Emeritus Professor Murray Maybery is a Senior Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Western Australia. He earned his BSc (Honours) in Psychology from the University of Melbourne in 1976 and his PhD from the University of Queensland in 1987. Maybery joined the University of Western Australia in 1989 as a Lecturer in the School of Psychology, progressing through the ranks to Senior Lecturer from 1997 to 2005, Associate Professor from 2006 to 2018, and serving as Head of School from 2012 to 2016. Prior to his appointment at UWA, he worked as a Senior Tutor from 1986 to 1988 and Senior Research Assistant from 1980 to 1985 in the Psychology Department at the University of Queensland. During his tenure, he introduced the Graduate Certificate in Autism Diagnosis, a program that continues to train diagnosticians across Australia.

Maybery's research specializations include autism, child development, cognitive development, cognitive psychology, developmental disorders, developmental psychology, memory and information processing, and working memory. His contributions to autism research have been substantial, with key publications such as 'Multiple cognitive capabilities/deficits in children with an autism spectrum disorder: “Weak” central coherence and its relationship to theory of mind and executive control' (2006), 'Abnormal global processing along the dorsal visual pathway in autism: a possible mechanism for weak visuospatial coherence?' (2005), 'Using self-report to identify the broad phenotype in parents of children with autistic spectrum disorders: a study using the Autism-Spectrum Quotient' (2004), 'Empathy, perspective taking and prosocial behaviour: The importance of parenting practices' (2012), 'The misnomer of “high functioning autism”: Intelligence is an imprecise predictor of functional abilities at diagnosis' (2020), and 'Effect of preemptive intervention on developmental outcomes among infants showing early signs of autism: A randomized clinical trial of outcomes to diagnosis' (2021). He has secured multiple competitive grants, including Australian Research Council Discovery Projects on multidimensional autistic traits and attention (2019-2021), prenatal testosterone and brain laterality in language development (2016-2020), and atypical cognition in autism (2012-2014), as well as National Health and Medical Research Council funding for prenatal risk factors for autism spectrum disorders (2011-2015). His scholarship has produced 174 articles, 26 conference papers, 10 review articles, and 8 book chapters, amassing thousands of citations and advancing understanding of cognitive profiles across the autism spectrum.

Professional Email: murray.maybery@uwa.edu.au