People can recognize objects, faces, and scenes in a fraction of a second, even when the specific image is being viewed for the first time. This remarkable phenomenon motivates my primary research interest which is to understand the neural and psychophysical basis of shape recognition. My major research projects, in collaboration with my PhD advisor, Professor Irving Biederman, have focused on two aspects of this problem: a) a comparison of the neural basis of the recognition of faces and objects, b) testing a neural hypothesis as to what controls spontaneous selective attention. This research has employed both psychophysics and fMRI imaging.
I am currently a research fellow at MGH working with Dr. Roger Tootell on the face perception.
Contact information:
NMR Athinoula A. Martinos Center,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
149 Thirteenth Street, Room 2301
Charlestown, MA 02129