Role: Lead researcher
This was part of my PhD research. It had the following aims:
This was part of my PhD research. It had the following aims:
- Extension of the Think/No-Think paradigm
- The ability to suppress unwanted using the Think/No-Think paradigm in relation to two psychological traits (OCD and PTSD)
- Using the Think/No-Think paradigm as a countermeasure in Brain Fingerprinting
This project was completed in collaboration with Prof Michael Anderson at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK.
Achievements
Achievements
- I supervised early career research students undertaking Think/No-Think studies.
- I work on an international Think/No-Think project as a Principal Investigator.
Publications
Suppression-induced forgetting in obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress subclinical samples
M. Usman Afzali, K. Johnson, J. Lynskey, D. Nardo, R. D. Jones, E. Neumann
Psychology & Neuroscience, Advance online publication, 2025, pp. 1-22
M. Usman Afzali, Richard D. Jones, Alex P. Seren-Grace, Robin W. Palmer, Dena Makarious, Mariana N. B. Rodrigues, Ewald Neumann
Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 37(3), Wiley, 2023 Feb 3, pp. 480-495
M. Usman Afzali
University of Canterbury, 2022 Jun 23