The Cognition in Health & Illness (CHI) Lab is based in the School of Psychology at Charles Sturt University (Port Macquarie) Australia.
We study how cognitive control systems adapt, and struggle and become rigid under uncertainty across neurodivergence, development, and psychopathology.
We develop a transdiagnostic computational framework of adaptive failure and flexibility in these systems, integrating cognitive neuroscience, developmental science, and clinical psychology.
Our work is organised around a single framework:
Adaptive struggle and flexibility in cognitive control systems
Team
Dr. Joyce M. G. Vromen
PhD, MSc (cum laude), BSc(Hons)
I am a registered psychologist and researcher working on adaptive flexibility in cognitive control systems. My research develops a transdiagnostic, computational account of how cognitive control supports adaptation under uncertainty, and how it becomes rigid or unstable across neurodivergence, development, psychopathology, and environmental context. I integrate computational, developmental, and clinical approaches to study mechanisms of cognitive regulation across health and illness.
Dr. Anchal Garg
PhD
PostGraduate Research assistant
Dr. Fika Karnadewi
PhD
PostGraduate Research assistant
Gaayathri Thampi
MSc
Research assistant
Join our team!
We are always looking for passionate and diverse researchers at all stages of their career to join our team.
Reach out to the lab via jvromen@csu.edu.au
Our lab is committed to fostering an inclusive community that celebrates diverse backgrounds and abilities and listens to a broad range of perspectives.