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Joel Pearson
Lecturer and CJ Martin Fellow
Research Areas: Joel Pearson studies the neural bases of visual perception, memory, mental imagery, attention and awareness by using behavioural, human brain imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques. Specific research topics include binocular rivalry and ambiguous vision, mental imagery, dynamics and neural basis of visual memory, characteristics of visual feature binding, feature representations in visual cortex, object recognition, visual attention and consciousness.
Academic Career:
BFA (Fine Arts), 1999, UNSW College of Fine Arts, Sydney
BA (Psych.), 2002, Macquarie University, Australia
Hon (1st), 2003, The University of Sydney
Ph.D., 2006, The University of Sydney
2006-2007, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, Department of Psychology
2007-2009, CJ Martin Fellow, (co-appointment) Vanderbilt and Sydney Universities, Departments of Psychology
Selected Publications:
- Pearson, J. & Brascamp, J. (2008). Sensory memory for ambiguous vision. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 12, 334-341.
- Pearson, J., Clifford, CWG. & Tong F. (2008). The functional impact of mental imagery on conscious perception. Current Biology. 18, 982-986.
- Pearson, J., Tadin, D. & Blake, R. (2007). The effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on visual rivalry. Journal of Vision, 7(7):2, 1-11, http://journalofvision.org/7/7/2/
- Tong, F. & Pearson, J. (2007). Vision. In B. Baars (Ed.) Cognition, Brain and Consciousness. Elsevier press.
- Pearson, J. & Clifford, C.W.G. (2005). Mechanisms Selectively engaged in rivalry: normal vision habituates, rivalrous vision primes Vision Research. 45, 707-714.
- Pearson, J. & Clifford, C.W.G. (2005). Suppressed patterns alter vision during binocular rivalry Current Biology, 15, 2142-2148.
- Pearson, J. & Clifford, C.W.G. (2005). When your brain decides what you see: Grouping across monocular, binocular, and stimulus rivalry. Psychological Science. 16, 516-519.
- Watson, T.L. Pearson, J. & Clifford, C. W. G. (2004). Perceptual grouping of biological motion promotes binocular rivalry. Current Biology. 14, 1670-1674.
- Clifford, C.W.G., Holcombe, A. & Pearson, J. (2004). Dynamics of binding Global form. Journal of Vision. 4(12), 1090-1101, http://journalofvision.org/4/12/8/, doi:10.1167/4.12.8.
- Pearson, J. & Clifford C.W.G. (2004). Determinants of visual awareness following interruptions during rivalry. Journal of Vision, 4(3), 196-202, http://journalofvision.org/4/3/6/, doi:10.1167/4.3.6.
- Clifford, C.W.G., Spehar, B. & Pearson, J. (2004). Motion Transparency Promotes Synchronous Perceptual Binding. Vision Research. 44, 3073-3080.
Contact Details:
Office: Mathews, Room 706 Telephone: (61-2) 9385-3969 Fax: (61-2) 9385-3641 Email: jpearson(at)psy.unsw.edu.au Personal Homepage: http://www.pearsonlab.org
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