DrBridgette Speranza

(she/her)

Associate Lecturer in Psychology, Education-focused

Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute

  • Associate Lecturer in Psychology, Education-focused
    Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute
  • +61 3 924 43042 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Bridgette Speranza is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Psychology. She is actively involved in teaching and supervision, and has experience in unit charing, lecturing, tutoring, and marking. Her teaching experience and interests span psychology, health, cognitive neuroscience, and biological psychology.

 

Bridgette is a member of the Brian Systems and Neurotherapeutics lab within the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit at Deakin. Her research focuses on cognitive neuroscience, particularly the neural mechanisms underlying facial emotion processing and non-invasive brain stimulation techniques. She employs advanced methodologies such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), theta-burst stimulation (TBS), electroencephalography (EEG), and neuronavigation.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Lecturer in Psychology, Education-focused
    Deakin University, School of Psychology

DEGREES

  • Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
    Deakin University
  • PhD
    Deakin University, Burwood, Australia3 Feb 2020 - 17 Dec 2024

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Neurosciences
  • Biological psychology
  • Cognitive and computational psychology
  • Behavioural neuroscience
  • Social and affective neuroscience

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Psychology

SPECIALIST RESEARCH GROUP

  • Deakin Lifespan Institute

AREAS OF EXPERTISE