Research Projects
Research Projects
Role of color priming on visual short-term memory using partial-report
Role of color priming on visual short-term memory using partial-report
Investigation of visual false memories in virtual reality
Investigation of visual false memories in virtual reality
Studying the impact of bottom-up versus top-down scene context on visual search behavior in an eye tracking paradigm
Studying the impact of bottom-up versus top-down scene context on visual search behavior in an eye tracking paradigm
Exploring the impact of a retro cue on fragile (rather than working) memory storage of stimulus features
Exploring the impact of a retro cue on fragile (rather than working) memory storage of stimulus features
Continuing an investigation into the interactions between illusory color spreading, luminance, surface area, and priming on figure-ground reversibility of semantic and abstract images
Continuing an investigation into the interactions between illusory color spreading, luminance, surface area, and priming on figure-ground reversibility of semantic and abstract images
Examining color spreading illusions under a various global contexts more similar to the real-world
Examining color spreading illusions under a various global contexts more similar to the real-world
Exploring the impact of figure-ground reversibility using the watercolor illusion
Exploring the impact of figure-ground reversibility using the watercolor illusion
Studying the manifestation of boundary extension in a more ecologically valid virtual reality setting
Studying the manifestation of boundary extension in a more ecologically valid virtual reality setting
Using eye tracking to study visual search and social gaze
Using eye tracking to study visual search and social gaze
Boundary extension in the real-world: is this error of commission real or lab created?
Boundary extension in the real-world: is this error of commission real or lab created?
General Research Interests
General Research Interests
Visual perception
Color vision
Figure-ground organization
Object and scene recognition
Boundary extension
Visual illusions and their implications
Visual search
Constancies related to depth, luminance, and color
Perceptual impact of illumination
The effect of holistic context
The ecological validity of perceptual research
Eye movements and social gaze
Attention
Human memory systems
Visual false memories
Visual sensory (iconic) memory
Visual memory systems including...
Visual short term memory (VSTM)
Visual working memory (visuospatial sketchpad)
Memory errors - primarily visual and auditory - with functional and nonfunctional explanations