Dr. Anina Rich

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Anina Rich is a professor and an ARC Future Fellow at Macquarie University. Her research primarily focuses on the mechanisms influencing sensory processing, particularly selective attention and the integration of information by the brain. Her studies investigate the delicate balance between voluntary deployment of attention and involuntary shifts caused by environmental events. Rich explores cognitive processes underlying visual search and the challenges of maintaining sustained attention, supported by neuroimaging and psychophysical methods. Additionally, she conducts extensive research on multisensory integration and synaesthesia, an unusual condition where stimulation of one sensory modality leads to involuntary experiences in another. Specific areas of interest include sound-colour synaesthesia and grapheme-colour synaesthesia, where sounds or written characters elicit specific colour experiences. She is actively conducting studies on these phenomena and investigates how the brain can adapt to changes or injuries. Rich's contributions to sensory processing have earned her recognition for her innovative approaches and collaborations in the field of cognitive neuroscience.

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