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Con Stough is affiliated with Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with numerous publications contributing to these areas.

The scientist's main subfields of study include Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Molecular Biology, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Physiology. Their research topics cover a range of issues, notably:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Con Stough has published several papers, including:

  • Assessing the efficacy of nutraceutical interventions on cognitive functioning in the elderly, 2024, Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology)
  • Neurotrophins as a reliable biomarker for brain function, structure and cognition: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • Peripheral inflammation marker relationships to cognition in healthy older adults - A systematic review, 2022, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Is poor self-rated sleep quality associated with elevated systemic inflammation in healthy older adults?, 2020, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
  • Is there a relationship between low-grade systemic inflammation and cognition in healthy people aged 60-75 years?, 2020, Behavioural Brain Research

Frequent co-authors include Karen Savage, Luke A. Downey, Andrew Pipingas, Karen Nolidin, and Andrew P. Keegan.

Key venues where Con Stough's work has appeared include:

  • Nutrients
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology)
  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Phytotherapy Research

Best Publications

  • Emotional intelligence and effective leadership

    Benjamin R. Palmer;Melissa Walls;Zena Burgess;Con Stough

  • Examining the relationship between leadership and emotional intelligence in senior level managers

    Lisa Gardner;Con Stough

  • Occupational stress in universities: Staff perceptions of the causes, consequences and moderators of stress

    Nichole Gillespie;M. Walsh;Anthony H. Winefield;Jagdish Dua

  • Emotional intelligence and life satisfaction

    Benjamin R. Palmer;Catherine Donaldson;Con Stough

  • Herbal medicine for depression, anxiety and insomnia: A review of psychopharmacology and clinical evidence

    Jerome Sarris;Jerome Sarris;Alexander Panossian;Isaac Schweitzer;Con Stough

  • A psychometric evaluation of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test Version 2.0

    Benjamin R. Palmer;Gilles E. Gignac;Ramesh Manocha;Con Stough

  • The chronic effects of an extract of Bacopa monniera (Brahmi) on cognitive function in healthy human subjects

    Con Stough;Jenny Lloyd;J. Clarke;L. Downey

  • Occupational stress in Australian university staff: results from a national survey

    Anthony H. Winefield;Nichole Gillespie;Con Stough;Jagdish Dua

  • Intelligence and inspection time: Achievements, prospects, and problems.

    Ian J. Deary;Con Stough

  • A longitudinal test of the job demands-resources model among Australian university academics

    Carolyn M. Boyd;Arnold B. Bakker;Silvia Pignata;Anthony H. Winefield

  • Evaluation of cognitive performance in the heat by functional brain imaging and psychometric testing.

    Chris Hocking;Richard B Silberstein;Wai Man Lau;Con Stough

  • The effects of cannabis and alcohol on simulated driving: Influences of dose and experience

    Luke A. Downey;Rebecca King;Katherine Papafotiou;Phillip Swann

  • Examining the relationship between leadership, emotional intelligence and intuition in senior female managers

    Luke A. Downey;Vicki Papageorgiou;Con Stough

  • Deficits in emotional intelligence underlying adolescent sex offending.

    Nicole Moriarty;Con Stough;Patrick Tidmarsh;Darren Eger

  • The effect of electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones on human sleep.

    Sarah Patricia Loughran;Andrew W Wood;Julie M Barton;Rodney J Croft

  • Investigating the mediating effects of emotional intelligence and coping on problem behaviours in adolescents

    Luke A. Downey;Patrick J. Johnston;Karen Hansen;Jill Birney

  • The role of personality in the job demands-resources model A study of Australian academic staff

    Arnold B. Bakker;Carolyn M. Boyd;Maureen Dollard;Nicole Gillespie

  • Cocoa polyphenols enhance positive mood states but not cognitive performance: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial:

    Matthew P Pase;Andrew B Scholey;Andrew Pipingas;Marni Kras

  • Chronic MDMA (ecstasy) use, cognition and mood

    Kylie McCardle;Stefan Luebbers;James D. Carter;Rodney J. Croft

  • Evidence of an early information processing speed deficit in unipolar major depression.

    George Tsourtos;J. C. Thompson;Con K. Stough

Frequent Co-Authors

Luke A. Downey
Luke A. Downey Swinburne University of Technology
Andrew Pipingas
Andrew Pipingas Swinburne University of Technology
Pradeep J. Nathan
Pradeep J. Nathan University of Cambridge
Rodney J. Croft
Rodney J. Croft University of Wollongong
Timothy C. Bates
Timothy C. Bates University of Edinburgh
Gilles E. Gignac
Gilles E. Gignac University of Western Australia
Chee H. Ng
Chee H. Ng University of Melbourne
Gerard J. Byrne
Gerard J. Byrne University of Queensland
Donald H. Saklofske
Donald H. Saklofske University of Western Ontario
Andrew C. Parrott
Andrew C. Parrott Swansea University

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