Scott Coussens

Mr Scott Coussens

School of Society and Culture

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.


Year Citation
2025 Cross, Z. R., Santamaria, A., Coussens, S. W., & Kohler, M. J. (2025). Effects of aperiodic neural activity on sleep-based emotional memory consolidation across the lifespan. Neuropsychologia, 219, 109270.
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2025 Fatima, Y., Edmed, S. L., Von Senden, R., Bucks, R. S., Nasir, B., Sullivan, D. P., . . . Skinner, T. (2025). Obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis and management in First Nations communities: protocol for the Let’s Yarn About Sleep-Obstructive Sleep Apnea Program. Sleep Advances, 6(4), 10 pages.
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2025 Cross, Z. R., Helfrich, R. F., Corcoran, A. W., Dede, A. J. O., Kohler, M. J., Coussens, S. W., . . . Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I. (2025). Slow oscillation-spindle coupling predicts sequence-based language learning. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 45(3), e2193232024-1-e2193232024-14.
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2024 Howlett, C. A., Stanford, T., Berryman, C., Karran, E. L., Bellan, V., Coussens, S., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2024). Investigating self-report and neuropsychological assessments of cognitive flexibility in people with and without persistent pain: An online, cross-sectional, observational study. British Journal of Pain, 18(2), 176-196.
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2024 Boord, M. S., Feuerriegel, D., Coussens, S. W., Davis, D. H. J., Psaltis, P. J., Garrido, M. I., . . . Keage, H. A. D. (2024). Neurophysiological patterns reflecting vulnerability to delirium subtypes: A resting-state EEG and event-related potential study. Brain Communications, 6(5), fcae298-1-fcae298-13.
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2024 Bower, I. S., Broadbent, J., Coussens, S., & Enticott, P. G. (2024). Retraction notice to “Elevated ceiling heights reduce the cognitive performance of higher-education students during exams” Journal of Environmental Psychology (2024) 102367 (Journal of Environmental Psychology (2024) 97, (S0272494424001403), (10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102367)). Journal of Environmental Psychology, 99, 102451.
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2024 Bower, I. S., Broadbent, J., Coussens, S., & Enticott, P. G. (2024). Elevated ceiling heights reduce the cognitive performance of higher-education students during exams. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 97(102367), 7 pages.
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2023 Astley, J., Keage, H. A. D., Kelson, E., Callahan, R., Hofmann, J., Thiessen, M., . . . Coussens, S. (2023). Font disfluency and reading performance in children: An event-related potential study.. Brain and cognition, 169(105986), 105986.
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2022 Macnamara, A., Coussens, S., Chen, C., Schinazi, V. R., & Loetscher, T. (2022). The psychological impact of instrumental activities of daily living on people with simulated age-related macular degeneration. BJPsych Open, 8(5, article no. e152), 1-10.
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2022 Macnamara, A., Schinazi, V. R., Chen, C., Coussens, S., & Loetscher, T. (2022). The effect of age-related macular degeneration on cognitive test performance. Scientific reports, 12(article no. 4033), 1-6.
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2021 Skorucak, J., Weber, N., Carskadon, M. A., Reynolds, C., Coussens, S., Achermann, P., & Short, M. A. (2021). Homeostatic response to sleep restriction in adolescents. Sleep, 44(9, article no. zsab106), 1-11.
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2021 Chandrakumar, D., Coussens, S., Keage, H. A. D., Banks, S., Dorrian, J., & Loetscher, T. (2021). Monotonous driving induces shifts in spatial attention as a function of handedness. Scientific Reports, 11(1, article no. 10155), 1-12.
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2021 Macnamara, A., Schinazi, V. R., Chen, C., Coussens, S., & Loetscher, T. (2021). Vision impairments reduce cognitive test performance. Nature Aging, 1(11), 975-976.
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2021 Liebherr, M., Corcoran, A. W., Alday, P. M., Coussens, S., Bellan, V., Howlett, C. A., . . . Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I. (2021). EEG and behavioral correlates of attentional processing while walking and navigating naturalistic environments. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 22325-1-22325-13.
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2021 Boord, M. S., Davis, D. H. J., Psaltis, P. J., Coussens, S. W., Feuerriegel, D., Garrido, M. I., . . . Keage, H. A. D. (2021). DelIrium VULnerability in GEriatrics (DIVULGE) study: A protocol for a prospective observational study of electroencephalogram associations with incident postoperative delirium. BMJ Neurology Open, 3(2), e000199-1-e000199-8.
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2021 Boord, M. S., Moezzi, B., Davis, D., Ross, T. J., Coussens, S., Psaltis, P. J., . . . Keage, H. A. D. (2021). Investigating how electroencephalogram measures associate with delirium: a systematic review. Clinical Neurophysiology, 132(1), 246-257.
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2020 Cross, Z. R., Santamaria, A., Corcoran, A. W., Chatburn, A., Alday, P. M., Coussens, S., & Kohler, M. J. (2020). Individual alpha frequency modulates sleep-related emotional memory consolidation.. Neuropsychologia, 148(107660), 1-16.
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2020 Centofanti, S., Banks, S., Coussens, S., Gray, D., Munro, E., Nielsen, J., & Dorrian, J. (2020). A pilot study investigating the impact of a caffeine-nap on alertness during a simulated night shift. Chronobiology International, 37(9-10), 1469-1473.
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2020 Chandrakumar, D., Dorrian, J., Banks, S., Keage, H. A. D., Coussens, S., Gupta, C., . . . Loetscher, T. (2020). The relationship between alertness and spatial attention under simulated shiftwork. Scientific Reports, 10(1, article no. 14946), 1-12.
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2020 Keage, H. A. D., Feuerriegel, D., Greaves, D., Tregoweth, E., Coussens, S., & Smith, A. E. (2020). Increasing objective cardiometabolic burden associated with attenuations in the P3b event-related potential component in older adults. Frontiers in Neurology, 11, 1-11.
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2019 Mellow, M. L., Goldsworthy, M. R., Coussens, S., & Smith, A. E. (2019). Acute aerobic exercise and neuroplasticity of the motor cortex: a systematic review. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 23(4), 408-414.
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2019 Hofmann, J., Keage, H., Callahan, R., Coussens, S., Churches, O., & Baetu, I. (2019). Neural indices of associative learning in pre-adolescents: An event-related potential study. Brain and Cognition, 130, 11-19.
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2019 Feuerriegel, D., Churches, O., Coussens, S., & Keage, H. A. D. (2019). Temporal expectations modulate face image repetition suppression of early stimulus evoked event-related potentials. Neuropsychologia, 122, 76-87.
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2018 Feuerriegel, D., Churches, O., Coussens, S., & Keage, H. A. D. (2018). Evidence for spatiotemporally distinct effects of image repetition and perceptual expectations as measured by event-related potentials. NeuroImage, 169, 94-105.
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2018 Kohler, M., Kennedy, D., Martin, J., Coussens, S., Pamula, Y., Wabnitz, D., & Lushington, K. (2018). The influence of body mass on long-term cognitive performance of children treated for sleep-disordered breathing. Sleep Medicine, 51, 1-6.
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2018 Short, M. A., Weber, N., Reynolds, C., Coussens, S., & Carskadon, M. A. (2018). Estimating adolescent sleep need using dose-response modeling. Sleep, 41(4), 1-14.
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2018 Reynolds, C. M., Gradisar, M., Coussens, S., & Short, M. A. (2018). Sleep spindles in adolescence: a comparison across sleep restriction and sleep extension. Sleep medicine, 50, 166-174.
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2018 Galland, B. C., Short, M. A., Terrill, P., Rigney, G., Haszard, J. J., Coussens, S., . . . Biggs, S. N. (2018). Establishing normal values for pediatric nighttime sleep measured by actigraphy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep, 41(4), 1-16.
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2018 Short, M. A., Blunden, S., Rigney, G., Matricciani, L., Coussens, S., Reynolds, C. M., & Galland, B. (2018). Cognition and objectively measured sleep duration in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep health, 4(3), 292-300.
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2017 Agostini, A., Carskadon, M. A., Dorrian, J., Coussens, S., & Short, M. A. (2017). An experimental study of adolescent sleep restriction during a simulated school week: changes in phase, sleep staging, performance and sleepiness. Journal of sleep research, 26(2), 227-235.
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2015 Thiessen, M., Kohler, M., Churches, O., Coussens, S., & Keage, H. (2015). Brainy type : a look at how the brain processes typographic information. Visible Language, 49, 175-188.
2014 Chatburn, A., Coussens, S., & Kohler, M. (2014). Resiliency as a mediator of the impact of sleep on child and adolescent behavior. Nature and Science of Sleep, 6, 1-9.
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2014 Keage, H., Coussens, S., Kohler, M., Thiessen, M., & Churches, O. (2014). Investigating letter recognition in the brain by varying typeface: An event-related potential study. Brain and Cognition, 88(1), 83-89.
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2014 Coussens, S., Baumert, M., Kohler, M., Martin, J., Kennedy, D., Lushington, K., . . . Pamula, Y. (2014). Movement distribution: a new measure of sleep fragmentation in children with upper airway obstruction. Sleep, 37(12), 2025-2034.
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2013 Chatburn, A., Coussens, S., Lushington, K., Kennedy, J., Baumert, M., & Kohler, M. (2013). Sleep spindle activity and cognitive performance in healthy children. Sleep, 36(2), 237-243.
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2006 Baraglia, D., Berryman, M., Coussens, S., Pamula, Y., Kennedy, J., Martin, A., & Abbott, D. (2006). Automated sleep scoring and sleep apnea detection in children. Proceedings of Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology 2005, 6039, 60930T-1-60930T-12.
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2005 Berryman, M., Coussens, S., Pamula, Y., Kennedy, J., Lushington, K., Shalizi, C., . . . Abbott, D. (2005). Nonlinear aspects of the EEG during sleep in children. Proceedings of SPIE Vol 5841, Fluctuations and Noise in Biological, Biophysical, and Biomedical Systems III, 5841, 40-48.
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  • Obstructive sleep apnoea diagnosis and
management in First Nations communities: community co-design, local capacity
building and place-based models for sustainable success , Medical Research Future Fund, 01/06/2023 - 01/03/2027

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2020 External 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
2020 External 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 Full Time Mrs Angela Osborn