Dr Chris Watling

Name | Dr Chris Watling |
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Email Address | chris.watling@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Lecturer (Psychology) |
Qualifications | BBehSc QUT, PGDipPsych QUT, MAppSc QUT, PhD QUT |
Department | School of Psychology and Wellbeing |
Affiliations | Centre for Health Research |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1440-2401 |
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Biography
Dr Chris Watling is a Lecturer (Psychology) in the School of Psychology and Wellbeing at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ). He has a background in psychology, focusing on the psychophysiology of sleepiness, arousal, cognition as well as behavioural performance and the overlapping areas of neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, attention, and sleep health. Dr Watling has broad expertise within the field of sleep and sleepiness (both clinical and behavioural), including its measurement, influencing factors, and associated health and mental health outcomes as well as increased risk and impaired driving outcomes.
Employment
Position | Organisation | From | To |
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Lecturer (Psychology) | University of Southern Queensland | 2022 | 2023 |
Visiting Fellow | Queensland University of Technology | 2022 | 2023 |
Research Fellow | Queensland University of Technology | 2016 | 2021 |
Visiting Associate | Stockholm University | 2014 | 2019 |
Laboratory Manager and Physiological Measurement Adviser | Queensland University of Technology | 2012 | 2016 |
Polysomnographer (Sleep studies) | The Prince Charles Hospital | 2009 | 2016 |
Teaching
PSY2040 Human Information Processing
Fields of Research
- 520105. Psychological methodology, design and analysis
- 520202. Behavioural neuroscience
- 520206. Psychophysiology
- 520304. Health psychology
- 520401. Cognition
- 520402. Decision making
- 520404. Memory and attention
- 520406. Sensory processes, perception and performance
- 520503. Personality and individual differences
- 520505. Social psychology
BBehSc
QUT
2008
PGDipPsych
QUT
2009
MAppSc
QUT
2012
PhD
QUT
2016
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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The activity demands and physiological testing in esports | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Understanding the entire footprint left on society by road traffic crash trauma: A psychological approach | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
The effects of sleep extension and lucid dreaming practice on sport performance in adolescent athletes | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2019 |
Parental style and executive functioning development in ADHD. Effects on driving risk and licencing | Principal Supervisor | Masters | 2023 |
Fear and stress in public bathrooms: a psychophysiological study comparing gendered responses | Principal Supervisor | Masters | 2022 |
Safe Connections Toowoomba: Evaluating Lifeline Awareness Raising Workshops for Parents and Guardians Seeking to Connecting and Supporting LGBTQIA+ Communities | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2022 |
Executive function, moral decision making and emotional regulation in young adults: the effect of sleepiness | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Investigating levels of operational preparedness in paramedic personnel through pupillometry, ocular biofeedback measures and autonomic nervous system biomarkers following fatiguing stimuli. | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
Completed Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
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Bio-signal based driver drowsiness detection and alerting system | Principal | Masters | 2021 |
Exploring moral dilemmas in simulated traffic situations involving the use of autonomous vehicles while measuring neuropsychological correlates of driver intervention performance | Principal | Masters | 2022 |
Date | Name | Awarding organisation | Underpinning research |
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2017 | International Editorial Board Member | IATSS Research | |
2019 | Scientific committee member | 7th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology (ICTTP) | |
2016 | Driving and Fatigue Symposium | 6th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology (ICTTP) |