Carolyn Wilshire

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Carolyn Wilshire, PhD., is a Senior Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, School of Psychology, Wellington, New Zealand. She specializes in Language, Aphasia, Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Neuroscience.

Education

• PhD - University of Cambridge
• BSc - (Hons) Monash University

Notable studies

• 2017, The problem of bias in behavioural intervention studies: Lessons from the PACE trial
• 2017 Can patients with [[chronic fatigue syndrome[[ really recover after graded exercise or cognitive behavioural therapy? A critical commentary and preliminary re-analysis of the [[PACE trial[[
• 2017, PACE trial claims of recovery are not justified by the data: a rejoinder to Sharpe, Chalder, Johnson, Goldsmith and White (2017)
• 2015, Psychogenic explanations of physical illness: Time to examine the evidence

Online presence

• Google Scholar
• ResearchGate
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• Aeon

Learn more

• Victoria University of Wellington Staff Bio page

cognition Thought processes, including attention, reasoning, and memory.

cognition Thought processes, including attention, reasoning, and memory.

PACE trial A controversial study which claimed that CBT and GET were effective in treating "CFS/ME", despite the fact that its own data did not support this conclusion. Its results and methodology were widely disputed by patients, scientists, and the peer-reviewed scientific literature.