
Dr Mark Kohler
Senior Lecturer
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
My research focuses on cognitive and behavioural development and psychophysiology. I have specific expertise in the areas of child sleep and cognition, sleep disorders, memory and learning, and more recently in nature-based learning and the benefits of nature engagement amongst children. I began my current position in 2018, after working as Senior Lecturer and Program Director for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of South Australia since 2010. Prior to this I completed a post-doctoral research position in Paediatrics and the University of Adelaide.
My research has a specific focus on child sleep and cognition, sleep disorders, learning and memory, child engagement with nature, as well as a broader interest in the interaction of child health, lifestyle factors and well-being. In 2022 I established the Wellbeing in Learning and Development laboratory (WiLDlab). I am a current member of the Environment Institute at the University of Adelaide, and work closely with Resilient Youth Australia and the Jane Goodall Institute Australia.
Honours projects available in 2022 include:
- Investigating predictors of child well-being, learning engagement and health in the community. Various topics available.
- Assessing the relationship between nature-based school learning and child well-being, learning engagement, environmental attitudes and nature connectedness.
- Investigating relationships between adult health and well-being, nature engagement, and environmental attitudes. Various topics available.
- Perceptions of naturalness in children. Development of a child-based tool to assess perceptions and preferences for naturalness.
I am currently not taking additional PhD students in 2022. More generally I supervise projects in the areas of child sleep, memory and learning development, nature-based learning, and the impact of the natural environment on cognition and well-being. See the WiLDlab website for more information on current projects
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Journals
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2022 Reichherzer, C., Cunningham, A., Barr, J., Coleman, T., McManus, K., Sheppard, D., . . . Thomas, B. H. (2022). Supporting Jury Understanding of Expert Evidence in a Virtual Environment. In Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2022 (pp. 615-624). Online: IEEE.
2021 Reichherzer, C., Cunningham, A., Coleman, T., Cao, R., McManus, K., Sheppard, D., . . . Thomas, B. H. (2021). Bringing the Jury to the Scene of the Crime: Memory and Decision-Making in a Simulated Crime Scene. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-12). New York, NY, United States: ACM.
2021 Cao, R., Zou-Williams, L., Cunningham, A., Walsh, J., Kohler, M., & Thornas, B. H. (2021). Comparing the neuro-physiological effects of cinematic virtual reality with 2D monitors. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR 2021) (pp. 729-738). online: IEEE.
Scopus42019 Liu, X., Pamula, Y., Kohler, M., & Baumert, M. (2019). A method for estimating Pulse Wave Amplitude Variability in children with Sleep Disordered Breathing. In Proceedings: 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) Vol. 2019 (pp. 2289-2292). online: IEEE.
Scopus1 WoS22018 Reichherzer, C., Cunningham, A., Walsh, J., Kohler, M., Billinghurst, M., & Thomas, B. (2018). Narrative and spatial memory for jury viewings in a reconstructed virtual environment. In IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Vol. 24 (pp. 2917-2926). online: IEEE.
Scopus7 WoS62015 Baumert, M., Kohler, M., Pamula, Y., & Immanuel, S. (2015). Symbolic dynamics of pulse transit time and heart period in children with upper airway obstruction. In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS Vol. 2015-November (pp. 1801-1804). Milan, ITALY: IEEE.
Scopus3 WoS32015 Baumeister, J., Marner, M., Smith, R., Kohler, M., & Thomas, B. (2015). Visual subliminal cues for spatial augmented reality. In T. Oishi, & J. Grubert (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Workshops, ISMARW 2015 (pp. 4-11). online: IEEE.
Scopus2 WoS42014 Immanuel, S., Kohler, M., Kabir, M., Saint, D., & Baumert, M. (2014). Symbolic dynamics of respiratory cycle related sleep EEG in children with sleep disordered breathing. In Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference Vol. 2014 (pp. 6016-6019). Chicago, IL: IEEE.
Scopus1 WoS12013 Immanuel, S., Kohler, M., Pamula, Y., Kabir, M., Saint, D., & Baumert, M. (2013). Increased variability in respiratory parameters heralds obstructive events in children with sleep disordered breathing. In Proceedings of the 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS Vol. 2013 (pp. 2024-2027). USA: IEEE.
Scopus1 WoS12013 Immanuel, S., Pamula, Y., Kohler, M., Saint, D., & Baumert, M. (2013). Characterizing respiratory waveform regularity and associated thoraco-abdominal asynchrony during sleep using respiratory inductive plethysmography. In Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, IEEE ISSNIP 2013 Vol. 1 (pp. 329-332). CD: IEEE.
2012 Kabir, M., Kohler, M., Abbott, D., & Baumert, M. (2012). Effect of spontaneous arousals on cardio-respiratory interaction in healthy children. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Vol. 2012 (pp. 45-48). CD: IEEE.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12012 Immanuel, S., Kohler, M., Pamula, Y., Kabir, M., Saint, D., & Baumert, M. (2012). Thoraco-abdominal asynchrony in children during quiet sleep using Hilbert transform. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Vol. 2012 (pp. 3448-3451). CD: IEEE.
Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC22012 Watson, E., Banks, S., Rigney, G., Kohler, M., & Blunden, S. (2012). The effects of dietary sugar intake on prepubescent girls's sleep stages: a preliminary study. In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 21 (pp. 238). Paris, FRANCE: WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2011 Cicua-Navarro, D., Kohler, M., Lushington, K., & Kennedy, D. (2011). Primary snoring in children from a community-based sample compared to a clinical sample. In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 20 (pp. 53). Sydney, AUSTRALIA: WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2011 Spooner, R., Whelan, S., & Kohler, M. (2011). Sleep and memory consolidation in children with sleep disordered breathing (SDB). In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 20 (pp. 34). Sydney, AUSTRALIA: WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2011 Kohler, M. (2011). What we leave behind: the efficacy of adenotonsillectomy in snoring children. In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 20 (pp. 9-10). Sydney, AUSTRALIA: WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2011 Kabir, M., Kohler, M., Abbott, D., & Baumert, M. (2011). Quantification of cardio-respiratory interactions in healthy children during night-time sleep using joint symbolic dynamics. In Proceesings of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS Vol. 2011 (pp. 1459-1462). USA: IEEE.
WoS22011 Coussens, S., Kohler, M., Baumert, M., Martin, J., Kennedy, D., Lushington, K., . . . Pamula, Y. (2011). EEG spectral changes associated with spontaneous arousals in children with upper airway obstruction. In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 20 (pp. 52). Sydney, AUSTRALIA: WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2011 Kabir, M., Kohler, M., Abbott, D., & Baumert, M. (2011). Quantification of cardio-respiratory interactions in healthy children during night-time sleep using joint symbolic dynamics. In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS (pp. 1459-1462).
Scopus12009 van den Heuvel, C. J., & Kohler, M. J. (2009). SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING IN CHILDREN: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEP TIME AND BODY WEIGHT DURING DEVELOPMENT. In SLEEP Vol. 32 (pp. A98). Seattle, WA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. 2008 Van den Heuvel, C. J., Wanklyn, C. J., Biggs, S. N., Kohler, M. J., & Kennedy, D. (2008). Childhood sleep breathing disorders: neurocognition and behaviour four years after treatment. In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 17 (pp. 128-129). Glasgow, SCOTLAND: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC. 2008 Kohler, M., Van den Heuvel, C. J., Lushington, K., Martin, J., & Kennedy, D. (2008). Neurocognitive deficits before and after treatment for obstructive sleep disordered breathing in children. In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 17 (pp. 43). Glasgow, SCOTLAND: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC. 2008 Kohler, M. (2008). Sleep time and body mass amongst children with sleep disordered breathing. In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 17 (pp. 149). Glasgow, SCOTLAND: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC. 2006 Kohler, M., Kennedy, D., Van den Heuvel, C., Martin, J., & Lushington, K. (2006). Child cognitive performance and behaviour before and after adenotonsillectomy. In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 15 (pp. 120). Innsbruck, AUSTRIA: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2012 Bruni, O., Kohler, M., Novelli, L., Kennedy, D., Lushington, K., Martin, J., & Ferri, R. (2012). NREM SLEEP INSTABILITY AND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE IN CHILDHOOD. Poster session presented at the meeting of SLEEP. Boston, MA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. 2012 Bruni, O., Kohler, M., Novelli, L., Kennedy, D., Lushington, K., Martin, J., & Ferri, R. (2012). The relationship between sleep slow oscillation and cognitive performance in children. Poster session presented at the meeting of JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH. Paris, FRANCE: WILEY-BLACKWELL. -
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Current funding:
Braysher Management Fund, Australasian Wildlife Management Society. Project: 'The impact of nature based learning on child well-being and connectedness to nature'.
Phillips Foundation. Project: 'The Roots and Shoots Resource Box Program' (in collaboration with Jane Goodall Institute Australia). See https://rootsandshoots.org.au/resourcebox/
Resilient Youth Australia
I currently teach courses in research methods as well individual differences in psychology at an undergraduate level, and sleep within the clinical psychology program. I have extensive prior experience teaching into cognitive neuroscience topics and developmental psychology.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2023 Co-Supervisor Naturalistic emotion reasoning in childhood: the role of parents on children’s ability to understand and use emotions to interact with others Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Kye Jayden Palmer 2023 Co-Supervisor Investigating the connection between dyslexia and reduced memory function: The applications for diagnosis and treatment of dyslexia. Master of Philosophy (Medical Science) Master Full Time Mr Jeremy Richard Blackwell 2023 Principal Supervisor Nature-based play program to promote child wellbeing, resilience and school engagement. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Luka Dellavia 2021 Principal Supervisor Nature Play? No way! An investigation of preventative factors impacting on child engagement in nature play. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Madison Skye Bellchambers 2021 Principal Supervisor Development and trial of a nature-based play program for use in Australian primary schools and to trial this program, monitoring its effectiveness in promoting pro-environmental attitudes, resilience, and school performance Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Andrew James Morris 2020 Principal Supervisor Investigating the relationship between nature-based learning, cognitive development, resilience and psychological wellbeing, and educational outcomes in primary school children Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mrs Angela Osborn
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