The role of serotonin in perception and attention.

Seeing it both ways: Openness to experience and binocular rivalry suppression

Anna Antinori, Olivia L Carter, Luke D Smillie

2017-06-01

Openness to experience is characterised by flexible and inclusive cognition. Here we investigated whether this extends to basic vi..

Personality Measures Link Slower Binocular Rivalry Switch Rates to Higher Levels of Self-Discipline

Anna Antinori, Luke D Smillie, Olivia L Carter

2017-01-05

In this paper we investigated the relation between personality and the rate of perceptual alternations during binocular rivalry. S..

Using ambiguous plaid stimuli to investigate the influence of immediate prior experience on perception

Olivia Carter, Joel S Snyder, Sandy Fung, Nava Rubin

2014-01-01

In a series of three experiments, we used an ambiguous plaid motion stimulus to explore the behavioral and electrophysiological ef..

How to Become a Mentalist: Reading Decisions from a Competitor's Pupil Can Be Achieved without Training but Requires Instruction

Marnix Naber, Josef Stoll, Wolfgang Einhaeuser, Olivia Carter

2013-08-26

Pupil dilation is implicated as a marker of decision-making as well as of cognitive and emotional processes. Here we tested whethe..

Are patients with schizophrenia impaired in processing non-emotional features of human faces?

Hayley Darke, Joel S Peterman, Sohee Park, Suresh Sundram, Olivia Carter

2013-08-20

It is known that individuals with schizophrenia exhibit signs of impaired face processing, however, the exact perceptual and cogni..

Pupil responses allow communication in locked-in syndrome patients

Josef Stoll, Camille Chatelle, Olivia Carter, Christof Koch, Steven Laureys, Wolfgang Einhaeuser

2013-08-05

For patients with severe motor disabilities, a robust means of communication is a crucial factor for their well-being [1]. We repo..

The Role of Task-Related Learned Representations in Explaining Asymmetries in Task Switching

Ayla Barutchu, Stefanie I Becker, Olivia Carter, Robert Hester, Neil L Levy

2013-04-16

Task switch costs often show an asymmetry, with switch costs being larger when switching from a difficult task to an easier task. ..

Onset rivalry: the initial dominance phase is independent of ongoing perceptual alternations.

Jody Stanley, Jason D Forte, Patrick Cavanagh, Olivia Carter

2011-01-01

Binocular rivalry has been used to study a wide range of visual processes, from the integration of low-level features to the selec..

Working memory load improves early stages of independent visual processing

Luca Cocchi, Ulrike Toepel, Marzia De Lucia, Roberto Martuzzi, Stephen J Wood, Olivia Carter, Micah M Murray

2011-01-01

Increasing evidence suggests that working memory and perceptual processes are dynamically interrelated due to modulating activity ..