Cognitive impairment after stroke is common and debilitating, yet little is known about how strokes change the way the brain works.
Dr. Margaret Jane Moore is a cognitive neuroscientist at the Queensland Brain Institute using neuroimaging to explore the brain structures and functions that enable visual perception. Margaret’s work aims to clarify how the brain interprets incoming sensory information, and how these processes are disrupted after stroke. Margaret’s work aims to expand theoretical understanding of human brain function, while also providing insight into how to provide better support for stroke survivors living with cognitive impairments.
Margaret completed her BSc at Indiana University (USA) and a PhD in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford (UK). Following her doctorate, Margaret relocated to the Queensland Brain Institute, where she is currently an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award Fellow and a Brazil Family Foundation Program for Neurology Fellow.
Margaret is passionate about making science accessible to members of the stroke community. Margaret regularly organises events to help stroke researchers share their findings directly with stroke survivors. Margaret also contributes to science communication events including the World Science Festival and Creative Brain Week.