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  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert Sekuler is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States. Their research primarily revolves around neuroscience and psychology, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics including multisensory perception and integration, visual perception and processing mechanisms, neural and behavioral psychology studies, olfactory and sensory function studies, face recognition and perception, tactile and sensory interactions, and color perception and design.

Frequent coauthors in Sekuler's research include Mercedes B. Villalonga, Rachel F. Sussman, Angela Gutchess, John Ksander, and Peter R Millar.

Sekuler has contributed numerous papers to several notable academic venues. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • Attention Perception & Psychophysics (5 publications)
  • Perception (2 publications)
  • Journal of Vision (2 publications)
  • Acta Psychologica (1 publication)
  • Brain and Cognition (1 publication)

Among recent papers authored by Sekuler or with Sekuler's involvement are:

  • Feeling rushed? Perceived time pressure impacts executive function and stress., 2022, Acta Psychologica
  • Cultural differences in performance on Eriksen's flanker task, 2020, Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • Perceptual timing precision with vibrotactile, auditory, and multisensory stimuli, 2021, Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • Decision-Making and Multisensory Combination Under Time Stress, 2021, Perception
  • Spatial frequency impacts perceptual and attentional ERP components across cultures, 2022, Brain and Cognition

Sekuler's work has been recognized by the scientific community, including election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Contrast sensitivity throughout adulthood

    Cynthia Owsley;Robert Sekuler;Dennis Siemsen

  • Sound alters visual motion perception

    Robert Sekuler;Allison B. Sekuler;Renee Lau

  • Human theta oscillations exhibit task dependence during virtual maze navigation

    Michael J. Kahana;Michael J. Kahana;Robert Sekuler;Robert Sekuler;Jeremy B. Caplan;Matthew Kirschen

  • Direction-specific improvement in motion discrimination

    Karlene Ball;Robert Sekuler

  • A specific and enduring improvement in visual motion discrimination

    Karlene Ball;Robert Sekuler

  • Size-detecting mechanisms in human vision.

    Allan Pantle;Robert Sekuler

  • Visual localization: age and practice.

    Robert Sekuler;Karlene Ball

  • Children's Judgments of Numerical Inequality.

    Robert Sekuler;Diane Mierkiewicz

  • Vision, aging, and driving: the problems of older drivers.

    Donald W. Kline;Theresa J. B. Kline;James L. Fozard;William Kosnik

  • Visual Changes in Daily Life Throughout Adulthood

    William Kosnik;Laura Winslow;Donald Kline;Kenneth Rasinski

  • Direction perception in complex dynamic displays: The integration of direction information

    Scott N.J. Watamaniuk;Robert Sekuler;Douglas W. Williams

  • The independence of channels in human vision selective for direction of movement.

    E Levinson;R Sekuler

  • The effects of aging on motion detection and direction identification

    Patrick J. Bennett;Robert Sekuler;Allison B. Sekuler

  • Aging and human visual function

    Robert Sekuler;Donald Kline;Key Dismukes

  • Human Aging and Spatial Vision

    Robert Sekuler;Lucinda P. Hutman;Cynthia J. Owsley

  • Mutual Repulsion Between Moving Visual Targets

    William Marshak;Robert Sekuler

  • Improving visual perception in older observers.

    Karlene Ball;Robert Sekuler

  • Adaptation alters perceived direction of motion

    Eugene Levinson;Robert Sekuler

  • Temporal and spatial integration in dynamic random-dot stimuli.

    Scott N.J. Watamaniuk;Robert Sekuler

  • Hysteresis in the perception of motion direction as evidence for neural cooperativity

    Douglas Williams;Gregory Phillips;Robert Sekuler

  • Aftereffect of seen motion with a stabilized retinal image.

    Robert William Sekuler;Leo Ganz

  • Corticolimbic Interactions Associated with Performance on a Short-Term Memory Task Are Modified by Age

    Valeria Della-Maggiore;Allison B. Sekuler;Cheryl L. Grady;Patrick J. Bennett

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Kahana
Michael J. Kahana University of Pennsylvania
Karlene Ball
Karlene Ball University of Alabama at Birmingham
Allison B. Sekuler
Allison B. Sekuler McMaster University
Joseph R. Madsen
Joseph R. Madsen Boston Children's Hospital
Patrick J. Bennett
Patrick J. Bennett McMaster University
Barbara G. Shinn-Cunningham
Barbara G. Shinn-Cunningham Carnegie Mellon University
Anthony R. McIntosh
Anthony R. McIntosh Simon Fraser University
Arthur Wingfield
Arthur Wingfield Brandeis University
Maja J. Matarić
Maja J. Matarić University of Southern California
Cheryl L. Grady
Cheryl L. Grady University of Toronto

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