Dr Matthew Dry
Senior Lecturer
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Matthew Dry
Senior Lecturer - School of Psychology
Matt completed his PhD in Psychology in 2007 at the University of Adelaide, and then took up a post-doctoral research position at the University of Leuven in Belgium. He has been a lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide since 2011. His research has focused on the mathematical modelling of cognitive and perceptual processes, psychopharmacology, and (more recently) pedagogical research into tertiary education teaching and learning.
Honours project opportunities
Project 1: Predictors of academic achievement.
Supervisor Name: Dr Matt Dry
Project description: Investigating the role of personality, intellectual ability and factors such as stress, motivation, metacognition, creativity, perfectionism, etc on academic outcomes such as grades, satisfaction, post-graduate employment etc.
Availability: Semester 1.
Special requirements: Bachelor of Psychological Science Honours students only
Project 2: Human performance on the Traveling Salesperson
Problem (TSP).
Supervisor Name: Dr Matt Dry
Project description: The TSP is a computationally difficult optimization problem - understanding the cognitive processes underlying human performance on this task provides insight into our ability to perform computationally difficult tasks with apparent ease.
Availability: Semester 1
Special requirements: Bachelor of Psychological Science Honours students only
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2011 - ongoing Lecturer Level C University of Adelaide -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Conference Papers
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2019 Branson, V. M., Palmer, E., Dry, M. J., & Turnbull, D. (2019). A positive understanding of the effect of stress on psychological health: The role of eustress in adolescent wellbeing. Poster session presented at the meeting of 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology. Melbourne, Australia. 2019 Branson, V. M., Palmer, E., Dry, M., & Turnbull, D. (2019). A positive understanding of the effect of stress on psychological health: The role of eustress in adolescent wellbeing. Poster session presented at the meeting of 13th Florey Postgraduate Research Conference. 2018 Branson, V., Dry, M., Palmer, E., & Turnbull, D. (2018). The Adolescent Distress-Eustress Scale: Development and validation of a novel stress measure. Poster session presented at the meeting of 12th Florey Postgraduate Research Conference. 2017 Branson, V., Turnbull, D., Dry, M., & Palmer, E. (2017). How do young people experience stress? A qualitative investigation of the indicators of distress and eustress in adolescents. Poster session presented at the meeting of 11th Florey Postgraduate Research Conference. 2017 Branson, V., Turnbull, D., Dry, M., & Palmer, E. (2017). The Adolescent Distress-Eustress Scale: Developing a holistic measure of adolescent stress. Poster session presented at the meeting of 38th STAR Conference: Stress, Anxiety and Resilience: Challenges of the 21st Century. Hong Kong. -
Theses
Year Citation 2016 Oswald, T. K. (2016). Stress and Academic Success at University: Exploring Student Stress, the Nature of the Stress-Academic Success Relationship, and the Association of Stress Mindsets.. (Undergraduate Dissertation, School of Psychology, University of Adelaide).
Dry M, Due C, Strelan P, Turnbull D, Clark Y (2016). Office of the DVC(A) for the Indigenous Course Enrichment Project, $2,000. Co-investigator
Dry, M.J., Due, C., Chur-Hansen, A., & Burns, N.R. (2015-16). Office of Learning and Teaching - Seed Grant: Assessing the utility of an online adaptive learning tool in a large undergraduate program. (SD14-4348), $22,000. Principle Investigator.
Short, C., Dry, M.J., Skuse, A., Quester, P. (2015). University of Adelaide Interdisciplinary Research Grant: Maximising the potential of online behaviour change interventions: Determining the antecedents of user engagement. $18,000. Co-investigator.
Dry, M.J., Burns., N.R., & White, J. (2014). School of Psychology RIBG Small Grant: Estimating alcohol intoxication in a wide community sample of social drinkers. $6,953. Principle Investigator.
Nettelbeck, T., Burns, N.R., Dry, M.J., Ma-Wyatt, A., Ward, L. (2014). School of Psychology RIBG Small Grant: Setting up Driving Simulator for School of Psychology. $22,333. Co-Investigator.
Baetu, I., Burns, N.R., Dry, M.J., Dunn, J., Ma-Wyatt, A., Nettlebeck, T.J., Gaughwin, M.D., Buisman-Pijlman, F. (2012). NHMRC Equipment Grant: GSR and ECG recording extension for 64 channel EEG system. (GN9000112), $5,000. Co-Investigator.
Dry, M.J., (2012). Faculty of Health Sciences New Appointment Funding: The effects of low-to-moderate alcohol concentrations on cognitive functioning. $10,000. Principle Investigator.
Program Coordination
Bachelor of Psychological Sciences - Honours, 2019- present
Course Coordination
Honours Psychology Research Project - Course Coordinator, 2021- present
Honours Research Methods & Statistics - Course Coordinator, 2020- present
Honours Thesis in Psychology Part 1&2 - Course Coordinator, 2019-present
Psychology 1A - Course Coordinator, 2014-2019
Psychology 1B – Course Coordinator, 2014-2019
Research Methods in Psychology – Course Coordinator, 2013
Foundations of Perception & Cognition – Course Coordinator, 2012; 2015-2019
Teaching
Honours Psychology Research Project - 2021- present
Honours Research Methods & Statistics - 2020-present
Honours Thesis Part 1 & 2, 2019- present
Psychology 1A/B – Memory & Cognition module, 2011-present
Foundations of Perception & Cognition – Memory & Cognition module, 2012-present
Perception & Cognition – Concepts & Categories module, 2011-present
Research Methods in Psychology – Misc. modules, 2012-2015
Doing Research in Psychology – Statistical theory module, 2013 & 2015
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2019 Co-Supervisor The Impact of Music and Lyrics on Emotion Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Nathan Leigh Jones 2018 Co-Supervisor Functional Aspects of Binocular Vision Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Adam James Georgiou -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor The Adolescent Distress-Eustress Scale: Designing, Evaluating, and Utilising a Holistic Measure of Adolescent Stress Doctor of Philosophy/Master of Psychology (Clinical) Doctorate Full Time Dr Victoria Mary Branson 2016 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Acute Behavioural Tolerance to the Effect of Alcohol on Information Processing, Response Inhibition, and Subjective Intoxication Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ross Edward Comley 2011 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Narrative Recall in an Investigative Interview: Insight into Witness Metacognition Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Elizabeth Leonora Fontaine
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