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 Dr Liana Machado

Email liana.machado@otago.ac.nz
Tel 64 3 479 7622
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Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology

My laboratory researches the mechanisms and machinery underlying healthy brain functions and the cognitive deficits that emerge as a result of brain disease and advanced aging.

Understanding Brain Function and Dysfunction

To this end, we study patients suffering from neurological conditions (such as stroke and Parkinson's disease), as well as neurologically healthy young and aging adults. We then combine the knowledge gained from each of these groups so that we can advance the current understanding of brain function and brain dysfunction.

Visual Orienting

My main interest is in visual orienting, including attention and eye movements, with a particular focus on how more advanced brain structures orchestrate the activities of more primitive brain structures in order to generate strategic behaviours.

Publications

Berryman, A., & Machado, L. (2025). Cognitive functioning in females with endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain: A literature review. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/arclin/acaf003 Journal - Research Other

McNeill, R., Marshall, R., Fernando, S. A., Harrison, O., & Machado, L. (2025). COVID-19 may enduringly impact cognitive performance and brain haemodynamics in undergraduate students. Brain, Behavior & Immunity, 125, 58-67. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.12.002 Journal - Research Article

Nasrollahi, N., Jowett, T., & Machado, L. (2024). Effects of wearing a surgical face mask on cognitive functioning and mood states: A randomised controlled trial in young adults. Cognitive Processing. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10339-024-01238-5 Journal - Research Article

Ramos, A. A., Bertola, L., Figueiredo da Mata, F. A., Barbosa, M. G., Boaventura, V., Machado, L., … Ferri, C. P. (2024). Socioeconomic determinants of cognition among older adults in the Brazilian longitudinal study of aging (ELSI-Brazil): A life-course approach. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00127-024-02734-x Journal - Research Article

Machado, L. (2024). Stair climbing improves cognition and affect in adults: Evidence from randomized controlled trials. International Journal of Psychology, 59(S1), (pp. 120). doi: 10.1002/ijop.13169 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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