Principal Investigators
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Paul is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, University of Manchester. He has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Pure Applied & Computational Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Vision Science (Artificial Intelligence and Vision Research Unit, University of Sheffield). After his Ph.D. he held postdoc positions at New York University, Cardiff University and Glasgow University. He worked in industry (QinetiQ Ltd.) for two years before holding an independent research fellowship at the Wales Institure of Cognitive Neuroscience (WICN). He moved to the University of Manchester in August 2009. |
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Rebecca is a Lecturer in the division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, University of Manchester. She studied at the University of Sheffield, U.K. (B.Sc. in Psyhcology) and the University of Glasgow (Ph.D. in Vision Science), and held postdoctoral positions at Royal Holloway and Cardiff University. She moved to the University of Manchester in August 2012. |
Post-docs
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Dr. George Farmer
George has a Ph.D. in Psychology and worked with PAW on a project funded by ESRC. Together with Prof. Ulrike Hahn (Psychology, Birkbeck University) we investigated human perception of randomness and tested whether our previous account of randomness perception (Hahn & Warren, Psychological Review, 2009) could account for the Gambler's fallacy. George is now conducting post-doctoral work at Cambridge University. |
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Dr. Umberto Gostoli
Umberto holds a Ph.D. in Economics and worked with PAW on an 18 month project funded by an ESRC transformative research award. We investigated the extent to which so-called cognitive biases, commonly taken as evidence of failures in human judgement and decision making, could be recast as rational under appropriate, task, environmetnal and cognitive constraints. Umberto is now a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Glasgow. |
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Dr. Andrew Foulkes
Andrew holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and worked with PAW on an 3 year project grant funded by the Wellcome Trust. We investigated human perception of scene-relative object movement using optic flow information. Andrew is now a lecturer in Mathematics at Liverpool Hope University. |
PhD Students
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Lucy Evans (2017 - )
Lucy did her undergraduate project in PADLab with PAW before taking an M.Sc. in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Universiy of York. She is conducting a PhD looking at individual differences in optic flow parsing across the adult lifespan. |
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Daniel Poole (Ph.D. 2011-2015)
PAW co-supervised (with Ellen Poliakoff & Emma Gowen) Dan's Ph.D. in Psychology which investigated multi-sensory pereception in Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). In particular we looked for evidence of altered multi-sensory cue integration in ASC for a visuo-tactile size estimation task. Dan now holds a teaching fellowship at the University of Manchester. |
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Stephen Jachim (Ph.D. 2012-2015)
PAW co-supervised (with Emma Gowen) Steve's Ph.D. in Eye and Vision Sciences which investigated altered visual pereception in Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). In particular we looked for differences in the balance between top dpwn and bottom up processing. |
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Cassandra Rogers (Ph.D., Cardiff, 2011-2015)
With Simon Rushton at Cardiff University PAW supervised Cass' Ph.D. which investigated the role of peripheral visual information in assessment of scene-relative object movement using optic flow information. |
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George Farmer (Ph.D. 2011-2014)
PAW supervised George's Ph.D. in Psychology which investigated a well-known cognitive bias - the attraction effect - in which choice between two options is affected by an apparently irrelevent 3rd option. This phenomenon is commonly presented as a strong challenge against the ratioanlity of human decision making. George conducted a series of experiments and theoretical studies to show that this behaviour actually maximises expected value in the presence of uncertainty in the cognitive system. George is now conducting post-doctoral work at the University of Cambridge. |
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Andreas Jarvstad (Ph.D., Cardiff, 2010-2013)
Together with Ulrike Hahn & Simon Rushton PAW supervised Andreas' Ph.D. on the optimality of human perceptual, perceptuo-motor and cognitive decision making. In a series of experiments, Andreas provided eveidence to suggest that performance across these decision making domains was actually rather similar. |
Masters Students
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Denisa Aprilliawati (M.Res. 2016-2017)
Denisa was Masters student in the Psychology, M.Res. programme. She worked on an experimental project considering the effects of image contrast on optic flow processing |
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Samuel Rintoul (M.Res. 2016-2017)
Sam was a Masters student in the Psychology, M.Res. programme. He worked on an experimental project considering potential low level visual mechanisms that might underpin optic flow parsing. |
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Joshua Bradley (M.Res. 2015-2016)
Josh was a Masters student in the Psychology, M.Res. programme.He worked on an experimental project considering potential low level visual mechanisms that might underpin optic flow parsing to support recovery of scene-relative object movement. |
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Chloe Middleton(M.Res. 2015-2016)
Chloe was a Masters student in the Psychology, M.Res. programme. In her research project she examined links between inhibitory processing and performance in decision making tasks. |
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Glyn Reynolds (M.Res., 2010-2011)
Glyn was a Masters student in the Psychology, M.Res. programme and carried out a research project on human perception of randomness. In particular we found preliminary evidence of the effect of recent experience on subsequently generated random outcomes. |
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Dan Dodgson(M.Res. 2012-2013)
Dan was a Masters student in the Psychology, M.Res. programme. He investigated the ability to detect scene-relative object movement in complex scenes moving in a manner consistent with observer movement. Dan is now studying for a Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham. |
Research Assistants
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Sarvin Shakib (Summer, 2016)
Sarvin was a former undergraduate project student in PADLab. She helped with data collection and analysis of data from a study considering the effects of contrast on human speed perception. |
UG Research Project Students (2017-2018)
Alex Hopper
Christopher Shields
Rebecca Thorley
Stephanie Spencer
Juwairiyyah Desai
Stavros Messios
Eivind Mjaaland
