Mr Hamish Innes-Brown is a Research Assistant at the Bionic Ear Institute. He completed a Bachelor of Cognitive Science (with honours) in 1999 at the University of Western Australia. Using electroencephalography (EEG, or brain-wave recordings), he has worked on several projects related to understanding psychosis and auditory hallucinations. His PhD research uses EEG recordings to examine the neural mechanisms that integrate auditory and visual information in the brain.

In 2007 Hamish joined the Bionic Ear Institute, initially working on a project investigating multisensory processing in adults, normal-hearing children, and children with cochlear implants.

He is now working on the Music & Pitch project, where he is looking at ways of using the brain's capacity for multisensory integration to improve music appreciation for cochlear implant users.

▪ Improving music perception and appreciation for cochlear implant users

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1. Marozeau, J., Innes-Brown, H., Grayden, D. B., Burkitt, A. N., & Blamey, P. (2010). The effect of visual cues on auditory stream segregation in musicians and non-musicians. PLoS ONE, 5(6), e11297.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011297
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2. Innes-Brown H, Crewther D (2009). The Impact of spatial incongruence on an auditory-visual illusion. PLoS ONE 4(7): e6450. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006450
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3. Gavrilescu M, Rossell S, Stuart GW, Shea TL, Innes-Brown H, Henshall K, McKay C, Sergejew AA, Copolov D, Egan GF. (2010).Reduced connectivity of the auditory cortex in patients with auditory hallucinations: a resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Psychol Med. Jul;40(7):1149-58.

4. Price, G.W., Michie, P.T., Johnston, J., Innes-Brown, H., Kent, A., Clissa, P., Jablensky, A.V. (2006). A multivariate electrophysiological endophenotype, from a unitary cohort, shows greater research utility than any single feature in the Western Australian family study of schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry. 60(1): 1-10

5. Innes-Brown, H., & Crewther, D. (2003). Sound-induced illusory flashing - A spatial exploration. Australian Journal of Psychology, 55, 20-21.

6. Michie, P., Innes-Brown, H., Todd, J., & Jablensky, A. (2002). Duration of MMN in first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Schizophrenia Research, 53(3), 19-19.

7. Michie, P.T., Innes-Brown, H., Todd, J. and Jablensky, A.V. (2001) Duration MMN in biological relatives of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Biological Psychiatry 52(7).

-Papers Under review-

Batty, R., Rossell, S., Innes-Brown, H., Joshua, N., and Francis, A. (2009). Does the N170 indicate phases of encoding in face perception? Paper under review for the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

-Conference Presentations-

Music Perception and Appreciation Project

Innes-Brown, H., Marozeau, J., Grayden, D. B., Burkitt, A. N., and Blamey, P. (2009). Visual cues can improve musical stream segregation for cochlear implant users. Paper presented at the 19th Australasian Psychophysiology Society Conference, November 28-30, Newcastle, Australia.

Innes-Brown, H., Marozeau, J., Grayden, D. B., Burkitt, A. N., and Blamey, P. (2009). Visual information can improve musical stream segregation, Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Music Communication Science (ICoMCS2), 3-4 December, Sydney, Australia.

Marozeau, J., Innes-Brown, H., Grayden, D. B., Burkitt, A. N., and Blamey, P. (2009). The effect of temporal envelope on melody segregation, Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Music Communication Science(ICoMCS2), 3-4 December, Sydney, Australia.

Multisensory Processing Project

Innes-Brown, H., Barutchu, A., Crewther, S., Shivdasani , M., and Paolini, A. (2009). The development of multisensory integration as indexed by an auditory-visual illusion. Paper presented at the 19th Australasian Psychophysiology Society Conference, November 28-30, Newcastle, Australia.

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