Blake Saurels

Dr. Blake Saurels is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Psychology within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences at The University of Queensland. He completed his PhD in Psychology at UQ in 2022 with a thesis titled 'The perceptual and neural consequences of different types of prediction'.

His educational background includes a Bachelor (Honours) of Psychology with First Class Honors (Hons Class 1A) from The University of Queensland.

Dr. Saurels' research focuses on visual perception, neural correlates of vision, and cognitive neuroscience. His work examines predictive processing in the brain, face recognition mechanisms, binocular rivalry phenomena, and visual imagery. His recent publications reveal a strong interest in how the brain processes visual information, particularly regarding face pareidolia, neural prediction errors, and the relationship between visual imagery and perception.

Analysis of his 15 most recent publications shows consistent exploration of neural and perceptual mechanisms related to prediction, visual processing, and imagery. His work frequently employs EEG methodology and experimental paradigms to examine how expectations shape perception and neural responses.

Dr. Saurels is currently available for supervision and serves as an Associate Advisor for a PhD project titled 'The Neural Encoding of Naturalistic Faces for Social Perception,' working alongside Dr. Amanda Robinson, Associate Professor Alan Pegna, and Associate Professor Jess Taubert.