Blackthorn Heuristics is led by highly experienced academic psychologists with decades of university teaching, research, and consultancy experience.
Associate Professor Cyril Latimer is a world-class academic with a distinguished career spanning nearly 40 years at the University of Sydney.
He graduated BA (Hons I) in 1970 and was awarded a PhD in 1979, receiving the H Tasman Lovell Memorial Medallion for his doctoral research. His academic appointments progressed from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer and ultimately Associate Professor in 2001.
His teaching covered undergraduate and postgraduate Psychology across areas including:
Cognition and Perception
Biological Bases of Behaviour
Research Methods and Philosophy of Psychology
Environmental Psychology
Computer Methods in Psychology
His research interests include pattern recognition, visual attention, eye-movement analysis, symmetry detection, cognitive modelling, and the philosophy of psychology.
Beyond academia, Associate Professor Latimer has applied psychological research to real-world problems, including:
Banknote design
Print quality judgment
Colour and memory
Road and rail safety
Expert witness testimony
He has consulted for numerous government bodies, legal firms, media organisations, and corporations, including the Reserve Bank of Australia, NSW Roads and Traffic Authority, QANTAS, ABC, SBS, and Channel 9.
Although retired from full-time teaching in 2002, he continues to hold honorary academic positions and remains deeply committed to supporting Psychology students.
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