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Psychological Science, Research Methods of

Here is a list of potential academic supervisors for your research project. You can directly email the staff member you are interested in working with and discuss a possible project. Alternatively, email the programme coordinator, who will be able to help you find a potential supervisor. You can also look at our staff webpage, where you will be able to see the research interests of individual academic staff members:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/

 

Monika Harvey

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=MH001

Keywords:

stroke rehabilitaiton, perception and action, hemispatial neglect

Articles:

  • Rossit, S., Malhotra, P., Muir, K., Reeves, I., Duncan G., Harvey, M. (2011). The role of right temporal lobe structures in off-line action: evidence from lesion-behaviour mapping in stroke patients. Cerebral Cortex,21 (12), 2751-2761.
  • Morand, S.M., Grosbras, M.-H., Caldara R. and Harvey, M (2010) Looking away from faces: Influence of high level visual processes on saccade programming. Journal of Vision, 10 (3): 16, 1-10.
  • Rossit, S., Malhorta, P., Muir, K., Reeves, I., Duncan, G., Livingstone, K., Jackson H., Hogg, C., Castle P., Learmonth G. and Harvey, M. (2009) No neglect- specific deficits in reaching tasks. Cerebral Cortex, 19, 2616-2624.

 

Rob Jenkins

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=RJ001

Keywords:

Cognition, Perception, Attention, Social Interaction

Articles:

  • Jenkins, R., White, D., Van Montfort, X., & Burton, A.M. (2011). Variability in photos of the same face. Cognition, 121, 313-323.
  • Burton, A.M., Bindemann, M., Langton, S.R.H., Schweinberger, S.R., & Jenkins, R. (2009). Gaze perception requires focused attention: Evidence from an interference task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 35, 108-118.
  • Jenkins, R., & Burton, A.M. (2008). 100% accuracy in automatic face recognition. Science, 319, 435.

 

Martin Lages

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=ML001

Keywords:

motion and depth perception, visual awareness, Bayesian modeling, perception and action, decision making 

Articles:

  • Lages, M. & Jaworska, K. (2012). How predictable are “spontaneous decisions” and “hidden intentions”. Comparing classification results based on previous responses with multivariate pattern analysis of fMRI BOLD signals. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 1-8.
  • Lages, M., &, Heron, S. (2010). On the inverse problem of local binocular 3D motion perception. PLoS Computational Biology, 6(11), e1000999.
  • Lages, M., Adams, W.J., Graf, E.W. (2009). Motion after-effect induced blindness. Journal of Vision, 9(11), 1-7.

 

Linda Moxey

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=LMM01

Keywords:  

Human communication about quantities, reference to plural objects, the function of natural language quantifiers

Articles:

  • Moxey, L. M. & Filik, R. (2010). The effects of character desire on focus patterns and pronominal reference following quantified statements. Discourse Processes, 47(7) 588-616.
  • Moxey, L. M., Sanford, A. J., Wood, A, I, & Ginter, L. M. N (2010). When do we use ‘they’ to refer to two individuals?:  Scenario-mapping as a basis for equivalence.  Language and Cognitive Processes, 26(1), 79-120.
  • Moxey, L. M., Sanford, A. J., & Tonks, K. (in press). Representing characters in a scenario: what makes two individuals a set? Language and Cognitive Processes.

 

Lars Muckli

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/~lars/

Keywords:

Functional brain imaging, fMRI, natural visual scenes, apparent motion, predictive coding, change blindness

Articles: 

  • Smith FW & L Muckli (2010) Nonstimulated early visual areas carry information about surrounding context. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA (PNAS), Nov 16;107(46):20099-103.
  • Muckli L (2010) What are we missing here? Brain imaging evidence for higher cognitive functions in primary visual cortex V1. International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology. 20 (2 SI): 131-139
  • Alink A, CM Schwiedrzik, A Kohler, W Singer & L Muckli (2010) Stimulus predictability reduces responses in primary visual cortex. J Neurosci. Feb 24;30(8):2960-6          

 

Guillaume Rousselet

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=GAR01

Keywords:

Visual processing of objects, faces, and natural scenes; aging; individual differences; statistics

Articles:

 

Christoph Scheepers

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=CS001

Keywords:

Psycholinguistics, Psychology of Language, Eye-Tracking

Articles:

  • Matsuki, K., Chow, T., Hare, M., Elman, J.L., Scheepers, C., & McRae, K. (2011). Event-based plausibility immediately influences on-line language comprehension. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(4), 913-934.
  • Scheepers, C., Sturt, P., Martin, C.J., Myachykov, A., Teevan, K., & Viskupova, I. (2011). Structural priming across cognitive domains: From simple arithmetic to relative clause attachment. Psychological Science, 22(10), 1319-1326.
  • Yao, B., & Scheepers, C. (2011). Contextual modulation of reading rate for direct versus indirect speech quotations. Cognition, 121(3), 447-453.

 

Philippe Schyns

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=PGS01

Keywords: visual categorization of faces, objects and scenes; visual coding in the brain

Articles:

  • Jack, R.E., Garrod, O.G.B., Yu, H., Caldara, R. & Schyns, P.G.  (in press).  Facial expressions of emotion are not culturally universal.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
  • Smith, M.L., Gosselin, F. & Schyns, P.G.  (2012).  Measuring internal representations from behavioral and brain data.  Current Biology, 22, 191-196.
  • Schyns, P.G., Thut, G. & Gross, J.  (2011).  Cracking the code of oscillatory activity.  PLoS Biology, 9(5):e1001064. doi:10/1371/journal.pbio.1001064.

 

Gregor Thut

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=GT001

Keywords:

Cognitive neuroscience, visual attention and perception, multisensory interactions, brain oscillations, (neuro)modulation, transcranial stimulation techniques

Articles:

  • Thut G., Schyns P. & Gross J. (2011) Entrainment of perceptually relevant brain oscillations by non-invasive rhythmic stimulation of the human brain Frontiers in Psychology Vol.2:170
  • Thut G. & Miniussi C. (2009) New insights into rhythmic brain activity from TMS-EEG studies Trends in Cognitive Sciences Vol.13 pp 182-189

Psychological Science, Research Methods of

Here is a list of potential academic supervisors for your research project. You can directly email the staff member you are interested in working with and discuss a possible project. Alternatively, email the programme coordinator, who will be able to help you find a potential supervisor. You can also look at our staff webpage, where you will be able to see the research interests of individual academic staff members:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/

 

Monika Harvey

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=MH001

Keywords:

stroke rehabilitaiton, perception and action, hemispatial neglect

Articles:

  • Rossit, S., Malhotra, P., Muir, K., Reeves, I., Duncan G., Harvey, M. (2011). The role of right temporal lobe structures in off-line action: evidence from lesion-behaviour mapping in stroke patients. Cerebral Cortex,21 (12), 2751-2761.
  • Morand, S.M., Grosbras, M.-H., Caldara R. and Harvey, M (2010) Looking away from faces: Influence of high level visual processes on saccade programming. Journal of Vision, 10 (3): 16, 1-10.
  • Rossit, S., Malhorta, P., Muir, K., Reeves, I., Duncan, G., Livingstone, K., Jackson H., Hogg, C., Castle P., Learmonth G. and Harvey, M. (2009) No neglect- specific deficits in reaching tasks. Cerebral Cortex, 19, 2616-2624.

 

Rob Jenkins

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=RJ001

Keywords:

Cognition, Perception, Attention, Social Interaction

Articles:

  • Jenkins, R., White, D., Van Montfort, X., & Burton, A.M. (2011). Variability in photos of the same face. Cognition, 121, 313-323.
  • Burton, A.M., Bindemann, M., Langton, S.R.H., Schweinberger, S.R., & Jenkins, R. (2009). Gaze perception requires focused attention: Evidence from an interference task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 35, 108-118.
  • Jenkins, R., & Burton, A.M. (2008). 100% accuracy in automatic face recognition. Science, 319, 435.

 

Martin Lages

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=ML001

Keywords:

motion and depth perception, visual awareness, Bayesian modeling, perception and action, decision making 

Articles:

  • Lages, M. & Jaworska, K. (2012). How predictable are “spontaneous decisions” and “hidden intentions”. Comparing classification results based on previous responses with multivariate pattern analysis of fMRI BOLD signals. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 1-8.
  • Lages, M., &, Heron, S. (2010). On the inverse problem of local binocular 3D motion perception. PLoS Computational Biology, 6(11), e1000999.
  • Lages, M., Adams, W.J., Graf, E.W. (2009). Motion after-effect induced blindness. Journal of Vision, 9(11), 1-7.

 

Linda Moxey

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=LMM01

Keywords:  

Human communication about quantities, reference to plural objects, the function of natural language quantifiers

Articles:

  • Moxey, L. M. & Filik, R. (2010). The effects of character desire on focus patterns and pronominal reference following quantified statements. Discourse Processes, 47(7) 588-616.
  • Moxey, L. M., Sanford, A. J., Wood, A, I, & Ginter, L. M. N (2010). When do we use ‘they’ to refer to two individuals?:  Scenario-mapping as a basis for equivalence.  Language and Cognitive Processes, 26(1), 79-120.
  • Moxey, L. M., Sanford, A. J., & Tonks, K. (in press). Representing characters in a scenario: what makes two individuals a set? Language and Cognitive Processes.

 

Lars Muckli

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/~lars/

Keywords:

Functional brain imaging, fMRI, natural visual scenes, apparent motion, predictive coding, change blindness

Articles: 

  • Smith FW & L Muckli (2010) Nonstimulated early visual areas carry information about surrounding context. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA (PNAS), Nov 16;107(46):20099-103.
  • Muckli L (2010) What are we missing here? Brain imaging evidence for higher cognitive functions in primary visual cortex V1. International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology. 20 (2 SI): 131-139
  • Alink A, CM Schwiedrzik, A Kohler, W Singer & L Muckli (2010) Stimulus predictability reduces responses in primary visual cortex. J Neurosci. Feb 24;30(8):2960-6          

 

Guillaume Rousselet

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=GAR01

Keywords:

Visual processing of objects, faces, and natural scenes; aging; individual differences; statistics

Articles:

 

Christoph Scheepers

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=CS001

Keywords:

Psycholinguistics, Psychology of Language, Eye-Tracking

Articles:

  • Matsuki, K., Chow, T., Hare, M., Elman, J.L., Scheepers, C., & McRae, K. (2011). Event-based plausibility immediately influences on-line language comprehension. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(4), 913-934.
  • Scheepers, C., Sturt, P., Martin, C.J., Myachykov, A., Teevan, K., & Viskupova, I. (2011). Structural priming across cognitive domains: From simple arithmetic to relative clause attachment. Psychological Science, 22(10), 1319-1326.
  • Yao, B., & Scheepers, C. (2011). Contextual modulation of reading rate for direct versus indirect speech quotations. Cognition, 121(3), 447-453.

 

Philippe Schyns

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=PGS01

Keywords: visual categorization of faces, objects and scenes; visual coding in the brain

Articles:

  • Jack, R.E., Garrod, O.G.B., Yu, H., Caldara, R. & Schyns, P.G.  (in press).  Facial expressions of emotion are not culturally universal.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
  • Smith, M.L., Gosselin, F. & Schyns, P.G.  (2012).  Measuring internal representations from behavioral and brain data.  Current Biology, 22, 191-196.
  • Schyns, P.G., Thut, G. & Gross, J.  (2011).  Cracking the code of oscillatory activity.  PLoS Biology, 9(5):e1001064. doi:10/1371/journal.pbio.1001064.

 

Gregor Thut

Webpage:

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/staff/index.php?id=GT001

Keywords:

Cognitive neuroscience, visual attention and perception, multisensory interactions, brain oscillations, (neuro)modulation, transcranial stimulation techniques

Articles:

  • Thut G., Schyns P. & Gross J. (2011) Entrainment of perceptually relevant brain oscillations by non-invasive rhythmic stimulation of the human brain Frontiers in Psychology Vol.2:170
  • Thut G. & Miniussi C. (2009) New insights into rhythmic brain activity from TMS-EEG studies Trends in Cognitive Sciences Vol.13 pp 182-189