Imagine that! Cultivating the mind’s eye to promote flourishing lives
Imagine diving into a pool made of marshmallow. Some people simply can’t. Why is this important? How does our imagination affect our mental health and the ability to lead rewarding and flourishing lives? Will the answers be beyond your imagination?
Bio
Dr Julie Ji is an inaugural Forrest Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Research on Emotion (CARE Lab), School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia. Julie is an expert on the link between emotion and cognition, and her research investigates how imagination-based mental simulations of future experiences can be leveraged to promote greater reward-seeking behaviour in depression, via its impact on judgment, motivation and decision-making. Prior to taking up her fellowship, Julie was a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Psychology, University of Virginia. She completed her doctorate in 2017 as a Cambridge Australia Poynton Scholar at Medical Research Council Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge. Prior to embarking on her scientific career, Julie worked as a management consultant in Sydney, and as a communications officer for the United Nations World Food Programme in Kathmandu, Nepal.
7:00pm @The Grand Bar and Bistro (Mezzanine level), 150B St Georges Terrace, Perth
Also speaking at this location at 5:30pm is Dr Lies Notebaert
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