Rate My Professor Alex Chatburn

Dr Alex Chatburn is a Lecturer in the School of Psychology within the College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences at Adelaide University. His research specializes in cognitive neuroscience, focusing on neurophysiological mechanisms underlying sleep, memory consolidation, vigilance, decision-making, and cognitive performance. Chatburn has authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals. Key works include Hayati et al. (2025) on inter-brain synchrony in real-world and virtual reality search tasks using EEG hyperscanning (Frontiers in Virtual Reality); Ali, Chatburn, and Immink (2025) on post-error slowing during motor sequence learning (Psychological Research); Chatburn, Lushington, and Cross (2024) providing considerations for neurobiologically-informed EEG measurement of sleepiness (Brain Research); Jano et al. (2024) exploring how predictability and individual alpha frequency shape memory via event-related potentials (Neurobiology of Learning and Memory); Jano et al. (2024) on prior context and individual alpha frequency in predictive processing during language comprehension (Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience); Brown et al. (2023) demonstrating that a single session of mindfulness meditation expedites motor memory consolidation (Journal of Motor Learning and Development); Dziego et al. (2023) on neural and cognitive correlates of performance in dynamic multi-modal settings (Neuropsychologia); Bitton, Chatburn, and Immink (2023) investigating mindfulness meditation states on true and false memory (Journal of Cognitive Enhancement); Petzka et al. (2022) showing sleep spindles track cortical learning patterns for memory consolidation (Current Biology); and Gibson, Cross, and Chatburn (2022) on theta activity during encoding interacting with NREM sleep oscillations to predict memory generalization (Frontiers in Human Neuroscience).

Earlier significant contributions encompass Chatburn et al. (2021) on consolidation and generalisation across sleep depending on EEG factors and sleep spindle density (Neurobiology of Learning and Memory); Cross et al. (2020) linking individual alpha frequency to sleep-related emotional memory consolidation (Neuropsychologia); Chatburn et al. (2017) examining sleep restriction and deprivation in producing false memories (Neurobiology of Learning and Memory); Baumeister et al. (2016) evaluating augmented reality as a countermeasure for sleep deprivation (IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics); Chatburn et al. (2014) meta-analyzing complex associative memory processing and sleep with underlying EEG mechanisms (Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews); and Chatburn et al. (2014) on resiliency mediating sleep's impact on child and adolescent behavior (Nature and Science of Sleep). Chatburn is eligible to co-supervise Masters and PhD students and teaches courses such as Cognitive Neuroscience. Previously affiliated with the University of South Australia, his collaborative research advances understanding of individual and team cognition in varied physiological contexts.