PAC Lab :: Vanderbilt



Rebecca St.Clair rebecca.l.st.clair(@)vanderbilt.edu Curriculum Vitae [ download: PDF, 60kb ] Interests My research investigates how motion information is used to keep track of moving objects. When an object moves, we shift our attention to the object's new location. How does attention move? It's possible that we use information about the object's trajectory to predict where the object will be in the future and shift our attention to the predicted location. Motion information may also be crucial to our ability to keep track of several moving objects simultaneously. I use a combination of behavioral paradigms to examine how motion is used to keep track of moving objects. I have used several different stimulus types including second order motion and apparent motion to examine this question. I hope that by examining how motion is used to keep track of moving objects we will gain a better understanding of the mechanism used to move attention. __________________________________ Education Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, Ph.D. in Psychology, 2012 Advisor: Adriane Seiffert, Ph.D University of Chicago, Chicago IL, B.A. in Psychology, 2007 Advisor: Steven K. Shevell, Ph.D Thesis: The Role of Binocular Rivalry in Afterimage Strength and Formation Publications St. Clair, R. L., Huff, M. & Seiffert, A. E. (2010). Conflicting motion information impairs multiple object tracking. Journal of Vision, 10(4), doi: 10.1167/10.4.18. Shevell, S.K., St.Clair, R., Hong, S.W. (2008). Misbinding of color to form in afterimages. Visual Neuroscience, 25, 355-360, doi:10.1017/S0952523808080085 Abstracts and Posters St.Clair, R., & Seiffert, A. E. (2011). Misrepresentation of motion direction causes prediction errors in multiple object tracking [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 11(11): 291, 291a, http://www.journalofvision.org/content/11/11/291, doi:10.1167/11.11.291. St.Clair, R., & Seiffert, A. E. (2011). Misrepresentation of motion direction causes prediction errors in multiple object tracking [Poster at VSS]. St.Clair, R., & Seiffert, A. E. (2009). Tracking objects with moving textures [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 9(8):245, 245a, http://journalofvision.org/9/8/245/, doi:10.1167/9.8.245. St.Clair, R., Hong, S. W., & Shevell, S. (2008). Misbinding of color to form in afterimages follows from a persisting binocular neural representation [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 8(6):245, 245a, http://journalofvision.org/8/6/245/, doi:10.1167/8.6.245. St.Clair, R., Hong, S. W., & Shevell, S. (2007). Misbinding of color to form in afterimages [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 7(9):366, 366a, http://journalofvision.org/7/9/366/, doi:10.1167/7.9.366. Research Experience Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Prof. Adriane Seiffert 2008-Present - Conduct experiments examining how motion and surface order are represented in the visual system. - Program experiments using Matlab. - Operate the ASL Eyetracker. - Data analysis using Microsoft Excel, Matlab, and SPSS. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Prof. Steven Shevell 2005-2007 - The project examined the possible relationship between changing perception during binocular rivalry and the perception of subsequent afterimages. - Test human color vision and determine individual luminance values. - Design and conduct a binocular rivalry experiment. - Data analysis using Microsoft Excel. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Prof. Tatiana Pasternak 2006-2006 - The project examined the possible involvement of primate prefrontal cortex in alternate representations of visual stimuli in relation to changing task demands. - Train non-human primates in a memory for visual motion task. - Aid in extracellular recordings in awake behaving monkeys from single neurons in prefrontal cortex. - Use Matlab for data analysis and some programming. Teaching Experience Fall 2009 - Present - Teaching Assistant, Vanderbilt University Quantitative Methods Graded homework and exams, led review sessions, guest lectured, led SPSS lab sections. Fall 2009 - Teaching Assistant, Vanderbilt University Human Sexuality Wrote and graded exams, led review sessions. Spring 2008 - Teaching Assistant, Vanderbilt University Social Psychology Graded exams and papers, wrote exam questions, led review sessions. Fall 2008 - Teaching Assistant, Vanderbilt University Introduction to Psychology Graded exams and papers, wrote exam questions, led review sessions. Awards 2010 - William F. Hodges Teaching Assistant Award 2003/7 - University of Chicago Grant 2005/6 - University of Chicago Dean's List 2006 - University of Rochester Center for Visual Science Undergraduate Summer Fellowship 2006 - University of Rochester Center for Visual Science Undergraduate Summer Fellowship 2006 - University of Oklahoma Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Fellowship (declined for University of Rochester fellowship 2006 - University of Chicago Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship (declined for University of Rochester fellowship) 2006 - University of Chicago Travel Grant Memberships in Professional and Organizational Activities Psi Chi (2006 - present) Society for Neuroscience (2006 - present) Vision Sciences Society (2006 - present) [ top ] [ People ]