Dr Fiona Kumfor holds a Masters of Clinical Neuropsychology (Macquarie University) and a PhD in Neuroscience (University of New South Wales). She is currently an NHMRC Career Development Fellow (2019-2023), Associate Professor in the School of Psychology and registered Clinical Neuropsychologist with AHPRA. Combining her clinical training in neuropsychology and research expertise in cognitive neuroscience her work investigates social cognition in clinical syndromes with a focus on dementia, and aims to improve diagnosis and prognosis of dementia, while also informing neurobiological models of complex human behaviours.
Education
2013
The University of New South Wales, PhD
2012
Macquarie University, Masters of Clinical Neuropsychology
2007
The University of New South Wales, Bachelor of Psychology (Hons.)
Publications
2013
The orbitofrontal cortex is involved in emotional enhancement of memory: Evidence from the dementias, Brain
2013
Discrete neural correlates for the recognition of negative emotions: insights from frontotemporal dementia, PLoS One
2013
Emotion recognition in younger-onset dementia syndromes: brain correlates and patient implications. , Neurodegenerative Disease Management
2013
A tale of two hemispheres: Contrasting patterns of socioemotional dysfunction in left- versus right-lateralised semantic dementia. , Dementia and Neuropsychologia
2012
Disturbance of emotion processing in frontotemporal dementia: A synthesis of cognitive and neuroimaging findings. , Neuropsychology Review
2011
Are you really angry? The effect of intensity on emotion recognition in frontotemporal dementia. , Social Neuroscience