Articles in the Popular Press 1999-2001


Think Different
HQ, September 2000


Experimental switch is a turn-on for the brain
The Weekend Australian, 19-20 May 2001


Turn Off Tune In
New Scientist, October 1999


'Brain Research to Find That
Moment of Genius'

Sunday Times, 15 July 2001


Light research makes big prize
The Australian, 31 October 2001


Marconi prize for optical genius
The Daily Telegraph, 6 December 2001

Rainman article
Autism may hold key to mastering maths
The Daily Telegraph London, 22 March 1999

 
 

Articles in 2001

10 December Prizewinner sees things differently, ABC Online

7 December 'ANU scientist shares 2001 Marconi Prize in New York', Canberra Times

6 December 'Philadelphia native shares $100000 Marconi Award', Philadelphia Inquirer

6 December 'Marconi prize for optical genius', The Daily Telegraph

6 December 'Marconi Fellows', The Australian Financial Review

6 December Marconi Prize and Allan Snyder's research, Campus Review

15 November 'When scholars become service providers', The Sydney Morning Herald

31 October Light research makes big prize, The Australian

15 July Brain Research to Find That Moment of Genius, Sunday Times

19-20 May Experimental switch is a turn-on for the brain, The Weekend Australian

 

Articles in 2000

5 September 'Power of one captivates indigenous champions', The Sydney Morning Herald

5 September 'A champion calls for a fair and equal race', The Sydney Morning Herald

5 September 'The quest to find the makings of a champion led some of the world's best minds to pose the big questions in a series of panel discussions at a conference in Sydney yesterday', The Australian

5 September 'Are there winning formulas?: Doing it tough gets the tough going best', The Australian

5 September 'Who is responsible for success?: Key to attaining greatness is someone to look up to', The Australian

5 September 'Can you craft a champion?: Take equal parts nature and nurture...and mix carefully', The Australian

5 September 'Does the end justify the means?: Discord over the harmony of means and ends', The Australian

5 September 'Honoured by degrees', The Australian

5 September 'Don't be afraid of long climb to reach your dream: Hillary', The Australian

5 September 'Nobel-winning scientist spells out what it takes to make it', The Australian

4 September 'Mandela's Olympic plea: It is time to make a fairer world, says South Africa's former President', The Age

4 September 'Mandela minds his words', The Australian

4 September 'Touch of the hand that rocked the world', The Sydney Morning Herald

4 September 'Mandela grace has greats in awe', The Canberra Times

4 September 'How Nelson Mandela didn't meet his hero, The Don', The Age

4 September 'Racial accord in our hands', The Herald Sun

4 September 'A human treasure: Mandela captures loving audience', The Daily Telegraph

4 September 'It takes more than physique to be a champion. A group of the world's best minds are putting their heads together in Sydney to define the other attributes for success', The Australian

4 September 'Stars of the arts believe character is the vital ingredient', The Australian

4 September 'What Makes a Champion?', The Australian

4 September 'Mandela spreads magic spell', The Australian

4 September 'Howard praises a hero of our time', The Australian

4 September 'Olympian qualities under the microscope', The Australian

4 September 'Elliott defends athletes in face of O'Shane claim', The Australian

4 September 'Exemplars of excellence', The Australian

2-3 September 'Brains or Brawn: Who are our heroes?', The Weekend Australian, Review

1 September 'Great Minds Think Big', The Australian

September An interview with Professor Allan Snyder on What Makes a Champion? in relation to golfing champions, Golf Australia

August An Olympics feature, including an interview with Professor Snyder and Herb Elliott, Weekend Australian

August An interview with Herb Elliott, August edition of ‘Boss’, the Australian Financial Review’s national monthly management magazine

August An article on Professor Allan Snyder, Hilton Happenings

18 July Brain joins Olympic Brawn, Australian Financial Review

4 July Article on the What Makes a Champion? event, Australian Financial Review ‘Rear Window’ column

3 July Professor Snyder interviewed by Bruce McDougall for stories for the Daily Telegraph, Courier-Mail, Adelaide Advertiser and the Herald-Sun

25 June ‘Mind how you see life in its glory: Researchers trying to lift the mist from our brains’, Canberra Times

16 June A review of the What Makes a Champion? event (page 3), and Professor Snyder’s selection as one of 13 outstanding Australian scientists of the 20th Century (page 4), ANU Reporter

14 June Mind your emotions, Australian Review of Books

19 May ‘Mandela to speak at local venue’, The Age

19 May A write-up of the Tall Poppy event, at which Professor Allan Snyder was one of 13 eminent Australian scientists honoured for their achievements, The Age

6 May ‘Grey matter: ages does bring wisdom’, The Sydney Morning Herald

8-9 April Their Winning Ways, The Weekend Australian

31 March ‘Champion debate for clever country’, The Australian

21 March A review of the Centre for the Mind's web site, The Australian IT section

10 January ‘The secret powers of the brain’, Australian Financial Review

 

 

Articles in 1999

December The Centre for the Mind's event on Geniuses, Prodigies & Savants attracts massive media attention, including: The Australian 4/12/99, Sunday Telegraph 5/12/99, The Advertiser (Adelaide) 6/12/99, The Age (national) 7/12/99, The Sydney Morning Herald 7/12/99, The Advertiser (Adelaide) 7/12/99, The Herald Sun (Melbourne) 7/12/99, The Australian 7/12/99.

4-5 December Game, Mindset and Match, article by Allan Snyder, The Weekend Australian

12 November The Genius Within, article by Allan Snyder, The Australian

9 October Turn Off Tune In, New Scientist

August ANU Science 'wizards' including Allan Snyder acknowledged in new book, ANU Reporter

20 May Rain Main's Revelations, Nature: News and Views

22 March 'Genius is in the mind of us all', The London Times

22 March The mind's secret arithmetic, The Royal Society, Press Release

22 March Scientists struggle to unlock rare genius of the 'Rain Man', The Financial Times

22 March Autism may hold key to mastering maths, London Daily Telegraph

March Is integer arithmatic fundamental to mental processing?: The mind's secret arithmetic, The Proceedings of the Royal Society of London