Research Team

Graduate Students:

Geoff Harrison

  • M.Sc. thesis (2015): Object substitution masking reveals the continuous nature of conscious object representations.

  • Ph.D. thesis: To be determined.

Undergraduate Students:

  • Lucy Digney (2016-2017)

  • Paul Hodgetts (2016-2017)

  • Jacob Wilde (2016-2017)

Andrew Mouck

  • Last Known Position – IBM Canada, Business Intelligence Analyst

  • M.Sc. thesis (2010): Cognitive training with video games: The role of target presentation rate and maximum target eccentricity.

Jason Rajsic

  • Last Known Position – University of Toronto (Ph.D. candidate)

  • M.Sc. thesis (2011): The effects of visual working memory on appearance.

  • Catherine Charbonneau (2007-2008): Examining the interconnection of attention and working memory.

  • Natalie McGlynn (2007-2008): Within-object attentional allocation biases. Last Known Position – University of Western Ontario (graduate student)

  • Jason Rajsic (2008-2009): Effect of feature-based cueing on visual spatial resolution.

  • Carolyn Mirotchnick (2008-2009): Effect of working memory on perceptual processing.

  • Tracy Cheung (2009-2010): The influence of working memory on attentional allocation. Last known position: University of Bristol (graduate student)

  • Afiqah Yusuf (2009-2010): An fMRI study on the effects of attention on speech perception. Last known position: McGill University (graduate student)

  • Yena Bi (2010-2011): Effect of different cue tasks on inhibition of return.

  • Jennifer Manzon (2011-2012): Influence of Working Memory on Temporal Allocation of Attention

  • Lindsay Nix (2011-2012): The Effects of Videogame Playing and Mindfulness on Sustained Attention

  • David Yoon (Life Sciences: 2011-2012): Impact of visual search training on the efficiency of saccadic deployment

  • Alex Duncan (2013-2014): Factors influencing attention within objects

  • Sarah Barton (2013-2014): Involuntary spatial allocation of attention during memory retrieval

  • Emily Britton (2014-2015): Perceptual and working memory effects of flanker interference.

  • Ruth Hobbis (2014-2015): Spatial specificity of perceptual and working memory Stroop.

  • Isaac Marlow-Dilworth (2015-2016): The Effects of Perceptual Load on Performance in Two Speeded-Choice Tasks

  • Theresa Lecraw (Fall 2007): Configural learning.

  • David Gilbert (Fall 2007, Winter 2008): Influence of perceptual load on response control. Last known position: University of Toronto (teacher’s college)

  • Andrew Mouck (Fall 2007, Winter 2008): Training of attention. Last Known Position – IBM Canada, Business Intelligence Analyst

  • Joe Viviano (Fall 2008, Winter 2009): Working memory biases of attention.

  • James Hayward (Fall 2009; Winter 2009): (1) Subliminal cueing to differentiate between long-term and short-term inhibition of return, (2) Working memory and the SNARC effect. Last known position: University of British Columbia (medical school)

  • Laura Rosen (Winter 2010): Assessment of attentional resources between and within hemifields in a visual search task.  Last known position: Queen’s University (graduate student)

  • Yena Bi (Winter 2010): Inhibition of return: A response retrieval account.

  • Stephanie Lau (Winter 2011): The effect of visual search training on the oculomotor system.

  • Peter Hunt (Winter 2011): An examination of hemifield independence and a review of the factors influencing successful multiple object tracking.

  • Eileen Guerriero (Winter 2012): Effect of response task and perceptual similarity on inhibition of return.

  • Rachael Quickert (Fall 2012): Object shape and size and the distribution of visual attention: Examining the center bias.

  • Tom Reid (Winter 2013): Attention boosts frequency regardless of task instructions.

  • Dorothy Yu (Winter 2013): The effects of colour memory-driven search on recall and precision.

  • Adrian Parlow (Fall 2014): Precision of multiple object tracking representations.

  • Chelsea Lau (Fall 2014): Temporal effects of object masking.

  • Shira Segal (Fall 2014): Within-object distribution of attention.

  • Adrian Parlow (Winter 2015):

  • Vikas Bansal (Winter 2015): Same Object Benefits for Features of Shapes

  • Ella Pitassi (Winter 2015): The impact of a neutral condition on a working-memory version of the Stroop task

  • Aurora Lu (Winter 2015): Precision and Accuracy of Object-Based Benefits in Visual Short-Term Working Memory

  • Melissa Dejonge (Winter 2015): Relative Location Changes in a Perceptual and Working Memory Stroop Task

  • Melissa Dejonge (Fall 2015): Working memory specificity

  • Melissa Kang (Winter 2016): Remembering more than you can say: Re-examining “Amnesia” of Object Attributes

  • Donella Plastik (Winter 2016): Effect of holding task-irrelevant features in memory on the threshold of perceptual consciousness

  • Mairead Meyer (Winter 2016): Getting Closer: Priming in Spatial Specificity and Response Mapping in the Visual Attention System

  • Michael Lutsky (Winter 2016): The Effects of Varying Levels of Mind Wandering: A Prospective Study

  • Katrina Tripple (Winter 2016): The Relationship between Perception and Working Memory in a Flanker Task

  • Hannah Eisenberg (Fall 2016): Featural working memory

  • Mohammed Albaghdadi (Fall 2016): Eye-movement measures of mind-wandering

  • Michaele Corbisiero (Fall 2016, Winter 2017): Objective measurement of mind-wandering

  • Morgan Jeffries (Fall 2016): Impact of working memory on attention

  • Eden Shaul (Fall 2016): Working memory and attentional control