Workshop 🧠 Neuroformer: Playful explorations of the extended mind

Facilitator: Alisdair Gurling, PhD Candidate and Researcher at Monash University

Sunday 24th August · 1.30–3.30pm

📍 Hampton Community Centre

Would you like to know how your minds works a little better? Or if you already know your thinking well would you like to explore some ways to extend and explore it?

Join us for an electrifying afternoon with Alisdair Gurling — a learning designer and cognitive researcher at Monash, whose thesis: Digital Prosthetics – Neurodiversity and the Connected Mind is redefining how neurodivergent minds interact with technology and ourselfs.

Alisdair has developed a suite of research-backed, playful exercises that help you map your brain’s unique patterns of strengths and challenges. He’s run these workshops for neurodivergent teens—now get ready for a version tailored to adult professionals, thinkers, and creators.

### What you'll take away

• A snapshot of your neurotype: how your brain tackles focus, novelty, routine, and overwhelm
• Experiments to help you lean into strengths and manage challenges
• A mindset shift: neurodivergence not as deficit, but as design

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