Staff profile

Professor Simon F Crowe

Professor

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Psychological Science
Department of Psychology

George Singer Building, Room 261, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BBSc Hons, BSc., MSc, PhD L TU, Grad Dip Bus.

Membership of professional Associations

FAICD, FAPS, ACN, ANZAPPL, ASSBI, IBNS, INS, SFN

Area of study

Psychology

Brief Profile

I was appointed to the School of Psychology in February, 1991 as a joint appointment to the areas of Clinical Neuropsychology and Biological Psychology. I was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1994 and to Associate Professor in 2000. Before I joined La Trobe I worked as a Clinical Neuropsychologist, firstly at the Brain Trauma Unit at Mont Park and then as the State wide Consultant Neuropsychologist at the Neuropsychiatric Unit at Mont Park. During 1989 I was the Clinical Psychologist in the Forensic Psychiatry Unit.

Research activities

  • Biological basis of memory formation: The focus of this research since has been to study the biological and psychological processes involved in memory consolidation and reconsolidation, mostly using the day-old chick as subject.
  • Neuropsychiatric Disorders: These studies centre on the theme of the compromise in language and other neuropsychological functions as a result of neuropsychiatric disorder.

Postgraduate Research Supervision

  PhD DPsych Masters Honours Empirical Thesis Completed 9 16 14 24 In process 4 7 1 2 Total 13 23 15 26

Holding Positions in Professional Organisations

  • Vice President and Director, Australian Psychological Society, 2006-2007
  • Co-chair Science and Research Advisory Group, Australian Psychological Society, 2007
  • Director of Science, Australian Psychological Society Board of Directors, 2006.
  • Membership Secretary: National College of Clinical Neuropsychologists (APS), 1997-2000
  • Chair: College of Clinical Neuropsychologists (APS: Victorian Section), 1989-1994
  • Chair: College of Clinical Neuropsychologists (APS: Victorian Section), 1998-2000
  • Executive member, College of Clinical Neuropsychologists (APS: Victorian Section), 1995.
  • Representative of the Board of Clinical Neuropsychologists: Executive of the Victorian Branch of the APS: 1989-1994
  • Committee Member: Workshops sub-committee of the Education and Training sub-committee of the National Executive of the APS: 1992-1994
  • Convenor: Education and Training Committee of the Victorian Branch of the APS: 1993
  • Committee Member: Brain Behaviour Research Institute, 1992-1994

The Exercise of Professional Skills

  • Private practice in clinical neuropsychology focussing on medico-legal aspects of acquired brain injury and the neuropsychology of psychiatric disorders, 1990-2007
  • Consultant Neuropsychologist, Western Hospitals, Footscray and Sunshine, 1991-1997
  • Independent assessor TAC: 1992- present
  • Independent Assessor (Section 112) Victorian Work Cover Authority, 1994-present

Awards and Memberships

  • Fellow, Australian Psychological Society, 2003.
  • Winner D.M. Myers Medal (recognition as top Honours graduate): 1984.
  • Winner Australian Psychological Society Prize: 1984.
  • Registered as a psychologist under the Victorian Psychologists Registration Act (Number 2006): 1987-present.
  • Registered as a psychologist by the NSW Psychologists Registration Board (Number PS0055210): 1999-present.
  • Member of the Australian Psychological Society: 1986-present.
  • Member APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists: 1987-present.
  • Member APS College of Forensic Psychologists: 1998-present.
  • Member Society for Neuroscience (USA) 2004-present.
  • Member International Neuropsychological Society: 1991-present.
  • Member National Academy of Neuropsychology (USA) 1999-present.
  • Member International Behavioral Neuroscience Society: 1993-present.
  • Member Australian and New Zealand Association for the Study of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law: 1991-present.
  • Member Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment: 1987-present.

Editorial and other Research-Related Activities

  • Editor: Australian Psychologist: 2001-2005.
  • Associate Editor: Australian Psychologist: 1994-2000.
  • Editorial Consultant: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law: 1994-present.
  • Occasional Reviewer: Australian and NZ Journal of Psychiatry, Australian Journal of Psychology, Australian Psychologist, Behavioural Pharmacology, Brain Impairment, Brain Research Bulletin, Cortex, European Journal of Psychopharmacology, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Neuropsychology, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Personality and Individual Differences.
  • External examiner of PhD, Doctor of Psychology or Masters theses from: Flinders University, James Cook University, La Trobe University, Macquarie University, Monash University, Murdoch University, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, University of Southern Queensland, University of Western Australia and Victoria University.
  • Member NH&MRC Review Panel, 5j Psychiatry and Psychology, 2006.
  • Member: Expert Medical Reference Panel, Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders; beyondblue: The national depression initiative, 2002-2007.
  • External Grant Reviewer: ARC; NH&MRC; Smoking and Health Research Foundation of Australia; Neurological Foundation (New Zealand).
  • Honorary Research Fellow Department of Psychology, Monash University, 1 January 1996 to 31 December 2000.
  • Member Animal Ethics Committee, Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering, 1998-2001.

Teaching Units

 Professor Crowe takes his role as a teacher very seriously. He has attended many sessions provided by the Academic Development Unit at La Trobe on various aspects of lecturing, assessing and supervising as well as having read extensively on these topics.

During all of his time at La Trobe Professor Crowe has presented lectures, seminars, design and supervision of practical classes and tutorials and administrative responsibility for teaching including input at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Masters and Doctor of Psychology levels  on topics in the areas of his research strength.

Consulting

Professor Crowe also undertakes clinical neuropsychology assessments in his private consultancy. This work involves undertaking cognitive and emotional assessment of clients with workplace injuries.

Recent Publications

Publications summary

Books Book Chapters Refereed Articles Other contribution to refereed journals Non- refereed Articles Published Abstracts Total 2 9 81 15 5 43 155

My papers have been cited 711 times in the international literature with an average citation per item of 9.61 and a h-index of 16.

Recent Papers:

Wilson, D.L., Barnes, M., Ellett, L., Permezel, M., Jackson, M., & Crowe, S.F. (in press). Compromised verbal episodic memory with intact visual and procedural memory during pregnancy. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. (accepted for publication of 20 December, 2010).

Wilson, D.L., Barnes, M., Ellett, L., Permezel, M., Jackson, M., & Crowe, S.F. (in press) Decreased sleep efficiency, increased wake after sleep onset and increased cortical arousals in late pregnancy. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (accepted for publication of 15 September, 2010).

Crowe, S. F., Barot, J., Caldow, S., D’Aspromonte, J., Dell’Orso, J., Di Clemente, A., Hanson, K., Kellett, M., Makhlota, S., McIvor., B, McKenzie, L., Norman, R., Thiru, A., Twyerould, M. & Sapega, S.  (2011). The effect of caffeine and stress on auditory hallucinations in a non-clinical sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 626-630.

Panayiotou, A., Jackson, M., & Crowe, S.F. (2010). A meta-analytic review of the emotional symptoms associated with mild traumatic brain injury. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32 (5), 463–473.

Sherry, J.M., Milsome, S.L., & Crowe, S.F. (2010). The roles of RNA synthesis and protein translation during reconsolidation of passive-avoidance learning in the day-old chick. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 94, 438–446.

Kokavec, A., Lindner, A.J., Ryan, J.E., & Crowe, S.F. (2009). Ingesting alcohol prior to food can alter the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 93, 170–176.

Brophy, L., Jackson, M., & Crowe, S.F. (2009). Interference effects on commonly used memory tasks. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 24, 105-112.

Crowe, S.F.,Neath, J., & Hale, M.W. (2009). The type 4 phosphodiesterase inhibitors rolipram and YM976 facilitate recall of the weak version of the passive avoidance task in the day-old chick. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 92, 224–230.

Sherry, J.M., Hazi, A., Hale, M.W., Milsome, S.L., & Crowe, S.F. (2009). Gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) disruption of passive avoidance learning in the day-old chick appears to be due to its effect on GABAB not gamma-hydroxybutric acid (GHB) receptors. Behavioural Brain Research, 197, 347–355.

Walkenhorst, E., & Crowe, S.F. (2009).The effect of state worry and trait anxiety on aspects of working memory performance in a normal sample. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 22(2), 167-187.

Recent Books:

Crowe, S.F (2010). Evidence of absence: A guide to cognitive assessment in Australia. Brisbane: Australian Academic Press.

Crowe, S.F. (2008). The behavioural and emotional complications of traumatic brain injury. New York: Psychology Press. 

Recent Book Chapters:  

Crowe, S.F. (2010). Chapter 68. Forensic neuropsychology. In I. Freckelton and H. Selby (Eds). Expert evidence (p. 68:1051-68:13072). Sydney, NSW: Thomson Reuters.

Crowe, S.F. (2009). Commentary: Watching the brain work. In Burton, L. Westen. D., & Kowalski, R. (Eds). Psychology: 2nd Australian and New Zealand Edition. (pp. 112-113). Queensland, Australia: John Wiley.