Rate My Professor Andrew Talk

Talk's research centers on the neurobiology of learning and memory, specifically the electrophysiological and biochemical processes involved in the storage and retrieval of information in the brain. He investigates neural changes associated with behaviourally silent learning, including sensory preconditioning and latent inhibition. His interests extend to biopsychology, neuropsychology, sleep's role in memory consolidation, eye movements in source memory, prefrontal cortex functions in encoding, claustrum involvement in reversal learning, and mechanisms of anti-predator behavior. Talk supervises honours and postgraduate students in these areas and has contributed public insights on the psychological benefits of naps.

He has produced a substantial body of peer-reviewed publications, including 'Mechanisms of anti-predator behavior in the great ramshorn snail' (PLOS ONE, 2024), 'Graded expression of source memory revealed by analysis of eye movements' (PLOS ONE, 2017), 'Preconditioning of Spatial and Auditory Cues' (Brain Sciences, 2016), 'The anterior claustrum and spatial reversal learning in rats' (Brain Research, 2013), and 'The prefrontal cortex is required for incidental encoding but not retrieval of context-associated objects' (Behavioural Brain Research, 2012). These works, supported by UNE faculty funding, have advanced understanding of memory processes and amassed nearly 1,000 citations across platforms like ResearchGate and Google Scholar.