What are neuropsychologists actually saying about AI?
A weekend of conversations in Hobart (with my colleague Mia Coviello).
I'm a bit of an extrovert. So a weekend at the APS Neuropsychology conference in Hobart was my idea of a good time - introducing myself to people I'd never met, hearing their stories, sharing my own.
And what a place to do it. Hobart is stunning, with sea views seemingly everywhere, which makes sense once you remember Tasmania is an island.
But I didn't just come home with new contacts. I came home with a much clearer picture of where neuropsychologists are at with AI right now.
Here's what I heard:
Scribes have people divided. Some have tried AI scribes and found them useful. Others have deliberately steered clear, for a consistent reason: they worry their clients won't want to be recorded. In neuropsychology, where so much rests on trust and on how a person presents in the room, that's a completely fair concern.
Security and privacy came first. Before anyone asked what AI could do for them, they wanted to know it was doing the right thing with their clients' information. As psychologists registered with AHPRA, that's not optional - it's the baseline. If a tool can't answer the privacy question convincingly, the rest doesn't matter.
Reports are eating their time. There was a theme of people saying they spend more time writing a report than they can actually charge the client for.
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I joked with a few people that it comes down to a choice: what would you do with the extra time? The beach, or more chargeable clients?
The real takeaway: neuropsychologists are asking good questions - about privacy, about the client relationship, about whether it actually helps with the work that takes up most of their non-patient time..
Thank you to everyone who stopped to chat, share a story, or clarify what we are about.
That's the part I'll remember - as well as the sea views and the yummy food.
We will be back in Hobart for the clinical psych APS conference in September 2026.