Clinical Psychophysics Unit
Research Team
- Dr Allison McKendrick
- Dr Jonathan Denniss
- Ms Renee Karas
- Ms Bao Nguyen
- Mr Luke Chong
- Mr Shonraj Ballae
- Ms Jia Jia Lek
- Ms Janet Chan
- Ms Nikki Rubenstein
- Ms Cassandra Brooks
National & International Collaborators
- Professor David Badcock - Psychology, University of Western Australia
- A/Prof Andrew Turpin - Computer Science, RMIT University
- Prof Paul McGraw, Psychology, University of Nottingham
- Dr Anna Ma-Wyatt, Psychology, University of Adelaide
- Prof Jonathan Crowston, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne
- Dr Olivia Carter, Psychology, University of Melbourne
Our research aims to better understand normal visual processing and damage due to disease. The laboratory has specific interests in the study of glaucoma, migraine, and the process of normal aging. We are also interested in how the brain combines information from multiple senses (for example, vision and hearing) and how aging and sensory damage influence these processes. Our applied aims include developing better clinical tests for the assessment of vision loss (in particular perimetry and ocular imaging), and improving understanding of the consequences of vision loss on performance in natural visual environments and day-to-day tasks.
Selected Recent Publications
- Karas R, McKendrick AM. Increased surround modulation of perceived contrast in the elderly. Optom Vis Sci, 2011: Sept 9. Epub ahead of print.
- McKendrick AM, Battista J, Snyder JS, Carter OL. Visual and auditory perceptual rivalry in migraine. Cephalalgia. 2011: 31(11): 1158-69.
- Turpin A, McKendrick AM. What reduction in standard automated perimetry variability would improve the detection of visual field progression? Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011: 52(6): 3237-45.
- McKendrick AM, Weymouth AE, Battista J. The effect of normal aging on closed contour shape discrimination. J Vis 2010: 10(2):1.1-9.
- McKendrick AM, Sampson GP, Walland MJ, Badcock DR. Impairments of contrast discrimination and contrast adaptation in glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010: 51(2): 920-7.