
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
- Media expert
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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2017
Journal Article
Foveal motion standstill
Arnold, Derek H., Petrie, Kirstie and Johnston, Alan (2017). Foveal motion standstill. Vision Research, 134, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2016.02.004
2017
Journal Article
Weighted integration suggests that visual and tactile signals provide independent estimates about duration
Ball, Danny M., Arnold, Derek H. and Yarrow, Kielan (2017). Weighted integration suggests that visual and tactile signals provide independent estimates about duration. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 43 (5), 868-880. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000368
2017
Journal Article
Pink cricket balls may be visually challenging at sunset
Adie, Joshua M. and Arnold, Derek H. (2017). Pink cricket balls may be visually challenging at sunset. i-Perception, 8 (1), 2041669516687049. doi: 10.1177/2041669516687049
2017
Journal Article
Bidirectional gender face aftereffects: evidence against normative facial coding
Cronin, Sophie L., Spence, Morgan L., Miller, Paul A. and Arnold, Derek H. (2017). Bidirectional gender face aftereffects: evidence against normative facial coding. Perception, 46 (2), 119-138. doi: 10.1177/0301006616672578
2017
Journal Article
Shape adaptation exaggerates shape differences
Storrs, Katherine R. and Arnold, Derek H. (2017). Shape adaptation exaggerates shape differences. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43 (1), 181-191. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000292.supp
2016
Journal Article
What is learned when learning to point at "invisible" targets?
Arnold, Derek H. and Yuen, Vivien (2016). What is learned when learning to point at "invisible" targets?. Journal of Vision, 16 (15) 9, 1-9. doi: 10.1167/16.15.9
2016
Journal Article
Sharpening vision by adapting to flicker
Arnold, Derek H., Williams, Jeremy D., Phipps, Natasha E. and Goodale, Melvyn A. (2016). Sharpening vision by adapting to flicker. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (44), 12556-12561. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1609330113
2016
Conference Publication
Integration of visual and tactile information during interval timing: Implications for internal clocks
Yarrow, Kielan, Ball, Daniel and Arnold, Derek (2016). Integration of visual and tactile information during interval timing: Implications for internal clocks. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
2016
Journal Article
Time order reversals and saccades
Kresevic, Jesse L., Marinovic, Welber, Johnston, Alan and Arnold, Derek H. (2016). Time order reversals and saccades. Vision Research, 125, 23-29. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2016.04.005
2016
Conference Publication
Sharpening static spatial vision by adapting to flicker
Arnold, Derek, Williams, Jeremy D., Phipps, Natasha E. and Goodale, Melvyn A. (2016). Sharpening static spatial vision by adapting to flicker. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
2016
Journal Article
Computations underlying confidence in visual perception
Spence, Morgan L., Dux, Paul E. and Arnold, Derek H. (2016). Computations underlying confidence in visual perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 42 (5), 671-682. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000179
2016
Journal Article
A roving dual-presentation simultaneity-judgment task to estimate the point of subjective simultaneity
Yarrow, Kielan, Martin, Sian E., Di Costa, Steven, Solomon, Joshua A. and Arnold, Derek H. (2016). A roving dual-presentation simultaneity-judgment task to estimate the point of subjective simultaneity. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 (MAR) 416, 416. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00416
2015
Journal Article
Perceptual confidence demonstrates trial-by-trial insight into the precision of audio-visual timing encoding
Keane, Brendan, Spence, Morgan, Yarrow, Kielan and Arnold, Derek (2015). Perceptual confidence demonstrates trial-by-trial insight into the precision of audio-visual timing encoding. Consciousness and Cognition, 38, 107-117. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.10.010
2015
Journal Article
A model-based comparison of three theories of audiovisual temporal recalibration
Yarrow, Kielan, Minaei, Shora and Arnold, Derek H. (2015). A model-based comparison of three theories of audiovisual temporal recalibration. Cognitive Psychology, 83, 54-76. doi: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2015.10.002
2015
Journal Article
Reducing the size of the human physiological blind spot through training
Miller, Paul A., Wallis, Guy, Bex, Peter J. and Arnold, Derek H. (2015). Reducing the size of the human physiological blind spot through training. Current Biology, 25 (17), R747-R748. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.026
2015
Conference Publication
Neural population codes, decisional confidence and cross-modal facilitation
Arnold, Derek, Spence, Morgan and McIntyre, Morgan (2015). Neural population codes, decisional confidence and cross-modal facilitation. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
2015
Conference Publication
Enhancing the world with the mind: Shape adaptation exaggerates shape differences
Storrs, Katherine and Arnold, Derek (2015). Enhancing the world with the mind: Shape adaptation exaggerates shape differences.
2015
Journal Article
An object-centered aftereffect of a latent material property: a squishiness visual aftereffect, not causality adaptation
Arnold, Derek H., Petrie, Kirstie, Gallagher, Regan and Yarrow, Kielan (2015). An object-centered aftereffect of a latent material property: a squishiness visual aftereffect, not causality adaptation. Journal of Vision, 15 (9) 4, 1-9. doi: 10.1167/15.9.4
2015
Journal Article
Face aftereffects involve local repulsion, not renormalization
Storrs, Katherine R. and Arnold, Derek H. (2015). Face aftereffects involve local repulsion, not renormalization. Journal of Vision, 15 (8) 1, 1-18. doi: 10.1167/15.8.1
2015
Journal Article
Malleable temporal integration of positional information for moving objects
Miller, Paul A and Arnold, Derek H (2015). Malleable temporal integration of positional information for moving objects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 41 (3), 623-630. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000034
Funding
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Supervision
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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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