Ageing together : interdependence in the memory compensation strategies of long-married older couples', Frontiers in Psychology, vol 13 .
  • Harris, S., Baird, A. and Harris, C. (2022), '[In Press] "She starts to be her old self again" : familial reflections on pre-and post-onset identity in people with Alzheimer's and behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia', International Journal of Care and Caring, , pp 1 - 19.
  • Harris, C., Brookman, R. and O'Connor, M. (2021), '[In Press] It's not who you lose, it's who you are : identity and symptom trajectory in prolonged grief', Current Psychology, .
  • Harris, S., Baird, A., Matthews, S., Kennett, J., Gelding, R. and Harris, C. (2021), 'The impact of dementia on the self : do we consider ourselves the same as others?', Neuroethics, vol 14, no Suppl. 3 , pp 281 - 294.
  • Harris, C., Baird, A., Harris, S. and Thompson, W. (2020), '"They're playing our song" : couple-defining songs in intimate relationships', Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, vol 37, no 1 , pp 163 - 179.
  • Grysman, A., Harris, C., Barnier, A. and Savage, G. (2020), 'Long-married couples recall their wedding day : the influence of collaboration and gender on autobiographical memory recall', Memory, vol 28, no 1 , pp 18 - 33.
  • Selwood, A., Harris, C., Barnier, A. and Sutton, J. (2020), 'Effects of collaboration on the qualities of autobiographical recall in strangers, friends and siblings : both remembering partner and communication processes matter', Memory, vol 28, no 3 , pp 399 - 416.
  • Crane, M., Kho, M., Kangas, M., Griffin, B., Karin, E., Earl, J. and Harris, C. (2020), 'Strengthening resilience in over 50's : a nested clustered-randomized controlled trial of adaptive systematic self-reflection', Anxiety, Stress and Coping, vol 33, no 6 , pp 623 - 641.
  • Browning, C., Harris, C. and Van Bergen, P. (2019), 'Successful and unsuccessful collaborative processes in strangers and couples performing prospective memory tasks', Discourse Processes, vol 56, no 8 , pp 655 - 674.
  • Harris, C. and Berntsen, D. (2019), 'Direct and generative autobiographical memory retrieval : how different are they?', Consciousness and Cognition, vol 74 .
  • Barnier, A., Harris, C., Morris, T., Strutt, P. and Savage, G. (2019), 'The impact of self-reported hearing difficulties on memory collaboration in older adults', Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol 13 .
  • Numbers, K., Barnier, A., Harris, C. and Meade, M. (2019), 'Ageing stereotypes influence the transmission of false memories in the social contagion paradigm', Memory, vol 27, no 3 , pp 368 - 378.
  • Harris, C., Barnier, A., Sutton, J. and Savage, G. (2019), 'Features of successful and unsuccessful collaborative memory conversations in long-married couples', Topics in Cognitive Science, vol 11, no 4 , pp 668 - 686.
  • Baird, A., Harris, C., Harris, S., Sutton, J., Miller, L. and Barnier, A. (2019), 'Does collaboration with an intimate partner support memory performance? : an exploratory case series of people with epilepsy or acquired brain injury', NeuroRehabilitation, vol 45, no 3 , pp 385 - 400.
  • Browning, C., Harris, C., Van Bergen, P., Barnier, A. and Rendell, P. (2018), 'Collaboration and prospective memory : comparing nominal and collaborative group performance in strangers and couples', Memory, vol 26, no 9 , pp 1206 - 1219.
  • Barnier, A., Harris, C., Morris, T. and Savage, G. (2018), 'Collaborative facilitation in older couples : successful joint remembering across memory tasks', Frontiers in Psychology, vol 9 .
  • Barnier, A., Klein, L. and Harris, C. (2018), 'Transactive memory in small, intimate groups : more than the sum of their parts', Small Group Research, vol 49, no 1 , pp 62 - 97.
  • Harris, C., Barnier, A., Sutton, J. and Khan, T. (2017), 'Social contagion of autobiographical memories', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, vol 6, no 3 , pp 319 - 327.
  • Harris, C., Barnier, A., Sutton, J., Keil, P. and Dixon, R. (2017), '"Going episodic" : collaborative inhibition and facilitation when long-married couples remember together', Memory, vol 25, no 8 , pp 1148 - 1159.
  • Bohn, A., Koppel, J. and Harris, C. (2017), 'Life happens when you are young : reminiscence bump in cultural life scripts regardless of number of events elicited', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, vol 6, no 3 , pp 337 - 342.
  • Harris, C., O'Connor, A. and Sutton, J. (2015), 'Cue generation and memory construction in direct and generative autobiographical memory retrieval', Consciousness and Cognition, vol 33 , pp 204 - 216.
  • Barber, S., Harris, C. and Rajaram, S. (2015), 'Why two heads apart are better than two heads together : multiple mechanisms underlie the collaborative inhibition effect in memory', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol 41, no 2 , pp 559 - 566.
  • Harris, C., Barnier, A., Sutton, J. and Keil, P. (2014), 'Couples as socially distributed cognitive systems : remembering in everyday social and material contexts', Memory Studies, vol 7, no 3 , pp 285 - 297.
  • Harris, C., Rasmussen, A. and Berntsen, D. (2014), 'The functions of autobiographical memory : an integrative approach', Memory, vol 22, no 5 , pp 559 - 581.
  • Barnier, A., Priddis, A., Broekhuijse, J., Harris, C., Cox, R., Addis, D., Keil, P. and Congleton, A. (2014), 'Reaping what they sow : benefits of remembering together in intimate couples', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, vol 3, no 4 , pp 261 - 265.
  • Harris, C., Barnier, A. and Sutton, J. (2013), 'Shared encoding and the costs and benefits of collaborative recall', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol 39, no 1 , pp 183 - 195.
  • Barnier, A., Harris, C. and Congleton, A. (2013), 'Mind the gap : generations of questions in the early science of collaborative recall', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, vol 2, no 2 , pp 124 - 127.
  • Harris, C., Barnier, A. and Sutton, J. (2012), 'Consensus collaboration enhances group and individual recall accuracy', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol 65, no 1 , pp 179 - 194.
  • Harris, C., Keil, P., Sutton, J., Barnier, A. and McIlwain, D. (2011), 'We remember, we forget : collaborative remembering in older couples', Discourse Processes, vol 48, no 4 , pp 267 - 303.
  • Harris, C., Sharman, S., Barnier, A. and Moulds, M. (2010), 'Mood and retrieval-induced forgetting of positive and negative autobiographical memories', Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol 24, no 3 , pp 399 - 413.
  • Sutton, J., Harris, C., Keil, P. and Barnier, A. (2010), 'The psychology of memory, extended cognition, and socially distributed remembering', Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, vol 9, no 4 , pp 521 - 560.
  • Harris, C., Barnier, A., Sutton, J. and Keil, P. (2010), 'How did you feel when "The Crocodile Hunter" died? Voicing and silencing in conversation influences memory for an autobiographical event', Memory, vol 18, no 2 , pp 185 - 197.
  • Harris, C., Paterson, H. and Kemp, R. (2008), 'Collaborative recall and collective memory : what happens when we remember together?', Memory, vol 16, no 3 , pp 213 - 230.
  • Barnier, A., Sutton, J., Harris, C. and Wilson, R. (2008), 'A conceptual and empirical framework for the social distribution of cognition : the case of memory', Cognitive Systems Research, vol 9, no 1-2 , pp 33 - 51.
  • Barnier, A., Conway, M., Mayoh, L., Speyer, J., Avizmil, O. and Harris, C. (2007), 'Directed forgetting of recently recalled autobiographical memories', Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, vol 136, no 2 , pp 301 - 322.

Current Projects

Title: The integration of exercise, social interaction and reminiscing to improve wellbeing of people with dementia: The evaluation of an innovation program in residential aged care.
Funder:
  • Australian Association of Gerontology
Western Researchers: Ruth Brookman, Celia Harris and Joyce Siette Ng
Years: 2022-07-11 - 2023-12-31
ID: P00028062

Previous Projects

Title: Familiar places and familiar faces: exploring the role of familiarity in language use with and by older adults
Funder:
  • ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language
Western Researchers: Caroline Jones, Clair Hill and Celia Harris
Years: 2021-07-01 - 2022-06-30
ID: P00027310

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