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I'm a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences. I study cognitive and neurological changes that occur in altered states of consciousness. I'm also interested in self representation, in particular how we monitor our feelings of control over our actions (sense of agency) and how we track our bodies in space (body representation). My research focuses on understanding how altered states can improve mental health and enhance cognition. I have investigated clinical applications of low doses of psychedelics, attentional capacities in meditation, psychiatric symptoms of disturbed control, states of flow in expertise, hypnotic suggestions, and body representation alterations in virtual reality.
You can find out more about this work on my website or follow me on twitter here.
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The science of human responsibility: Mapping sense of agency in virtual reality, psychosis and hypnosis.
30/06/17 → …
Project: Research
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New methods to alter disturbed body perception in Anorexia Nervosa: modifying body shape perception with virtual reality paradigms
Zopf, R., Williams, M., Dean, C., Mondraty, N. & Polito, V.
1/01/17 → …
Project: Research
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The science of human responsibility: An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the sense of agency
Polito, V., Klein, C., Kaplan, D. M., Langdon, R., Hitchens, M., Zopf, R., Carruthers, G. & Woody, E.
1/01/16 → …
Project: Research
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A longitudinal study of microdosing psilocybin as a treatment for mild/moderate depression
Polito, V., Brett, J., Bayes, A., Stevenson, D., Liknaitzky, P., Rodgers, A., Sowman, P., Jones, M., Shaheen, N., Kang, M., Holdenson Kimura, P., Chapman, N. & Chester, C.
14/04/22 → 30/10/22
Project: Research
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A systematic study of microdosing psychedelics
Polito, V. & Stevenson, R. J., 6 Feb 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 2, p. 1-26 26 p., e0211023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hypnotic Clever Hands: agency and automatic responding
Polito, V., Barnier, A. J. & Connors, M. H., Jun 2018, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 147, 6, p. 815-828 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sense of agency across contexts: insights from schizophrenia and hypnosis
Polito, V., Langdon, R. & Barnier, A. J., 2015, In: Psychology of consciousness : theory, research, and practice. 2, 3, p. 301-314 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing the Sense of Agency Rating Scale (SOARS): An empirical measure of agency disruption in hypnosis
Polito, V., Barnier, A. J. & Woody, E. Z., 2013, In: Consciousness and cognition. 22, 3, p. 684-696 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards a science of internal experience: conceptual and methodological issues in hypnosis and meditation research
Polito, V. & Connors, M. H., 2016, Hypnosis and meditation: towards an integrative science of conscious planes. Raz, A. & Lifshitz, M. (eds.). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, p. 171-187 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Prizes
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Australian National Finalist in the British Council’s Famelab Competition
Polito, Vince (Recipient), 2014
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Does microdosing improve your mood and performance? Here’s what the research says
7/02/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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We’re starting to learn some incredible things about hypnosis.
7/09/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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What can Neuroscience learn from Buddhist Meditation?
Britta Biedermann, Peter Sedlmeier & Vince Polito
29/04/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Meditation meets Neuroscience
Britta Biedermann, Vince Polito & Peter Sedlmeier
24/04/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research