Natalia Albein Urios | Federation University

Dr. Natalia Albein Urios

Senior Lecturer, Psychology

Contact

n.albeinurios@federation.edu.au +61 (3) 87805770

Campus

Berwick Campus

Biography

Natalia completed her PhD in Neuropsychology and Neurocognition (2012), with training at the University of Cambridge and the University of California, San Diego. Her thesis was awarded the University of Granada’s Special Prize for Best Thesis in Medicine and Health Sciences.

After moving to Australia, she worked at the Melbourne Children’s Hospital (University of Melbourne) before being awarded a Health Doctoral Fellowship at Deakin University, where she led a clinical trial on non-invasive brain stimulation for neurodevelopmental disorders. Her research has focused on novel brain stimulation approaches targeting the prefrontal cortex to reduce perseveration and emotion regulation difficulties in autism, while also continuing her work on addiction using multimodal neuroscience techniques.

She is currently a Lecturer in Psychology at Federation University, passionate about teaching and research in mental health and cognitive neuroscience.

Areas of expertise:

Mental health, cognitive neuroscience, emotion regulation, executive functions
Non-invasive brain stimulation, fMRI, EEG
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), substance use disorder (SUD) Research interests
Mental health and wellbeing
Non-invasive brain stimulation interventions
Executive functions and emotion regulation
Cognitive neuroscience

Fields of research

Cognitive and computational psychology not elsewhere classified

Available for

HDR Supervision

Professional Comment

HDR Examiner

Publications

Autism spectrum disorder and anorexia nervosa: Investigating the behavioural and neurocognitive overlap

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116285

Trialing addiction neurocircuitry targets and directionality of brain stimulation effects: A deep TMS/fMRI trial in people with alcohol use disorder

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.conctc.2025.101515

New technologies in clinical neuroscience

Book Chapters
DOI reference: 10.4324/9781315692289

Preliminary study for the validation of the Spanish version of the personality belief Questionnaire; [Estudio preliminar para la validación de la versión española del Personality Belief Questionnaire]

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/S1575-0973(11)70030-7

Executive functions in cocaine-dependent patients with cluster B and cluster C personality disorders

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1037/neu0000007

Re-appraisal of negative emotions in cocaine dependence: Dysfunctional corticolimbic activation and connectivity

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00497.x

Decision-making impairment predicts 3-month hair-indexed cocaine relapse

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1007/s00213-014-3563-9

Monetary delay discounting in gambling and cocaine dependence with personality comorbidities

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.06.001

Prefrontal gray matter and motivation for treatment in cocaine-dependent individuals with and without personality disorders

Journals
DOI reference: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00052

Differential aspects of treatment dropout risk in cocaine dependent patients with and without personality disorders; [Aspectos diferenciales del riesgo de abandono al inicio del tratamiento de la adicción a la cocaína en pacientes con trastornos de la per

Journals
DOI reference: 10.20882/adicciones.13

Neural substrates of cognitive flexibility in cocaine and gambling addictions

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152223

Variables of clinical interest in the cognitive behavioral treatment of cocaine addiction: The specificity of personality disorders; [Variables de interés clínico en el tratamiento cognitivo-conductual de la adicción a la cocaína: Especificidad de los tra

Journals
DOI reference: 10.5944/rppc.vol.20.num.2.2015.15166

Cocaine use severity and cerebellar gray matter are associated with reversal learning deficits in cocaine-dependent individuals

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1111/adb.12143

Cocaine-specific neuroplasticity in the ventral striatum network is linked to delay discounting and drug relapse

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1111/add.13076

Psychoeducation as a strategy to improve family support perceived from patient with alcohol dependence and personality disorder; [La psicoeducación como estrategia para mejorar el apoyo familiar percibido del paciente con dependencia al alcohol y trastorn

Journals
DOI reference: 10.21500/20112084.745

Increased corticolimbic connectivity in cocaine dependence versus pathological gambling is associated with drug severity and emotion-related impulsivity

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1111/adb.12242

Comparison of impulsivity and working memory in cocaine addiction and pathological gambling: Implications for cocaine-induced neurotoxicity

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.03.008

Effects of a multicomponent behavioral intervention on impulsivity and cognitive deficits in adolescents with excess weight

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e328356c3ac

Diagnosing autism: Australian paediatric research network surveys

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1111/jpc.13029

Negative urgency, disinhibition and reduced temporal pole gray matter characterize the comorbidity of cocaine dependence and personality disorders

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.02.008

Frontal systems related symptoms in cocaine dependent patients with comorbid personality disorders

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1007/s00213-013-3040-x

A MAOA gene*cocaine severity interaction on impulsivity and neuropsychological measures of orbitofrontal dysfunction: Preliminary results

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.04.031

Cocaine users with comorbid Cluster B personality disorders show dysfunctional brain activation and connectivity in the emotional regulation networks during negative emotion maintenance and reappraisal

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2013.04.012

The value of impulsivity to define subgroups of addicted individuals differing in personality dysfunction, craving, psychosocial adjustment, and wellbeing: A latent class analysis

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1093/arclin/act072

Dr. Natalia Albein Urios

Senior Lecturer, Psychology

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