Professor Guy Wallis
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Guy Wallis

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Background

Prof. Guy Wallis studies visual recognition and visuomotor behaviour. His investigations combine computational modelling with data drawn from behavioural studies. Many of these behavioural studies are conducted in computer-controlled, virtual environments.

Guy holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Imperial College, London) and a PhD in Visual Neuroscience (Oxford University, UK). He joined the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences in 1998 after a three year period as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany. His research has been funded by the Australian Research Council, the Human Frontier Science Program, and the Wellcome Trust, as well as through industry partnerships with the Queensland Construction Training Centre, the Australian Coal Association Research Program, Queensland Health, the US Air Force and Boeing.

  • ARC Medical Research Advisory Group (2022-2024)
  • Elected Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022)
  • ARC College of Experts (2019-2021)
  • CSIRO CSS Human Research Ethics Committee member (2020-2022)
  • UQ Health and Behavioural Sciences Faculty, HDR Supervision Award (2018)
  • ARC Future Fellowship (2011-2014)
  • ARC QEII Fellowship (2003-2007)
  • UQ Postdoctoral Fellowship (2001-2003)

Availability

Professor Guy Wallis is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Cognitive and computational psychology Psychology Sports science and exercise

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Engineering, Imperial College London
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford

Research interests

  • Visual neuroscience

  • Object recognition

  • Visuomotor control

  • Virtual environments

  • Simulator-based training

Research impacts

Prof. Wallis' scientific investigations have had a lasting impact on the understanding of how visual recognition is achieved in biological systems and has challenged thinking on how everyday visuomotor tasks are regulated.

His applied work, in partnership with industry and health services, has established novel training programs for health professionals learning advanced surgical skills, has impacted the design of man-machine interfaces for underground and surface mining equipment, and has helped set the design parameters for equipment intended for training pilots using head-mounted display technology.

Search Professor Guy Wallis’s works on UQ eSpace

198 works between 1993 and 2024
All (198) Journal Article (105) Book Chapter (4) Conference Publication (87) Other Outputs (2)

1 - 20 of 198 works

2024

Journal Article

Vergence eye movements in virtual reality

McAnally, Ken, Grove, Philip and Wallis, Guy (2024). Vergence eye movements in virtual reality. Displays, 83 102683, 102683. doi: 10.1016/j.displa.2024.102683

Vergence eye movements in virtual reality

2024

Journal Article

Investigating visual determinants of visuomotor performance in virtual reality

McAnally, Ken, Wallis, Guy and Grove, Philip (2024). Investigating visual determinants of visuomotor performance in virtual reality. Displays, 82 102655, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.displa.2024.102655

Investigating visual determinants of visuomotor performance in virtual reality

2024

Journal Article

An educated guess: how coral reef fish make decisions under uncertainty

Newport, Cait, Sibeaux, Adelaide, Wallis, Guy, Wilkins, Lucas and Burt de Perera, Theresa (2024). An educated guess: how coral reef fish make decisions under uncertainty. Animal Behaviour, 210, 245-254. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.02.016

An educated guess: how coral reef fish make decisions under uncertainty

2024

Journal Article

Visually guided movement in virtual reality is tolerant of the vergence-accommodation conflict

McAnally, Ken, Wallis, Guy and Grove, Philip (2024). Visually guided movement in virtual reality is tolerant of the vergence-accommodation conflict. Displays, 82 102668, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.displa.2024.102668

Visually guided movement in virtual reality is tolerant of the vergence-accommodation conflict

2024

Journal Article

Schizotypy and perceptual span in a non-clinical sample: a virtual reality study

Moat, Kaitlin, Wallis, Guy, McAnally, Ken, Grove, Phil and Horvath, Agnes (2024). Schizotypy and perceptual span in a non-clinical sample: a virtual reality study. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 29 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13546805.2024.2313470

Schizotypy and perceptual span in a non-clinical sample: a virtual reality study

2023

Journal Article

Express visuomotor responses reflect knowledge of both target locations and contextual rules during reaches of different amplitudes

Contemori, Samuele, Loeb, Gerald E., Corneil, Brian D., Wallis, Guy and Carroll, Timothy J. (2023). Express visuomotor responses reflect knowledge of both target locations and contextual rules during reaches of different amplitudes. The Journal of Neuroscience, 43 (42), 7041-7055. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.2069-22.2023

Express visuomotor responses reflect knowledge of both target locations and contextual rules during reaches of different amplitudes

2023

Conference Publication

Spatial learning in a Virtual Reality Boeing 737NG flight deck

Carr, Leighton, Wallis, Guy, Perry, Nathan and Riek, Stephan (2023). Spatial learning in a Virtual Reality Boeing 737NG flight deck. 20th International Conference, EPCE 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-28 July 2023. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-35389-5_2

Spatial learning in a Virtual Reality Boeing 737NG flight deck

2023

Journal Article

Effects of auditory feedback on visually-guided movement in real and virtual space

McAnally, Ken and Wallis, Guy (2023). Effects of auditory feedback on visually-guided movement in real and virtual space. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 40 (17), 4431-4440. doi: 10.1080/10447318.2023.2216091

Effects of auditory feedback on visually-guided movement in real and virtual space

2023

Other Outputs

Experiments conducted with a joystick.

Louiset, Lionel and Wallis, Guy (2023). Experiments conducted with a joystick.. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/626ba74

Experiments conducted with a joystick.

2022

Journal Article

The efficiency of visually guided movement in real and virtual space

McAnally, Ken, Wallwork, Kieran and Wallis, Guy (2022). The efficiency of visually guided movement in real and virtual space. Virtual Reality, 27 (2), 1187-1197. doi: 10.1007/s10055-022-00724-5

The efficiency of visually guided movement in real and virtual space

2022

Journal Article

Symbolic cues enhance express visuomotor responses in human arm muscles at the motor planning rather than the visuospatial processing stage

Contemori, Samuele, Loeb, Gerald E., Corneil, Brian D., Wallis, Guy and Carroll, Timothy J. (2022). Symbolic cues enhance express visuomotor responses in human arm muscles at the motor planning rather than the visuospatial processing stage. Journal of Neurophysiology, 128 (3), 494-510. doi: 10.1152/jn.00136.2022

Symbolic cues enhance express visuomotor responses in human arm muscles at the motor planning rather than the visuospatial processing stage

2022

Journal Article

Fast non-invasive measures of binocular visual processes relevant to virtual environments

McIntosh, Logan B., Wallis, Guy M. and Grove, Philip M. (2022). Fast non-invasive measures of binocular visual processes relevant to virtual environments. Displays, 74 102293, 102293. doi: 10.1016/j.displa.2022.102293

Fast non-invasive measures of binocular visual processes relevant to virtual environments

2021

Journal Article

Trial-by-trial modulation of express visuomotor responses induced by symbolic or barely detectable cues

Contemori, Samuele, Loeb, Gerald E., Corneil, Brian D., Wallis, Guy and Carroll, Timothy J. (2021). Trial-by-trial modulation of express visuomotor responses induced by symbolic or barely detectable cues. Journal of Neurophysiology, 126 (5), 1507-1523. doi: 10.1152/jn.00053.2021

Trial-by-trial modulation of express visuomotor responses induced by symbolic or barely detectable cues

2021

Journal Article

Visual–haptic integration, action and embodiment in virtual reality

McAnally, Ken and Wallis, Guy (2021). Visual–haptic integration, action and embodiment in virtual reality. Psychological Research, 86 (6), 1847-1857. doi: 10.1007/s00426-021-01613-3

Visual–haptic integration, action and embodiment in virtual reality

2021

Journal Article

VO2peak and 24‐hour sleep, sedentary behaviour and physical activity in Australian truck drivers

Gilson, Nicholas D., Mielke, Gregore I., Coombes, Jeff S., Feter, Natan, Smith, Emily, Duncan, Mitch J., Wallis, Guy and Brown, Wendy J. (2021). VO2peak and 24‐hour sleep, sedentary behaviour and physical activity in Australian truck drivers. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 31 (7), 1574-1578. doi: 10.1111/sms.13965

VO2peak and 24‐hour sleep, sedentary behaviour and physical activity in Australian truck drivers

2021

Journal Article

The influence of temporal predictability on express visuomotor responses

Contemori, Samuele, Loeb, Gerald E., Corneil, Brian D., Wallis, Guy and Carroll, Timothy J. (2021). The influence of temporal predictability on express visuomotor responses. Journal of Neurophysiology, 125 (3), 731-747. doi: 10.1152/jn.00521.2020

The influence of temporal predictability on express visuomotor responses

2020

Journal Article

Incidence of hospitalization for stroke in Queensland, Australia: Younger adults at risk

Anderlini, Deanna, Wallis, Guy and Marinovic, Welber (2020). Incidence of hospitalization for stroke in Queensland, Australia: Younger adults at risk. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 29 (6) 104797, 104797. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.104797

Incidence of hospitalization for stroke in Queensland, Australia: Younger adults at risk

2020

Journal Article

Categorical face perception in fish: how a fish brain warps reality to dissociate “same” from “different”

Parker, Amira N., Wallis, Guy M., Obergrussberger, Rainer and Siebeck, Ulrike E. (2020). Categorical face perception in fish: how a fish brain warps reality to dissociate “same” from “different”. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 528 (17) cne.24947, 2919-2928. doi: 10.1002/cne.24947

Categorical face perception in fish: how a fish brain warps reality to dissociate “same” from “different”

2020

Journal Article

Designing virtual reality assisted psychotherapy for anxiety in older adults living with Parkinson's disease: integrating literature for scoping

Thangavelu, Karthick, Hayward, Joshua A., Pachana, Nancy A., Byrne, Gerard J., Mitchell, Leander K., Wallis, Guy M., Au, Tiffany R. and Dissanayaka, Nadeeka N. (2020). Designing virtual reality assisted psychotherapy for anxiety in older adults living with Parkinson's disease: integrating literature for scoping. Clinical Gerontologist, 45 (2), 1-33. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2019.1709597

Designing virtual reality assisted psychotherapy for anxiety in older adults living with Parkinson's disease: integrating literature for scoping

2020

Other Outputs

Categorical Perception

Parker, Amira, Wallis, Guy, Obergrussberger, Rainer and Siebeck, Ulrike (2020). Categorical Perception. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.641

Categorical Perception

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Subcortical control of human reaching?
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    DynaMix-FM, dynamic mixed reality environment for future mobility (ARC LIEF application led by Queensland University of Technology)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    The sensory prerequisites of effective simulator-based pilot training
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2020 - 2022
    Human aspects of automation in mining (101BMAHF)
    BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Truck-Fit: Testing of a scalable high intensity interval training program for male long distance truck drivers with cardio-metabolic risks and conditions
    National Heart Foundation Vanguard Grant
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    The role of non-visual cues in regulating perception and skilled movement
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Virtual reality innovation to treat anxiety in patients with cognitive impairment and Parkinson's Disease
    Metro North Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Interface Design for Haul Truck Proximity Advisory Systems: Ext C24028
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Visual learning in a changing world
    Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2021
    A common sub-cortical system for human eye and limb control?
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Interface design for haul truck proximity detections systems
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    Pattern recognition in animals and machines: using machine learning to reveal cues central to the identification of individuals
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Driver distraction and digital billboards: Determination of road safety risks and safe operating parameters
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    A virtual environment for the study of multisensory learning, adaptation and control
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Mechanisms of learning at the interface between perception and action
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2011
    ResTeach 2011 0.25 FTE School of Human Movement Studies
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Affective intensity and its effects
    United States Department of the Air Force (US Air Force)
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2013
    Improving Efficiency and Safe Workplace Operations in Heavy Industry: Training Problem Solving and Decision Making through Immersive Simulation
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    The Fundamentals of Colonoscopy: The Development and Evaluation of a National Training Program
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    A 3.0 Tesla MRI system for human cognitive neuroscience research
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Optimal training in virtual environments
    PORTUGESE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (FCT)
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2010
    Mechanisms of Associative Learning in Human Perception
    Human Frontier Science Program Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    The Initiation And Control Of Action In Motor Vehicle Driving
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2007
    Steering Errors and movement time while driving an underground coal mine shuttle car in virtual reality (NHMRC Industry Partnership administered by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2007
    Training For Critical Thinking And Decision Making Under Stress Associated With Workplace Accidents And Disasters
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004
    A Neural Network: Understanding Brain Function
    ARC Seed Funding for Research Networks
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2005
    Multistable Perception And The Resolution of Sensory Ambiguity
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - DVC(R) Funding
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2006
    A Human Factors Approach to the Design of Visual Information in the Highway Environment
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2007
    Cortical Topology Underlying The Representation And Analysis Of Visual Scenes
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2002
    Connectivity of the human cerebral cortex: frameless stereotactic guidance of brain stimulation and recording
    Wellcome Trust
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2004
    Drivers' Behavioural Responses to Traffic Signs
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2002
    Putting parallax in its place: using a virtual illusion to investigate the integration of cues to physical distance
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2001
    The functional anatomy of scene analysis
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2001
    The what, where and how of visual perception.
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Guy Wallis is:
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Enquiries

Contact Professor Guy Wallis directly for media enquiries about:

  • Brain and sight
  • Eyesight
  • Neuroscience - visual
  • Object recognition
  • Technology - virtual reality
  • Virtual reality technology
  • Vision and brain
  • Visual neuroscience

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