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Role Honorary Fellow
Research area Clinical Sciences
Dr Robert (Robbie) Eres is a post-doctoral research fellow within the neurodisability and rehabilitation group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. His expertise largely surrounds the social determinants of health and how social factors, including perceived social isolation and social exclusion, exacerbate mental health symptoms (social anxiety, depression, stress) and contribute to poor physical health outcomes.

Dr Eres is experienced in the development and evaluation of digital interventions targeting loneliness and mental health variables in vulnerable groups, including: young people with psychosis, social anxiety disorder, young people from low socioeconomic environments, and minority groups within the LGBTQIA+ community. Prior to his current research trajectory, Dr Eres explored the neurobiological correlates related to empathy and moral judgment and decision making. He used neuroimaging techniques to differentiate functional and structural brain regions associated with empathising with people from different group memberships.
Dr Robert (Robbie) Eres is a post-doctoral research fellow within the neurodisability and rehabilitation group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. His expertise largely surrounds the social determinants of health and how social factors,...
Dr Robert (Robbie) Eres is a post-doctoral research fellow within the neurodisability and rehabilitation group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. His expertise largely surrounds the social determinants of health and how social factors, including perceived social isolation and social exclusion, exacerbate mental health symptoms (social anxiety, depression, stress) and contribute to poor physical health outcomes.

Dr Eres is experienced in the development and evaluation of digital interventions targeting loneliness and mental health variables in vulnerable groups, including: young people with psychosis, social anxiety disorder, young people from low socioeconomic environments, and minority groups within the LGBTQIA+ community. Prior to his current research trajectory, Dr Eres explored the neurobiological correlates related to empathy and moral judgment and decision making. He used neuroimaging techniques to differentiate functional and structural brain regions associated with empathising with people from different group memberships.

Top Publications

  • Abbott, J, Lim, MH, Eres, R, Long, K, Matthews, R. The impact of loneliness on the health and wellbeing of Australians. InPsych: The Bulletin of the Australian Psychological Society Limited 40(6) : 2018
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  • Eres, R, Louis, WR, Molenberghs, P. Why do people pirate? A neuroimaging investigation.. Soc Neurosci 12(4) : 366 -378 2017
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  • Eres, R. Understanding the empathic and moral brain: A neuroscientific approach. 2017
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  • Eres, R. Scanning for empathy. Australasian Science 37(2) : 30 -30 2016
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  • Eres, R, Decety, J, Louis, WR, Molenberghs, P. Individual differences in local gray matter density are associated with differences in affective and cognitive empathy.. Neuroimage 117: 305 -310 2015
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