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Biography
I was born in Frankston, near Melbourne, in 1939. After graduating from Bega High School in 1957, I went to the University of Sydney where I studied psychology and philosophy and went on to complete a PhD and become a lecturer in psychology. I then held academic positions at Monash University, the University of Waterloo, the University of Reading and the University of London before taking a position as Professor of Psychology at Macquarie University in 1987, and then moving from that position to be Director of the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science (an Australian Research Council Special Research Centre) from 2000 until 2008.
Macquarie University awarded me a DSc in 2001 and an Honorary LLD in 2010, and I was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2010 Australia Day honours for services to children with learning difficulties. I'm a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and the British Academy.
I'm currently working on the cognitive neuropsychology and computational psychology of reading and also on several topics in cognitive neuropsychiatry, especially delusional belief.
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Projects
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CFR: Macquarie University Centre for Reading
Castles, A., McArthur, G., Parrila, R., Badcock, N., Banales, E., Beyersmann, L., Chik, A., Coltheart, M., Cupples, L., Cutler, H., Djonov, E., Kinoshita, S., Kohnen, S., Kruger, J., Menary, R., Nickels, L., Reichle, E., Ryan, M., Wang, H. & Yu, L.
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Development of strategic links between Macquarie University, Beijing Language and Culture University and other project partners on language acquisition and childhood language disorders
Crain, S., Gao, L., Cutler, A. & Coltheart, M.
1/06/12 → 31/12/12
Project: Research
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Building a model of the reading system: computational and experimental studies
Coltheart, M., Rastle, K., Mulatti, C., Besner, D. & MQRES, M.
1/01/12 → 30/06/15
Project: Research
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Two Emotiv systems
McArthur, G., Castles, A., Kohnen, S., Coltheart, M., Larsen, L., Anandakumar, T. & Banales, E.
19/03/10 → 30/06/10
Project: Research
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The two-factor theory
Davies, M. & Coltheart, M., 2025, The Routledge handbook of philosophy of delusion. Sullivan‑Bissett, E. (ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor and Francis, p. 430-449 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Delusional belief about location (“reduplicative paramnesia”)
Coltheart, M. & Davies, M., 2024, In: Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. 29, 4-5, p. 268-285 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Koro: a socially-transmitted delusional belief
Coltheart, M. & Davies, M., Mar 2024, In: Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. 29, 1, p. 10-28 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
The paradox of delusions: are deluded individuals resistant to evidence?
Furl, N., Coltheart, M. & McKay, R., 2024, Belief, imagination, and delusion. Sullivan-Bissett, E. (ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 240-265 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Visual hallucinations of autobiographical memories: a single-case study
Ramirez-Bermudez, J., Yoldi-Negrete, M., Martinez Juarez, I., Cárdenas Belaunzaran, J. & Coltheart, M., May 2024, In: Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. 29, 3, p. 186–193 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Henry Guze Award for the Best Research Paper in Hypnosis
Coltheart, Max (Recipient), Sowman, Paul (Recipient), Barnier, Amanda (Recipient), Langdon, Robyn (Recipient), Teichmann, Anna (Recipient), Williams, Nikolas (Recipient) & Polito, Vince (Recipient), 2018
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