Matthew Browne received the Ph.D. degree in cognitive psychophysiology from Griffith University, Nathan, Australia, in 2001. He has taken postdoctoral positions in Japan, Germany, and Australia, and has recently served as a Research Scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. He is currently a Lecturer of biostatistics in with the School of Health and Human Services, Central Queensland University, North Rockhampton, Australia. His research interests include pattern recognition and statistical methods in social science.