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Dr Thomas Otto is a Lecturer at the University of St Andrews' School of Psychology and Neuroscience. His research focuses on the interface between perceptual and cognitive neuroscience, employing mental chronometry and mathematical modeling to investigate multisensory decision-making processes. Current work examines cognitive architectures underlying human decision-making in multisensory contexts, logical decision gates, and variability in response time tasks. He has supervised four PhD students and led a BBSRC-funded project on multisensory decision frameworks (2016–2019).
Research interests include multisensory integration mechanisms, response time analysis, and decision-making models. Key contributions involve testing race models for audiovisual motion and semantic congruency effects in multisensory responses. Recent studies explore contextual influences on decision processes and subjective visual awareness effects.
- Publications span 20 years, focusing on perceptual decision-making, race models, and multisensory integration.
- Developed the RSE-box analysis tool for response time studies.
- Active in presenting at conferences and leading collaborative datasets (e.g., audiovisual decision-making projects).
Labs/Teams: Directs the Cognitive Chronometry Lab (http://lclab.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/), focusing on temporal aspects of perception and decision-making.
