
Overview
Background
Prof. Derek Arnold
Prof. Arnold studied at Macquarie University before taking up research positions at the University of Sydney and University College London. He took up a continuing position at the University of Queensland in April, 2006.
Availability
- Professor Derek Arnold is:
- Available for supervision
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Macquarie University
Research interests
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Sensory Processing
I am interested in how brain activity generates conscious perceptual experiences. Some of my specific interests are... 1) Imagined Sensory Experiences: People have different levels of ability to have imagined sensory experiences. Some people cannot evoke imagined experiences at all (aphantasics) while others have unusually intense imagined experiences (hyperphantasics / synaesthetes). What features of brain activity are responsible for these differences? 2) The human brain has been described as a predictive machine. How does it generate and implement the predictions that allow us to interact with our dynamic environment - so we can catch or avoid flying objects? 3) The human brain generates feelings of confidence whenever we make a perceptual decision. What features of sensory brain activity govern these feelings of confidence? 4) Humans can judge the relative timing of different events, and the extent of time that passes during an event. How do our brains encode time and timing? 5) In the human brain, different sensory analyses are often independent of one another, taking place in different brain regions and completed at different rates. How do these analyses combine to create subjectively unified experiences?
Research impacts
Prof. Arnold's research is focussed on understanding the computational processes and brain activity that underlie perceptual experience, decisions and feelings of confidence. This basic science can inform the development of advanced technologies, such as brain-computer interfaces and artifical visual systems. For these reasons, Prof. Arnold's research is cited in patent applications.
Works
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2021
Other Outputs
README file for datasets associated with the project
Saurels, Blake, Arnold, Derek and Lipp, Ottmar (2021). README file for datasets associated with the project. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/9e79486
2021
Other Outputs
Different types of Prediction EEG data
Saurels, Blake, Arnold, Derek and Lipp, Otmar (2021). Different types of Prediction EEG data. The University of Queensland. (Collection) doi: 10.48610/ad94a19
2021
Journal Article
Is the pink ball still under review? Cricket umpires’ perceptions of the pink ball for day/night matches
Maguire, Robert, Timmis, Matthew A., Wilkins, Luke, Mann, David L., Beukes, Eldre, Parekh, Haimisha, Johnstone, James A., Adie, Joshua M., Arnold, Derek and Allen, Peter M. (2021). Is the pink ball still under review? Cricket umpires’ perceptions of the pink ball for day/night matches. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 24 (11), 1166-1172. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2021.03.011
2021
Other Outputs
Experiment 2 Raw EEG Data: different types of prediction
Saurels, Blake, Arnold, Derek and Lipp, Ottmar (2021). Experiment 2 Raw EEG Data: different types of prediction. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/a8b0604
2021
Other Outputs
Condensed data for: Neural prediction errors depend on how an expectation was formed
Saurels, Blake, Arnold, Derek and Lipp, Ottmar (2021). Condensed data for: Neural prediction errors depend on how an expectation was formed. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/204757f
2021
Other Outputs
Experiment 1 Raw EEG Data: different types of prediction
Saurels, Blake, Arnold, Derek and Lipp, Ottmar (2021). Experiment 1 Raw EEG Data: different types of prediction. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/c7a442e
2021
Journal Article
The implied motion aftereffect changes decisions, but not confidence
Gallagher, Regan M., Suddendorf, Thomas and Arnold, Derek H. (2021). The implied motion aftereffect changes decisions, but not confidence. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 83 (8), 3047-3055. doi: 10.3758/s13414-021-02331-z
2021
Journal Article
An observer model of tilt perception, sensitivity and confidence
Arnold, Derek H., Saurels, Blake W., Anderson, Natasha L. and Johnston, Alan (2021). An observer model of tilt perception, sensitivity and confidence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 (1956) 20211276, 20211276. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1276
2021
Journal Article
Auditory and visual durations load a unitary working-memory resource
Yarrow, Kielan, Samba, Carine, Kohl, Carmen and Arnold, Derek H. (2021). Auditory and visual durations load a unitary working-memory resource. Timing and Time Perception, 9 (1), 1-38. doi: 10.1163/22134468-bja10013
2020
Journal Article
Neural correlates of subjective timing precision and confidence
Arnold, Derek H., Hohaia, Wiremu and Yarrow, Kielan (2020). Neural correlates of subjective timing precision and confidence. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 3098, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59322-7
2020
Journal Article
Correction to: Predictable events elicit less visual and temporal information uptake in an oddball paradigm (Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, (2020), 82, 3, (1074-1087), 10.3758/s13414-019-01899-x)
Saurels, Blake W., Lipp, Ottmar V., Yarrow, Kielan and Arnold, Derek H. (2020). Correction to: Predictable events elicit less visual and temporal information uptake in an oddball paradigm (Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, (2020), 82, 3, (1074-1087), 10.3758/s13414-019-01899-x). Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 82 (7), 3774-3774. doi: 10.3758/s13414-020-02088-x
2020
Journal Article
Cricketers are not tickled pink by the new coloured ball
Maguire, Robert, Timmis, Matthew A., Wilkins, Luke, Mann, David L., Beukes, Eldre, Homer, Alice, Johnstone, James A., Adie, Joshua M., Arnold, Derek and Allen, Peter M. (2020). Cricketers are not tickled pink by the new coloured ball. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 24 (2), 183-188. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2020.08.006
2019
Journal Article
Suboptimal human multisensory cue combination
Arnold, Derek H., Petrie, Kirstie, Murray, Cailem and Johnston, Alan (2019). Suboptimal human multisensory cue combination. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 5155, 5155. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37888-7
2019
Journal Article
Predictable events elicit less visual and temporal information uptake in an oddball paradigm
Saurels, Blake W., Lipp, Ottmar V., Yarrow, Kielan and Arnold, Derek H. (2019). Predictable events elicit less visual and temporal information uptake in an oddball paradigm. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 82 (3), 1074-1087. doi: 10.3758/s13414-019-01899-x
2019
Conference Publication
Auditory and Visual Durations Load a Unitary Working-Memory Resource
Yarrow, Kielan, Samba, Carine, Kohl, Carmen and Arnold, Derek H. (2019). Auditory and Visual Durations Load a Unitary Working-Memory Resource. 42nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Leuven, Belgium, 25-29 August 2019. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
2019
Conference Publication
Perceived Time and the Accrual of Visual Information
Yarrow, Kielan, Jones, Isla, Johnston, Alan and Arnold, Derek H. (2019). Perceived Time and the Accrual of Visual Information. 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV), Osaka, Japan, 29 July - 1 August 2019. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/2041669519877985
2019
Journal Article
Confidence as a diagnostic tool for perceptual aftereffects
Gallagher, Regan M., Suddendorf, Thomas and Arnold, Derek H. (2019). Confidence as a diagnostic tool for perceptual aftereffects. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 7124, 7124. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43170-1
2019
Conference Publication
Less brain activity is more when reading fine print
Arnold, Derek, Moses, Eleanor, Hohaia, Wiremu and Goodale, Melveyn (2019). Less brain activity is more when reading fine print. 42nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Leuven, Belgium, 25-29 August 2019. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications .
2017
Journal Article
Synchronous and asynchronous perceptual bindings of colour and motion following identical stimulations
McIntyre, Morgan E. and Arnold, Derek H. (2017). Synchronous and asynchronous perceptual bindings of colour and motion following identical stimulations. Vision Research, 146-147, 41-47. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2017.11.004
2017
Journal Article
Pink Cricket Balls Through Rose-Tinted Glasses: Enhancing Interceptive Timing
Adie, Joshua M and Arnold, Derek H (2017). Pink Cricket Balls Through Rose-Tinted Glasses: Enhancing Interceptive Timing. i-Perception, 8 (6), 1-10. doi: 10.1177/2041669517743991
Funding
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Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the Relationship Between Prediction and Attention in Response to Emotional Stimuli in the Human Brain
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Alan Pegna, Associate Professor Jess Taubert, Dr Margaret Moore
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Doctor Philosophy
Aphantasia: Predicting the intensity of imagined sensory experiences from measures of brain activity
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Jess Taubert
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
The perceptual and neural consequences of different types of prediction
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Measuring perception with confidence
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Thomas Suddendorf
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Malleability in vision: Investigations into the temporal integration of motion and functional blindness around the physiological blind spot
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Guy Wallis
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Norms are not the norm: Testing theories of sensory encoding using visual aftereffects
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Guy Wallis
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Staying in Sync: Strategies to determine audiovisual synchrony in temporally cluttered environments
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Mattingley
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Pencils & erasers: Interactions between motion and spatial coding in human vision
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Mattingley
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
The perception of invariant and variant facial cues: Race, Age, Gender and Emotional features are processed interdependently
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
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- Brain and perception
- Neuroscience and perception
- Perception
- Psychology and perception
- Visual perception
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