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Overview

Michael A. Webster is a researcher affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their work spans neuroscience and psychology, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience and social psychology. They have an extensive publication record in areas such as visual perception and processing mechanisms, color perception and design, and color science and applications.

Their recent research output includes a range of peer-reviewed papers published between 2020 and 2022. Notable papers include the 2020 study titled All-or-none face categorization in the human brain published in NeuroImage, the 2020 article Color Compensation in Anomalous Trichromats Assessed with fMRI in Current Biology, and the 2022 contribution Contributed Session I: A Multi-Modal Visual Assessment System For Monitoring Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome (SANS) During Long Duration Spaceflight in the Journal of Vision. Other recent works include the 2021 paper Color perception and compensation in color deficiencies assessed with hue scaling in Vision Research, and the 2020 review Plasticity in perception: insights from color vision deficiencies appearing in Faculty Reviews.

Webster frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Journal of Vision
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Vision Research
  • Journal of the Optical Society of America A
  • Color Research & Application

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors like Fang Jiang, Mohana Kuppuswamy Parthasarathy, Michael A. Crognale, Talia L. Retter, and Yi Gao, reflecting a network of research partnerships within their fields of study.

Michael A. Webster's work is concentrated on several main topics, including:

  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Color perception and design
  • Color Science and Applications
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Aesthetic Perception and Analysis

In terms of subject areas, their research intersects with:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Their specific subfields of study include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Best Publications

  • Adaptation to natural facial categories

    Michael A. Webster;Daniel Kaping;Yoko Mizokami;Paul Duhamel

  • Figural aftereffects in the perception of faces

    Michael A. Webster;Otto H. Maclin

  • Visual adaptation: neural, psychological and computational aspects.

    Colin W.G. Clifford;Michael A. Webster;Garrett B. Stanley;Alan A. Stocker

  • Visual adaptation and face perception

    Michael A. Webster;Donald I. A. MacLeod

  • Adaptation and visual coding.

    Michael A. Webster

  • Neural adjustments to image blur.

    Michael A. Webster;Mark A. Georgeson;Shernaaz M. Webster

  • Adaptation and the color statistics of natural images

    Michael A. Webster;J.D. Mollon

  • Relationship between spatial-frequency and orientation tuning of striate-cortex cells.

    Michael A. Webster;Russell L. De Valois

  • The influence of contrast adaptation on color appearance

    Michael A. Webster;J.D. Mollon

  • Changes in colour appearance following post-receptoral adaptation.

    Michael A. Webster;J. D. Mollon

  • Variations in normal color vision. II. Unique hues.

    Michael A. Webster;Eriko Miyahara;Gokhan Malkoc;Vincent E. Raker

  • Orientation and spatial-frequency discrimination for luminance and chromatic gratings.

    Michael A. Webster;Karen K. De Valois;Eugene Switkes

  • Human colour perception and its adaptation

    Michael A Webster

  • Visual Discomfort and Natural Image Statistics

    Igor Juricevic;Leah Land;Arnold Wilkins;Michael A Webster

  • Long-term renormalization of chromatic mechanisms following cataract surgery.

    Peter B. Delahunt;Michael A. Webster;Lei Ma;John S. Werner

  • Contrast adaptation and the spatial structure of natural images.

    Michael A. Webster;Eriko Miyahara

  • Factors underlying individual differences in the color matches of normal observers.

    Michael A. Webster;Donald I. A. MacLeod

  • Colour constancy influenced by contrast adaptation

    Michael A. Webster;J. D. Mollon

  • Temporal properties of brightness and color induction.

    Russell L. De Valois;Michael A. Webster;Karen K. De Valois;Bernd Lingelbach

  • Individual differences in visual science: what can be learned and what is good experimental practice?

    John Dixon Mollon;Jenny M Bosten;David H Peterzell;Michael A Webster

  • Adaptation to natural facial categories

    Daniel Kaping;Paul Duhamel;Michael A. Webster

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Kay
Paul Kay University of California, Berkeley
Arnold J. Wilkins
Arnold J. Wilkins University of Essex
Craig K. Abbey
Craig K. Abbey University of California, Santa Barbara
George Bebis
George Bebis University of Nevada Reno
Bruno Rossion
Bruno Rossion University of Lorraine
Gillian Rhodes
Gillian Rhodes University of Western Australia
Eli Peli
Eli Peli Harvard Medical School
Stephen A. Engel
Stephen A. Engel University of Minnesota
Katsumi Watanabe
Katsumi Watanabe Waseda University
Anna Franklin
Anna Franklin University of Sussex

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