Rate My Professor Graham Jamieson

Dr. Graham Jamieson serves as Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, at the University of New England. He obtained his PhD in Psychology from the University of Queensland in 2002, specializing in hypnosis and Stroop research under Professor Peter Sheehan. Following his doctorate, he held a postdoctoral position in Cognitive Neuroscience at Imperial College London. At UNE, Jamieson directs the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory (G-lab), which employs non-invasive human electrophysiology techniques such as EEG, ECG, behavioral measures, and neurofeedback systems to examine integrated cognitive, affective, and social processes in the brain. The lab's theoretical foundation is Interoceptive Predictive Coding, as detailed in key literature on interoception and awareness. Strategic research domains include neuromodulation for trauma-related dissociation, rhythmic sensory entrainment using virtual reality, neural networks underlying conscious states including sleep, hypnosis, meditation, and religious experiences, mindfulness training for sports performance, and human sexuality in collaboration with the Biopsychology lab.

Jamieson's scholarly contributions encompass editing the seminal volume 'Hypnosis and Conscious States: The Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective' (Oxford University Press, 2007), contributing chapters to 'Hypnosis: Part B' (2025) and 'Perspectives of Dissociative Identity Response' (in press), and co-authoring the textbook 'Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding' (Pearson, 2018). Prominent journal articles include 'Hypnotic induction is followed by state-like changes in the organization of EEG functional connectivity in the theta and beta frequency bands in high-hypnotically susceptible individuals' (Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014), 'A unified theory of hypnosis and meditation states: the interoceptive predictive coding approach' (2015), 'Low and then high frequency oscillations of distinct right cortical networks are progressively enhanced by medium and long term Satyananda Yoga meditation practice' (2014), 'Past and Future Explanations for Depersonalization and Derealization Disorder: A Role for Predictive Coding' (2022), and 'Childhood Sexual, Emotional, and Physical Abuse as Predictors of Dissociation in Adulthood' (2021). His research has accumulated over 3,500 citations on Google Scholar. Jamieson teaches Cognitive Psychology (PSYC206) and Cognitive Affective and Social Neuroscience (PSYC309), supervises postgraduate students in areas like EEG, meditation, hypnosis, and states of consciousness, and contributes to editorial boards including the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.