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Estimation of contrast sensitivity from fixational eye movements (2018)
Journal Article
Denniss, J., Scholes, C., McGraw, P. V., Nam, S., & Roach, N. W. (2018). Estimation of contrast sensitivity from fixational eye movements. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 59(13), 5408-5416. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.18-24674

Purpose: Even during steady fixation, people make small eye movements such as microsaccades, whose rate is altered by presentation of salient stimuli. Our goal was to develop a practical method for objectively and robustly estimating contrast sensiti... Read More about Estimation of contrast sensitivity from fixational eye movements.

Visual crowding is unaffected by adaptation-induced spatial compression (2018)
Journal Article
Chambers, A. L., Roach, N. W., & Johnston, A. (2018). Visual crowding is unaffected by adaptation-induced spatial compression. Journal of Vision, 18(3), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1167/18.3.12

It has recently been shown that adapting to a densely textured stimulus alters the perception of visual space, such that the distance between two points subsequently presented in the adapted region appears reduced (Hisakata, Nishida, & Johnston, 2016... Read More about Visual crowding is unaffected by adaptation-induced spatial compression.

Selective modulation of visual sensitivity during fixation (2018)
Journal Article
Scholes, C. D., McGraw, P. V., & Roach, N. W. (in press). Selective modulation of visual sensitivity during fixation. Journal of Neurophysiology, 119(6), https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00819.2017

During periods of steady fixation, we make small amplitude ocular movements, termed microsaccades, at a rate of 1-2 every second. Early studies provided evidence that visual sensitivity is reduced during microsaccades - akin to the well-established s... Read More about Selective modulation of visual sensitivity during fixation.

Rate after-effects fail to transfer cross-modally: evidence for distributed sensory timing mechanisms (2018)
Journal Article
Motola, A., Heron, J., McGraw, P. V., Roach, N. W., & Whitaker, D. (2018). Rate after-effects fail to transfer cross-modally: evidence for distributed sensory timing mechanisms. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 924. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19218-z

Accurate time perception is critical for a number of human behaviours, such as understanding speech and the appreciation of music. However, it remains unresolved whether sensory time perception is mediated by a central timing component regulating all... Read More about Rate after-effects fail to transfer cross-modally: evidence for distributed sensory timing mechanisms.