Marisa Carrasco-Queijeiro is the Julius Silver Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University, affiliated with the Department of Psychology and the Center for Neural Science. She holds a PhD from Princeton University (1989) and has held academic positions at Wesleyan University and NYU, including department chair from 2001–2007. Her research focuses on the interplay between visual perception, attention, and neurophysiological mechanisms. She uses psychophysical methods to study visual search efficiency, spatial resolution, and how attention modulates early visual processing. Key contributions include demonstrating that attention enhances perceptual resolution at attended locations and challenging traditional serial/parallel search models through time-course analyses and cueing experiments. Her work spans visual search efficiency, eccentricity effects, perceptual organization, and contrast sensitivity. Notable findings include attention's role in reducing eccentricity-based performance declines and the modulation of spatial resolution via covert attention. Methodologies include fMRI, EEG, MEG, and computational modeling. Awards: Guggenheim Fellow (1999), NSF Young Investigator Award (1993–1999), Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship (1987–1988). Lab: Carrasco Lab at NYU investigates visual perception development in children and adult cognition. Located at 6 Washington Place, Room 971, NYC. Her lab integrates cognitive neuroscience and psychological approaches to understand attention's neural underpinnings. Current projects explore developmental visual perception and attention's impact on early visual processing via neuroimaging and behavioral studies.
