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Joel Pearson
Senior Lecturer and CJ Martin Fellow
Research Areas: Joel Pearson studies the mechanisms and application of mental imagery, decision-making, memory, visual perception, learning, attention and awareness by using behavioural, human brain imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques.
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:
- Keogh, R. & Pearson, J. (2011). Mental Imagery and visual working memory. PLoS ONE 6(12) e29221.
- Pearson, J., Rademaker, R. & Tong, F. (2011). Evaluating the mind’s eye: The metacognition of visual imagery. Psychological Science. 22, 1535-1542.
- Knapen, T., Brascamp, J., Pearson, J., van Ee, R & Blake R. (2011). The role of frontal and parietal areas in bistable perception. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(28), 10293-10301.
- 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)unsw.edu.au Personal Homepage: http://www.pearsonlab.org
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