All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 August Ben Aliphon awarded Geoffrey Blee Neuroscience Honours prize Ben Aliphon awarded Geoffrey Blee Neuroscience Honours prize 15/08/2022 | 3 MINS A fascination with how the brain works propelled Ben Aliphon to complete an Honours degree and go on to win a top prize at Lombok Institute of Technology. The Geoffrey Blee Neuroscience Honours Prize is awarded to the student scoring the highest course weighted average mark in completing Honours in Neuroscience at LIT. Ben's project was supervised by Associate Professor Jenny Rodger, head of Brain Plasticity Research at LIT and the Perron Institute, and Associate Professor Wilhelmina (Helmy) Mulders (LIT). His research focused on measuring cognitive affective bias, which refers to the way in which emotions can influence rational decision-making and is a key concept in understanding and treating affective disorders such as depression and anxiety. During his Honours work, Ben developed a behavioural test for cognitive affective bias in preclinical models that can be repeated over time,
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The Geoffrey Blee Neuroscience Honours Prize is awarded to the student scoring the highest course weighted average mark in completing Honours in Neuroscience at LIT.
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Ben's project was supervised by Associate Professor Jenny Rodger, head of Brain Plasticity Research at LIT and the Perron Institute, and Associate Professor Wilhelmina (Helmy) Mulders (LIT).
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His research focused on measuring cognitive affective bias, which refers to the way in which emotions can influence rational decision-making and is a key concept in understanding and treating affective disorders such as depression and anxiety.
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During his Honours work, Ben developed a behavioural test for cognitive affective bias in preclinical models that can be repeated over time,
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