Research in the Perception and Attention theme explores the relationship between perception and physical parameters of the environment in healthy and clinical populations, using a wide range of behavioural and electrophysiological techniques. Our research activities are funded by various Medical Charities and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). The theme leader is Prof Arash Sahraie and other members include Dr Rachael Bannerman, Dr Philip Benson, Dr Rama Chakravarthi, Dr Constanze Hesse, Dr Frouke Hermens, Dr Amelia Hunt, Dr Jasna Martinovic, Prof Peter McGeorge, Dr Karin Pilz and Dr Rachel Swainson.
Recent research highlights
- Astle, D. E., Jackson, G. M. & Swainson, R. (2008). Fractionating the cognitive control required to bring about a change in task: A dense-sensor ERP study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20, 255-267.
- Bannerman, R. L., Milders, M., de Gelder, B. & Sahraie, A. (2009). Orienting to threat: Faster localization of fearful facial expressions and body postures revealed by saccadic eye movements. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 276, 1635-1641.
- Cavanagh, P., Hunt, A. R., Afraz, A. & Rolfs, M. (2010). Visual stability based on remapping of attention pointers. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 14, 147-153.
- de Gelder, B., Tamietto, M., van Boxtel, G., Goebel, R., Pegna, A., Sahraie A, vanden Stock, J., Stienen, B. & Weiskrantz, L. (2008) Blind man walking: Intact navigation skills in bilateral loss of striate cortex. Current Biology, 18, 1128-1129.
- Martinovic, J., Gruber, T., Ohla, K. & Mueller, M.M. (2009) Induced gamma-band activity elicited by visual representation of unattended objects. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21, 42-57.
- Sahraie, A., Hibbard, P. B., Trevethan, C. T., Ritchie, K. L. & Weiskrantz, L. (2010) Consciousness of the first-order in blindsight. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 21217-21222.