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Olivia Cheungمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Visual Cognition
• Perceptual Expertise
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Olivia Cheung is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Global Network Assistant Professor at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), affiliated with the Division of Science and the Department of Psychology. She leads the Objects and Knowledge Laboratory (OAK Lab), which is also associated with the Center for Brain and Health at NYUAD. Education: BSSc, Chinese University of Hong Kong PhD, Vanderbilt University Postdoctoral Training: Harvard Medical School, CIMeC (Trento, Italy), Harvard University Her research focuses on cognitive neuroscience and visual cognition, particularly how experience and learning shape perception. She investigates how visual and conceptual knowledge interact to influence representations of objects, faces, words, musical notations, and scenes. Her lab employs behavioral experiments, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and computational modeling to explore perceptual expertise and category selectivity in the brain. Her recent publications (2022–2024) reveal a consistent focus on high-level vision, with studies on holistic face and word processing, neural and computational models of category recognition, ensemble perception of animacy, and social judgments from faces (e.g., election prediction). These works, presented at Vision Sciences Society (VSS), demonstrate interdisciplinary methods and collaborations with students and international researchers. Olivia Cheung teaches courses such as Capstone Projects in Computer Science and Psychology, and Concepts and Categories: How We Structure the World , reflecting her interdisciplinary approach. She mentors undergraduate researchers, many of whom have co-authored conference posters. Her lab, the OAK Lab, fosters research on the intersection of perception, knowledge, and expertise.

Colin Palmerمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• social vision
• sensory processing
• face perception
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Dr. Colin Palmer is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he conducts research on visual perception with a focus on social features of our sensory environment. His work examines how the brain processes elements like eyes, faces, and behaviors of people around us using visual psychophysics, computational modeling, and 3D graphical rendering. Dr. Palmer completed his Ph.D. in 2016 and Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience (Honours) in 2009, both at Monash University. His doctoral research explored how neurocognitive models of sensory processing relate to differences in sensory integration and social cognition in autism. His primary research interests center on understanding the perceptual and neural mechanisms underlying our sensitivity to dynamic social cues, particularly eye and head movements. Dr. Palmer investigates how the visual system extracts basic environmental elements (color, shape, motion) and develops a mechanistic understanding of how our experience of the social world arises from nervous system activity. His work has clinical applications for understanding sensory and social difficulties in conditions like autism and schizophrenia. Dr. Palmer's recent publications reveal a consistent focus on social vision, particularly gaze perception, face processing, and animacy detection. His research increasingly incorporates computational modeling approaches to understand visual perception mechanisms. There's a strong emphasis on how lighting and shading affect face and gaze perception, with growing attention to clinical applications for neurodevelopmental conditions. Dr. Palmer has received recognition for his work through several awards: Emerging Investigator Award, Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2017 Postdoctoral presentation award, Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2016 Dr. Palmer is actively involved in research supervision and teaching. He teaches PSYC 3221 Vision and Brain and is available to supervise research students. His research is supported by significant funding: ARC Discovery Project (2020-2022): "Extracting meaning from motion" ($492,000) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2019-2021): "Human sensitivity to the dynamics of other people's eye movements" ($356,000) Experimental Psychology Society Study Visit Grant (2017): "Testing computational theories of autism spectrum disorder in the social domain" (£2,580) Dr. Palmer collaborates extensively with Professor Colin Clifford at UNSW and maintains international collaborations with researchers in the UK and Australia, particularly on projects related to autism spectrum disorders and social cognition.

Kai Vogeleyمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Social Cognition
• Psychiatric Disorders
• Brain Imaging
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Dr. Kai Vogeley serves as a University Professor and Senior Consultant at the Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne. His research program focuses on elucidating the pathophysiological mechanisms of psychiatric disorders through psychological, structural, and functional brain imaging techniques, with particular emphasis on social cognitive abilities. Dr. Vogeley's primary research investigates the dual aspects of social cognition: the ability to differentiate between self and other (including perspective-taking and agency recognition) and the capacity for self-other exchange (encompassing empathy and theory of mind). A significant portion of his work examines nonverbal communication, particularly in autism spectrum disorders, using methodologies that combine brain imaging data with cytoarchitectural properties and structural connectivity information. His research spans both healthy populations and those with psychiatric conditions to identify transitional neural mechanisms. Analysis of Dr. Vogeley's publication record reveals a consistent interdisciplinary approach integrating neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy. His work demonstrates particular expertise in studying social gaze processing, animacy perception, and cultural influences on emotion recognition. The research frequently employs fMRI and dual eye-tracking methodologies to investigate how cognitive performance relates to underlying brain processes in social interactions, with special attention to autism and substance use disorders. Dr. Vogeley maintains an extensive collaborative network, working with scientists across medicine, psychology, and philosophy at various universities and research institutions in Germany and internationally. His research group operates at the intersection of clinical psychiatry and cognitive neuroscience, focusing on translating basic research findings into potential clinical applications for understanding and treating psychiatric disorders.

• Cognitive development
• Evolutionary psychology
• Social Perception
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Mel Rutherford is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour within the Faculty of Science at McMaster University. Her research focuses on experimental psychology motivated by evolutionary theory, particularly examining Social Perception and Social Perceptual Development. Dr. Rutherford earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2000, following a BA in Psychology and Biology from Yale University in 1992. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Denver from 2000-2002. Her research interests span Cognitive Development, Evolutionary Psychology, Social Perception, Animacy Perception, and Face Processing, with particular emphasis on how these processes develop in children and are affected in Autism Spectrum Disorder. She has published extensively on visual aftereffects, religious bias in face perception, essentialism, and developmental trajectories in social cognition. Analysis of her recent publications (2021-2025) reveals a strong focus on religious bias in face perception, with multiple studies examining how religious labels affect visual adaptation to Christian and Muslim faces. Her work also explores essentialism in social categories, developmental trajectories in facial expression perception, and biological motion perception in autism through meta-analysis. Her research consistently bridges evolutionary theory with experimental psychology methodologies. Dr. Rutherford has taught numerous courses including Essentials of Developmental Psychology (PSYCH 3GG3), PNB Tutorials (PNB 2XT0), Advanced Topics in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour (PSYCH 741), Contemporary Problems in Psychology (PSYCH 720A), and Inferential Statistics and Research Methods (PNB 3XE3) across multiple years from 2017-2024. She leads the Rutherford Lab at McMaster University, which focuses on experimental psychology motivated by evolutionary theory, specifically examining questions of Social Perception and Social Perceptual Development. Her work has been widely cited across academic platforms, social media, and news outlets, with numerous publications appearing in high-impact journals like Journal of Vision, Frontiers in Psychology, and Developmental Psychology.

• Language production
• Message formulation
• Sentence formulation
• +۱۲ مورد دیگر

Dr. Agnieszka Konopka is a Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Aberdeen, where she conducts research and teaches while actively accepting PhD students for supervision. Her office is located in Room G33 of the William Guild Building on the University of Aberdeen campus. Her academic appointments include: Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen SONA and research participation coordinator Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Editorial Board Member, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition Editorial Board Member, Applied Psycholinguistics Dr. Konopka's research focuses on the cognitive mechanisms underlying language production and memory for language. She investigates how speakers plan and formulate messages and sentences across different languages, examining incrementality and flexibility in message and sentence formulation. Her work also bridges bilingual sentence processing with reconstructive memory research to understand how language learning affects memory for linguistic information. Her research interests include: Language production and message formulation Sentence formulation and incrementality Cross-linguistic differences in language processing Linguistic diversity and bilingualism Syntax and memory for language Source memory and metacognition Her publication record shows a consistent trajectory of high-impact research in psycholinguistics and cognitive psychology, with recent work expanding into cross-cultural aspects of emotion recognition and social category influences on cognitive processes. She frequently employs eye-tracking and other experimental methodologies to examine the precise time-course of linguistic processing. Her teaching responsibilities include: Memory & Language Methodology B MRes programme instruction Dr. Konopka maintains an active presence in the academic community through her editorial roles and continues to advance research at the intersection of language, cognition, and social processes.

• Numerical Cognition
• Animal Behavior
• Comparative Psychology
• +۴ مورد دیگر

ROSA RUGANI is an Associate Professor at the University of Padua, Italy, specializing in cognitive and developmental psychology with a focus on numerical cognition. Her work explores how numerical and spatial representations emerge in non-human animals and humans, particularly through studies on domestic chicks, rhesus monkeys, zebrafish, and insects. She investigates foundational questions about innate numerical abilities, spatial-numerical associations, and the evolutionary origins of mathematical concepts. Her research integrates behavioral experiments, comparative approaches, and developmental studies to understand cross-species cognition. Research interests include proto-arithmetic capacities in animals, the mental number line in non-linguistic species, and the interaction between animacy, numerosity, and spatial processing. She has pioneered studies demonstrating that newborn chicks exhibit left-to-right spatial-numerical associations similar to humans, suggesting evolutionary conservation of these mechanisms. Her work challenges anthropocentric views of numerical cognition, emphasizing cognitive capacities in animals. Rugani's studies often use interdisciplinary methods, combining behavioral testing with computational modeling and neurobiological insights. She has contributed to debates on the biological basis of numerical concepts, the role of early environmental influences on cognitive development, and the relationship between numerical processing and other cognitive domains like object individuation and spatial attention.

• Perception
• Cognitive Psychology
• Visual Science
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Ben van Buren is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at The New School for Social Research, specializing in the perception of higher-level visual properties such as animacy, intentionality, and aesthetics. His research explores how visual cues influence attention, memory, and perceptual organization. He leads the NSSR Perception Laboratory and is on leave during Spring 2025. Education: Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Yale University and B.A. in Cognitive Science and Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. Research Interests: Perception of animacy and physical forces, aesthetic judgments, visual illusions, and the intersection of visual science with art. Recent work includes studies on attentional transplants, the perception of shininess via auditory cues, and distortions in facial age memory. Professional Affiliations: Vision Sciences Society, Cognitive Science Society, Psychonomics Society, and Human Factors & Ergonomics Society. Teaching: Offers courses on visual perception, aesthetics, and independent research across undergraduate and graduate levels at The New School. Labs/Teams: Director of the NSSR Perception Laboratory, with ongoing projects documented at nssrperception.com .

Filipp Schmidtمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Visual Perception
• Cognitive Psychology
• Material Recognition
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Filipp Schmidt is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of General Psychology within the Department 06 Psychology and Sports Science of Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen. His research focuses on visual perception and cognition, particularly how humans integrate perceptive features into unified environmental representations through computer graphics, psychophysics, and modeling. PhD from Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (2014) Diploma in Psychology from Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (2009) Research interests span material recognition, shape transformations, and perceptual organization of naturalistic materials. Current projects combine behavioral experiments, machine learning, and fMRI to decode material categorization hierarchies and visual-semantic interactions. Recent publications analyze wood material perception (2023), gloss prediction (2024), animacy inference from shape (2017), and one-shot generalization via drawing tasks (2022). Collaborates with Prof. Roland W. Fleming on DFG-funded project C1. Email: Filipp.Schmidt@psychol.uni-giessen.de Advises PhD students Henning Tiedemann and Emily A-Izzeddin. Uses big data approaches to train machine learning models for material properties.

• Immersive Education
• Neurodiversity Studies
• Cognitive Psychology
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr Sarune Savickaite is an early career researcher and Lifelong Learning Tutor at the University of Glasgow's School of Psychology & Neuroscience, with expertise in immersive education, neurodiversity, and cognitive psychology. She holds an affiliate role in the School and contributes to External Relations as a tutor. Her work emphasizes inclusive education and innovative teaching methodologies, particularly leveraging virtual reality (VR) technologies. Key contributions include co-organizing the AVRA conference and collaborating with Meta on the SEER Project to advance immersive education. She has secured grants, including the 2024 Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation award for interdisciplinary workshops on interoceptive awareness. Her research spans VR applications in autism research, cognitive perception studies, and neurodiversity-inclusive design. Dr Savickaite actively publishes in journals like i-Perception and Journal of Enabling Technologies , focusing on topics such as synesthesia simulation, animacy perception, and VR-based pedagogy. Education: Details not explicitly stated in the provided texts. Her research interests center on bridging cognitive science and educational technology, with a focus on how immersive environments can enhance learning for neurodiverse populations. Notable projects include the XRed initiative exploring future immersive education frameworks and studies on VR's role in understanding individual differences in visual processing and empathy. Publications highlight her work on VR applications in autism research, including collaborative efforts to define VR taxonomies and participatory action research methodologies. She also investigates creativity measurement in neurodivergent populations and the ethical implications of avatar design in VR. Grants: Interdisciplinary Workshops on Interoceptive Awareness (2024), funded by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. Dr Savickaite is involved in collaborative projects like the SEER initiative, which scopes extended educational realities, and contributes to lab-based research such as the ALIVE project assessing avatar learning impacts in virtual environments.

Mikkel Wallentinمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Psycholinguistics
• Neurolinguistics
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• +۱۲ مورد دیگر

Mikkel Wallentin is a Professor at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, specializing in Cognitive Science. He investigates the intricate relationships between language, brain, and cognition through interdisciplinary research combining neuroscience, linguistics, and psychology. His research interests include psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, neuropragmatics, spatial memory, language comprehension, and inner speech . He employs methods such as fMRI, behavioral experiments, and corpus analysis to explore how cognitive processes are embodied in linguistic behavior. His work also touches on gender differences in language development, depression detection via lexical choice, and aging in spatial communication. Wallentin's recent publications reveal a strong focus on emotional inner speech, its physiological effects, and its role in self-regulation , alongside studies on early language acquisition and linguistic pragmatics. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with cognitive neuroscience, often involving cross-linguistic and clinical populations. Principal Investigator, SCALA: Spatial Communication and Ageing across Languages (2024–2028) Participant, Cognition, Language and Music (2009–2013) Participant, Mass Experiment 2016 He has been actively involved in public dissemination, delivering lectures such as 'Language: A Window into the Mind' and contributing to media on topics like julefilm psychology and developmental language disorders. With over 127 research outputs, he maintains a robust scholarly presence in cognitive science.

• Human Memory
• Cognitive Psychology
• Short-Term Memory
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Marie Poirier is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at City, University of London , where she has taught since 2001. She previously served at Sherbrooke University and Laval University in Canada, directing the Cognitive Psychology Research Laboratory before establishing the Memory Research Unit (now Human Memory Research Group) at City. Her work focuses on human memory , particularly short-term memory, retrieval mechanisms, and memory in special populations. Education: PhD in Psychology from Laval University (1989), Quebec, Canada Research interests span cognitive psychology, memory over short and long terms, semantic networks, and determinants of successful retrieval. She collaborates internationally with institutions in the UK, US, Canada, and Australia. Her research has been funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada , British Academy , and Economic and Social Research Council (UK) . Recent publications examine animacy effects in memory , production effect in recall , nonepisodic autobiographical memory , and visuospatial working memory . Her 2024 study in Psychology and Aging challenges assumptions about cognitive decline in older adults, linking narrative differences to communicative preferences rather than memory deficits. Professional activities include serving as an Associate Editor for Memory . She teaches modules like Cognitive Approaches to Mind and Behavior (PS1003) and Memory: Trends and Issues (PS3004) at the undergraduate level, and Contemporary Issues in Psychological Research (PSM511) at the postgraduate level.

Hongjing Luمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Cognitive Psychology
• Machine Learning
• Computer Vision
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Professor Hongjing Lu is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Her research explores how humans learn and reason under conditions of sparse, ambiguous, and noisy data, with applications to understanding intelligent systems in both biological and artificial contexts. Her work integrates theories and methods from Psychology , Statistics , Computer Vision , Machine Learning , and Computational Neuroscience . Key research themes include: Exploiting generic priors for learning/inference Manipulating structured representations in perception and cognition Interdisciplinary approaches to motion perception, action recognition, and object recognition Connections between human cognition and AI systems Her publications span journals like Nature Communications , Nature Human Behavior , Psychological Review , and PLoS Computational Biology , focusing on analogical reasoning, causal learning, and neural mechanisms of perception. She leads the Computational Vision and Learning Lab at UCLA.

Sebastian Sauppeمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Linguistic diversity and language processing
• Incremental processing
• Event cognition
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Sebastian Sauppe is a Senior Assistant and Ambizione Fellow at the University of Zurich's Department of Psychology, where he leads the research area 'Cognitive and Developmental Neuroscience of Language' within the Developmental Psychology: Infancy and Childhood unit. His work bridges language processing, cognitive neuroscience, and ontogenetic development, with fieldwork conducted on under-researched languages including Äiwoo in Solomon Islands. Education: Recipient of Max Planck Society's Otto Hahn medal for psycholinguistic dissertation work Current Roles: SNSF Ambizione grant holder, National Geographic Explorer Dr. Sauppe's research focuses on linguistic diversity and language processing , examining how grammatical structures interact with real-time comprehension and production. His work on incremental processing investigates neural mechanisms of sentence construction, while event cognition studies explore how language shapes semantic role representation. He also examines child development of language-cognition interfaces and interactive language use in social contexts. His methodology combines mobile EEG, eye-tracking, and behavioral paradigms across diverse linguistic environments. Analysis of his recent publications reveals strong emphasis on cross-linguistic validation of processing principles (particularly agent preference phenomena), neural correlates of syntactic variation, and methodological innovation in field psycholinguistics. His work consistently bridges theoretical linguistics with cognitive neuroscience, with increasing focus on developmental trajectories. National Geographic Explorer (awarded by National Geographic Society) Otto Hahn Medal (Max Planck Society for outstanding dissertation work) As an Ambizione grant holder, Dr. Sauppe leads independent research while mentoring junior researchers. His fieldwork in Solomon Islands demonstrates commitment to ecological validity and linguistic diversity. Current projects involve mobile EEG studies of language processing in naturalistic settings and cross-species comparisons of event cognition with great apes. His research group collaborates extensively across Europe and with field linguists worldwide, developing novel paradigms for studying language in under-documented contexts. Dr. Sauppe maintains active laboratory work at the University of Zurich while conducting periodic field expeditions. His team utilizes mobile neuroimaging equipment for cross-cultural studies and collaborates with primatology researchers on comparative cognition projects. The lab emphasizes methodological rigor in both controlled laboratory and naturalistic field settings.

• Visual Perception
• Neural Processing
• Gaze Perception
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Colin Clifford is a Professor at the School of Psychology, University of New South Wales. His laboratory investigates vision, contextual effects on perception, and the neural basis of visual awareness. His academic credentials include a PhD from University College London (1994–1996), an MSc from Sussex University (1991–1992), and an MA from Pembroke College, Cambridge (1985–1989). Clifford's research explores visual perception, neural coding, gaze processing, and sensory adaptation. His work emphasizes how context modulates perception and how visual awareness links to underlying neural mechanisms, spanning topics like face perception, motion processing, and geometric illusions. His publications reveal a focus on gaze perception, facial processing, motion adaptation, and perceptual illusions. Trends include neural and behavioral studies of visual biases, contextual modulation, and ecological aspects of vision. Scientific Awards: Future Fellowship (2011–2015) for research on parallel and generative binding in human visual cortex Grants & Advising: National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant (2012–2014): Functional anisotropies in orientation and motion processing Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (2012–2014): Gaze perception and adaptation He leads a vision research laboratory investigating neural and perceptual aspects of visual processing.

Mitchell Lapointeمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Cognitive Psychology
• Visual Perception
• Memory
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Mitchell Lapointe is an Assistant Professor at Mount Allison University, specializing in cognitive psychology with a focus on visual perception, attention, and memory. His research explores how context, semantic processing, and perceptual features influence object detection, change detection, and recognition memory. He employs eye-tracking and experimental paradigms to investigate phenomena such as attentional bias, semantic conflict effects, and the role of 3D depth cues in visual attention. Key research interests include: animacy detection in artificial objects (e.g., LEGO figures), the interplay between perceptual degradation and memory encoding, and the dual-process mechanisms underlying context effects in visual search and scene perception. His work bridges cognitive psychology and neuroscience to understand foundational aspects of human cognition. Notable findings include demonstrating that semantically incongruent objects attract attention in scenes, and that LEGO people can elicit animacy-related attentional biases. He has also shown how contextual cues influence mind-wandering content and how depth perception interacts with attentional processes. His publications consistently address themes of attention allocation, memory consolidation, and the cognitive architecture of visual processing. Despite prolific output across 2010–2023, no specific awards or grants are listed in the provided materials.