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Michael Mack wins travel grant from Cognitive Science Society

palmerit — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:14:10 +0000

Mike Mack won a $500 travel grant from the Cognitive Science Society to its meeting in Amsterdam this July. He presented a paper entitled Recognizing Scenes Containing Consistent or Inconsistent Objects. Congratulations Mike.

Palmeri, Logan, and Schall awarded Chancellor’s Award for Research

palmerit — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:12:08 +0000

At the Fall Faculty Assembly, Gordon Logan, Thomas Palmeri, and Jeff Schall were awarded a Chancellor’s Award for Research for the theoretical and empirical work summarized in their 2007 Psychological Review paper. Their research has combined behavioral, electrophysiological, and computational methods to test and refine alternative models of the inhibitory control processes that are recruited during the stop-signal paradigm. It is very important to acknowledge additionally Leanne Boucher, who clearly has played a very central role in this line of work.

Alan Wong’s Dissertation Research Highlight

palmerit — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:07:48 +0000

A paper out of Alan Wong’s recent dissertation has been highlighted by Vanderbilt Exploration and the UPI.
Wong, A.C.-N., Palmeri, T.J., & Gauthier I. (in press). Conditions for face-like expertise with objects: Becoming a Ziggerin expert – but which type? Psychological Science.

VSS 2009

mack.michael — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:28:14 +0000

Braden Purcell’s poster presented at VSS 2009 is available for download.

VSS 2008 Catlab posters

mack.michael — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:41:51 +0000

Posters from the Catlab presented at VSS 2008 can be downloaded here.

Jennifer Richler and Michael Mack win Graduate Student Research Award

palmerit — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:45:03 +0000

Jenn and Mike recently won the Pat Burns Memorial Graduate Student Research Award. This annual award recognizes outstanding achievement in research by a graduate student in the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University. Jenn and Mike were recognized not only for their individual achievements in research but also by their ability to work together as a collaborative team.

Some New Papers from the Catlab

palmerit — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:39:03 +0000

Cheung, O.S., Richler, J.J., Palmeri, T.J., & Gauthier, I. (in press). Revisiting the role of spatial frequencies in the holistic processing of faces. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.

Richler, J., Gauthier, I., Wenger, M., & Palmeri, T.J. (in press). Holistic processing of faces. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.

Mack, M., Gauthier, I., Sadr, J., & Palmeri, T.J. (2007). Object detection and basic-level categorization: Sometimes you know it is there before you know what it is. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.

Mike and Jenn win Golden Greeble Award

mack.michael — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:31:27 +0000

May 15, 2007
Congratulations to Jenn Richler and Mike Mack for winning the "Golden Greeble Award." This award will cover travel expenses for Mike and Jenn to work with Helena Kadlec and Michael Wenger on developing new tests for perceptual and decisional loci of holistic processing.

Mike wins TA Award

mack.michael — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:30:59 +0000

April 25, 2007
Congratulations to Mike Mack for winning the William F. Hodges Teaching Assistant Award.

Boucher, Palmeri, Logan, and Schall Psychological Review paper

mack.michael — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:24:00 +0000

April 24, 2007
"Inhibitory control in mind and brain: An interactive race model of countermanding saccades" by Boucher, Palmeri, Logan, and Schall appears in Psychological Review. The work is highlighted in a story in the Vanderbilt Register. Click here for the story.