Dr Emily McCann
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Casual Tutor
School of Psychology
Researcher biography
Dr. Emily McCann is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Dementia & Neuro Mental Health Research Unit at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research. She is currently working on the development of a Parkinson's Disease specific cognitive toolkit to harmonise cognitive assessment and understand the development of dementia.
She completed her PhD in 2024 at the Cognitive Neurology (Nestor) lab at the Queensland Brain Institute. During her PhD, she investigated the nature and timing of visuoperceptual impairments across a range of neurodegenerative diseases.
Journal Articles
McCann, Emily, Lee, Soohyun, Coleman, Felicia, O’Sullivan, John D. and Nestor, Peter J. (2023). Pareidolias are a function of visuoperceptual impairment. PLoS One, 18 (11) e0293942, 1-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293942
Fazlollahi, Amir, Lee, Soohyun, Coleman, Felicia, McCann, Emily, Cloos, Martijn A., Bourgeat, Pierrick and Nestor, Peter J. (2023). Increased resolution of structural MRI at 3T improves estimation of regional cortical degeneration in individual dementia patients using surface thickness maps. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 95 (3), 1-10. doi: 10.3233/jad-230030
Conference Papers
Fazlollahi, Amir, Lee, Soohyun, Coleman, Felicia, McCann, Emily and Nestor, Peter (2023). Significant diffusion MRI changes in the callosal genu in progressive supranuclear palsy compared to Lewy Body Diseases. Australia Dementia Research Forum, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 29 - 31 May 2023.
Flavell, Joshua, Coleman, Felicia, Lee, Soohyun, McCann, Emily and Nestor, Peter (2023). The test of emotion recognition in social context (TERIC): A novel social cognition test for clinical practice. Australia Dementia Research Forum, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 29 - 31 May 2023.
McCann, Emily, Lee, Soohyun, Coleman, Felicia, O'Sullivan, John and Nestor, Peter (2023). Pareidolias are related to visuoperceptual ability. Australia Dementia Research Forum, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 29 - 31 May 2023.
McCann, Emily, Lee, Soohyun, Coleman, Felicia and Nestor, Peter (2023). Exploring visuoperception in Lewy body diseases. Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 28 March - 1 April.
Fazlollahi, Amir, Lee, Soohyun, Coleman, Felicia, McCann, Emily and Nestor, Peter (2023). MRI Estimation of Iron Deposition Identifies Elevated Pallidal And Rubral Iron Levels In PSP Compared To Parkinson’s Disease. Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 28 March - 1 April 2023.
McCann, Emily, Lee, Soohyun, Coleman, Felicia, O'Sullivan, John and Nestor, Peter (2023). Case Study: Patient HL, Parkinson’s Disease. Cognition and Basal Ganglia Club, Brisbane, QLD Australia, March 2023.
McCann, Emily, Lee, Soohyun, Coleman, Felicia, O'Sullivan, John and Nestor, Peter (2023). Pareidolias as misperceptions in Lewy Body Disorders. Clem Jones Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research (CJCADR) Scientific Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9 February 2023.
Flavell, Joshua, Lee, Soohyun, Coleman, Felicia, McCann, Emily and Nestor, Peter (2023). The TERIC: The Test of Emotion Recognition in Social Context. Clem Jones Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research (CJCADR) Scientific Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 8 - 10 February 2023.
McCann, Emily, Lee, Soohyun, Coleman, Felicia, O'Sullivan, John and Nestor, Peter (2023). Do you see what I see? Hallucinations, misperceptions, and lewy bodies. Clem Jones Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research (CJCADR) Scientific Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 8 - 10 February 2023.
McCann, Emily and Nestor, Peter (2022). Visual processing in Lewy Body diseases. QBI Genomics, Clinical Research Theme Meeting, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 16 November 2022.
McCann, Emily and Nestor, Peter (2022). Hallucinations and misperceptions in neurodegenerative diseases. UQ Neuroscience Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26 - 27 September 2022.
McCann, Emily and Nestor, Peter (2021). Development of new tests for Dementia diagnoses. Clem Jones Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research (CJCADR) Retreat, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26 November 2021.
McCann, Emily and Nestor, Peter (2021). Visuoperception in Neurodegenerative diseases. Queensland Brain Institute: Genomics, Clinical Research Theme Meeting, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26 November 2021.
Bradley, Claire, McCann, Emily, Dux, Paul and Mattingley, Jason (2019). Dynamic changes in brain networks for spatial attention revealed by transcranial magnetic stimulated evoked potentials. Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Launceston, TAS Australia, 21 - 24 November 2019.
Thesis
McCann, Emily (2024). The ‘what’ and ‘where’ of visual processing in neurodegeneration: the essential yet overlooked component of diagnostic testing in dementia. PhD Thesis, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/04df1e7