
Overview
Background
Julie is a Professor in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland, and is also an Affiliate Professor at The Queensland Brain Institute as well as The Mater Research Institute. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and of the Association for Psychological Science.
Julie leads a group that particularly focuses on how social cognition and prospection are disrupted by normal adult ageing and clinical illness. Social cognition refers to how we perceive, process, and interpret social cues in our environment. Good social cognitive skills are therefore key to mental health and wellbeing because they provide the foundation on which strong social relationships are built. Prospective memory plays a different but equally important role in our everyday lives, critical if we are to appropriately anticipate, plan and/or act with the future in mind.
Julie has published more than 260 peer‑reviewed papers which appear in prestigious outlets that include Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Annual Review of Psychology, Cognition, Psychological Bulletin, Cortex, Human Brain Mapping, Developmental Science, Psychology and Aging, Emotion, Brain, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, and Nature Reviews Neurology. Her work has been cited > 21,000 times in Scopus and ~ 40,000 times in Google Scholar. In 2021 and 2022, The Australian identified 40 Lifetime Achievers who are “Superstars of Research”. These are “chosen for the consistent excellence of their work and the impact they had in their fields.” In both years Julie was identified as a Lifetime Achiever and one of the top five researchers in Social Science across all of Australia. Julie has also appeared on Stanford University’s list of the top 2% of science researchers in the world every year since the list was first published in 2019.
Julie has also received continuous prestigious and highly competitive research funding. This includes three ARC Fellowships, eight ARC Discovery Projects (seven of which she has led), four ARC Linkage Projects (two of which she has led), as well as two NHMRC grants (a Boosting Dementia Research grant, and an MRFF Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission grant). Between 2011 and 2017, Julie was Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Clinical Psychology, and she is currently an Associate Editor for Psychology and Aging and sits on a number of Editorial Boards, including Journal of Aging & Social Policy. Julie has been the recipient of many prestigious awards. This includes the Research Higher Degree Supervision Award (2016) and the Research Mentorship Award (2022) from UQ's Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences as well as The 2023 UQ Award for Excellence in Graduate Research Training - Supervision, competitive across all UQ, for “outstanding and exemplary supervisory practice”.
Julie is currently Director of The Queensland Multidisciplinary Initiative for Neurocognitive Difficulties (The QLD MIND Project) and an ARC Laureate Fellow (2025-2031).
Availability
- Professor Julie Henry is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework), University of Aberdeen
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
Works
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Featured
2023
Journal Article
The cognitive tenacity of self-directed ageism
Henry, Julie D., Coundouris, Sarah P., Craik, Fergus I.M., von Hippel, Courtney and Grainger, Sarah A. (2023). The cognitive tenacity of self-directed ageism. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27 (8), 713-725. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.03.010
Featured
2023
Journal Article
Determinants of Social Cognitive Aging: Predicting Resilience and Risk
Henry, Julie D., Grainger, Sarah A. and von Hippel, William (2023). Determinants of Social Cognitive Aging: Predicting Resilience and Risk. Annual Review of Psychology, 74 (1), 5.1-5.26. doi: 10.1146/annurev-psych-033020-121832
Featured
2021
Journal Article
Prospective memory impairment in neurological disorders: implications and management
Henry, Julie D. (2021). Prospective memory impairment in neurological disorders: implications and management. Nature Reviews Neurology, 17 (5), 297-307. doi: 10.1038/s41582-021-00472-1
2025
Journal Article
Cladribine effects on emotional awareness and reasoning: The CLEAR study
Henry, Julie D., Coundouris, Sarah P, Gomes, Lauren, Adams, Alexandra, Manchery, Nithin and Blum, Stefan (2025). Cladribine effects on emotional awareness and reasoning: The CLEAR study. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 101 106566, 106566-101. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2025.106566
2025
Journal Article
How social frailty is operationalized matters: Relationships with health and wellbeing in late adulthood
Coundouris, Sarah P., Grainger, Sarah A., Schweitzer, Daniel, Hubbard, Ruth E., Laakso, E.-Liisa and Henry, Julie D. (2025). How social frailty is operationalized matters: Relationships with health and wellbeing in late adulthood. International Psychogeriatrics, 37 (4) 100032, 100032. doi: 10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100032
2025
Journal Article
Cognitive and Neural Correlates of Prospective Memory in Acute to Early Sub-Acute Stroke
Gilbert, Casey M., Gibson, Emily C., Moore, Margaret J., Henry, Julie D. and Robinson, Gail A. (2025). Cognitive and Neural Correlates of Prospective Memory in Acute to Early Sub-Acute Stroke. Neuropsychologia, 218 109251, 109251-218. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2025.109251
2025
Journal Article
Age-related differences in neural integrity are unrelated to prospective memory age effects
Henry, Julie D., Coundouris, Sarah P., Labuschagne, Izelle, Liu, Kirra, Haines, Simon J., Grainger, Sarah A., Domínguez, Juan F., Puckett, Alex, Rendell, Peter G. and Taubert, Jessica (2025). Age-related differences in neural integrity are unrelated to prospective memory age effects. Brain and Cognition, 187 106301, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2025.106301
2025
Journal Article
Leveraging swipe gesture interactions from mobile games as indicators of anxiety and depression: an exploratory study
Chitale, Vibhav, Henry, Julie D., Matthews, Ben, Cobham, Vanessa and Baghaei, Nilufar (2025). Leveraging swipe gesture interactions from mobile games as indicators of anxiety and depression: an exploratory study. JMIR Mental Health, 12 e70577, e70577. doi: 10.2196/70577
2025
Conference Publication
Co-designing M-OHAT: Modified Oral Health Assessment Tool for Age Care
Ludlow, Kristiana, Ferris, Laura, Walker, Nicole, See, Lydia, Zamora, Angelique, Pritchard, Lyndal, Silveira Schuch, Helena, Ha, Diep Hong, Stormon, Nicole, Walsh, Laurence J., Lopez Silva, Claudia, Sexton, Christopher, McNamara, Steven, Fung, Cheuk Kee C., Brodie, Alison, Henry, Julie, Nangle, Matthew, Georgiou, Andrew, Ivanovski, Saso, Tuffaha, Haitham, Ramsey, Sarah, Head, Tamatha and Do, Loc Giang (2025). Co-designing M-OHAT: Modified Oral Health Assessment Tool for Age Care. International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research, Barcelona, Spain, 25-28 June 2025.
2025
Conference Publication
Multi-disciplinary clinical collaboration in modifying the Oral Health Assessment Tool
See, Lydia, Ludlow, Kristiana, Ha, Diep, Fung, Cheuk-Kee, Walsh, Laurence J., Pritchard, Lyndal, Zamora, Angelique, McNamara, Steven, Silveira Schuch, Helena, Lopez Silva, Claudia, Stormon, Nicole, Ferris, Laura, Walker, Nicole, Sexton, Christopher, Henry, Julie, Georgiou, Andrew, Nangle, Matthew, Ivanovski, Saso, Tuffaha, Haitham, Ramsey, Sarah, Head, Tamatha and Do, Loc (2025). Multi-disciplinary clinical collaboration in modifying the Oral Health Assessment Tool. International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research, Barcelona, Spain, 25-28 June 2025.
2025
Journal Article
Attention to direct gaze in young and older adulthood
McKay, Kate T., Henry, Julie D., Demichelis, Olivia P., Marinic, Reese K., Evans, Nathan J. and Grainger, Sarah A. (2025). Attention to direct gaze in young and older adulthood. Consciousness and Cognition, 131 103854, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2025.103854
2025
Journal Article
Age differences in social affective forecasting
Wootton, Daphne J., Henry, Julie D., Coundouris, Sarah P., Demichelis, Olivia P. and Grainger, Sarah A. (2025). Age differences in social affective forecasting. Psychology and Aging, 40 (5), 479-489. doi: 10.1037/pag0000888
2025
Journal Article
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cognitive and Affective Empathy Ability in Adults with Chronic Pain Relative to Healthy Controls
Pizarro-Campagna, Elizabeth, Caruana, Amy, Charlesworth, Seaton, Ferguson, Rose, Bayliss, Olivia, Henry, Julie D. and Pilkington, Pamela (2025). A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cognitive and Affective Empathy Ability in Adults with Chronic Pain Relative to Healthy Controls. Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, 87 (5), 290-304. doi: 10.1097/psy.0000000000001393
2025
Journal Article
Evaluation of a capacity-building program to enhance evidence-based practice of cognitive rehabilitation providers: a pilot study
Fleming, Jennifer, Prescott, Sarah, Doig, Emmah, Copley, Anna, Hamilton, Caitlin, Finch, Emma and Henry, Julie D. (2025). Evaluation of a capacity-building program to enhance evidence-based practice of cognitive rehabilitation providers: a pilot study. JBI Evidence Implementation. doi: 10.1097/xeb.0000000000000501
2025
Journal Article
Differential social cognitive performance in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and dementia
Chander, Russell J., Numbers, Katya, Grainger, Sarah A., Cleary, Rhiagh, Mather, Karen A., Kochan, Nicole A., Brodaty, Henry, Henry, Julie D. and Sachdev, Perminder S. (2025). Differential social cognitive performance in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and dementia. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33 (3), 248-259. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.08.008
2025
Journal Article
Predictors of orthodontic treatment preferences in a large representative UK adult cohort
Nangle, Matthew R., Freer, Elissa, Henry, Julie D. and Coundouris, Sarah P. (2025). Predictors of orthodontic treatment preferences in a large representative UK adult cohort. British Dental Journal, 238 (4), 257-264. doi: 10.1038/s41415-024-8157-2
2025
Journal Article
Virtual reality analytics map (VRAM): a conceptual framework for detecting mental disorders using virtual reality data
Chitale, Vibhav, Henry, Julie D., Liang, Hai-Ning, Matthews, Ben and Baghaei, Nilufar (2025). Virtual reality analytics map (VRAM): a conceptual framework for detecting mental disorders using virtual reality data. New Ideas in Psychology, 76 101127, 101127. doi: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101127
2025
Other Outputs
Interdisciplinary Co-designed Modified Oral Health Assessment Tool (M-OHAT)
Do, Loc, Ludlow, Kristiana, Walker, Nicole, Ferris, Laura, Ha, Diep, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Lopez Silva, Claudia Patricia, Stormon, Nicole, Walsh, Laurence J, Fung, Cheuk Candy, Khan, Sadaf Aiman, Le, Thu, McNamara, Steven, Pritchard, Lyndal, See, Lydia, Zamora, Angelique, Georgiou, Andrew, Henry, Julie, Ivanovski, Saso, Nangle, Matthew, Christopher Sexton, Prof Haitham Tuffaha, Tamantha Head, Sarah Ramsey, Couper, Erin and Wood, Leanne (2025). Interdisciplinary Co-designed Modified Oral Health Assessment Tool (M-OHAT). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/64d7b35
2024
Journal Article
Early affective empathy, emotion contagion, and empathic concern in borderline personality disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Blunden, Anthea G., Henry, Julie D., Pilkington, Pamela D. and Pizarro-Campagna, Elizabeth (2024). Early affective empathy, emotion contagion, and empathic concern in borderline personality disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 367, 462-478. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.215
2024
Journal Article
Stereotype threat at work: a meta-analysis
von Hippel, Courtney, Kühner, Clara, Coundouris, Sarah P., Lim, Amy, Henry, Julie D. and Zacher, Hannes (2024). Stereotype threat at work: a meta-analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1461672241297884. doi: 10.1177/01461672241297884
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
NAVIGATEVR. Understanding age-related differences in hazard perception by leveraging insights from the virtual world.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor James Kirby, Dr Sarah Coundouris, Dr Nell Baghaei
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Doctor Philosophy
Assessing prospective memory function in the actual and virtual world.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lena Oestreich, Dr Sarah Coundouris, Dr Nell Baghaei
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Master Philosophy
Influence of Healthcare Message Framing on Self-Directed Ageism and Emotional Wellbeing
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Grainger, Dr Sarah Coundouris, Dr Nell Baghaei
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Doctor Philosophy
The Impact of AI-enabled Avatars on Body Ownership within Individualised Virtual Reality for Mental Health
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jarrod Knibbe, Dr Nell Baghaei
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Doctor Philosophy
Mechanisms and functions of reasoning about possibilities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Thomas Suddendorf, Dr Jonathan Redshaw
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Doctor Philosophy
Social frailty and ageing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jonathan Redshaw, Dr Sarah Coundouris, Dr Sarah Grainger
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Master Philosophy
Experience Saturation: Quantifying Demotivation and Disengagement
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alina Bialkowski, Dr Nell Baghaei
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Doctor Philosophy
Neural substrates of complex trauma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fiona Maccallum, Dr Lena Oestreich
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Doctor Philosophy
The role of breathing in human social intelligence.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amanda Robinson, Associate Professor Jess Taubert
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Doctor Philosophy
The Effects of Acting Prosocially on Well-being and Neural Networks
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Eric Vanman
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Orienting of Attention via Gaze-Based Social Cues in Younger and Older Adulthood
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Grainger
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Sleep and Psychological Function: The Relationship Between Sleep with Stress, Aggression, and Episodic Foresight
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Grainger, Associate Professor Lucy Burr
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Not Just a Movement Disorder: Prospective and Social Cognitive Impairments in Parkinson's Disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Thomas Suddendorf
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Social cognitive deficits following stroke
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gail Robinson, Dr Matthew Nangle
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Social Cognitive Functioning in Late Adulthood
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Eric Vanman
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Episodic Foresight in Ageing and Clinical Groups
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Thomas Suddendorf
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The Emotional Ageing Brain: Cognitive Mechanisms and Neural Networks
Principal Advisor
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring Mobile Games as Tools for Screening Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression: A Game Analytics Approach
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ben Matthews, Dr Nell Baghaei
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the external elicitors of empathy: Interactions between cognitive processing and affective empathy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Eric Vanman
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Imagining Past, Present and Future Possibilities: A Developmental Perspective
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jonathan Redshaw, Professor Thomas Suddendorf
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Oral Health and Cognitive Function in Vulnerable Populations
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Matthew Nangle
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The role of prospective cognition in human decision-making: proximate and ultimate perspectives
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Thomas Suddendorf
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