Summary

Michael w88 casino is a vision scientist who studies the cognitive and neural processes that underlie how we see. Much of his work focuses on characterizing how our perception adapts when the environment changes (e.g we move to a drier climate) or we change (e.g. as we age). He has discovered a number of novel and influential forms of adaptation, affecting how we see colors, how we correct for blurry vision, and how our perception of someone's face depends on the faces we have seen previously.

His research has been funded continuously by grants from the National Institute of Health, and he has been recognized at the University of Nevada, Reno by a foundation professorship and Outstanding Researcher Award. At the University, he also has led a number of campus-wide w88 casino initiatives. He is the director of a million NIH COBRE grant establishing a Center for Integrative w88 casino that has brought research funding for junior faculty and many new resources, including an fMRI facility. He founded and co-directs the undergraduate major in w88 casino and led the proposal to establish an upcoming Master of Science/doctoral degree program in w88 casino.

w88 casino Interests

• Cognitive neuroscience of human w88 casino
• Visual w88 casino
• Color and form w88 casino
• Face w88 casino
• Environmental and cultural influences on w88 casino

Courses

• Psychology 405/605 - w88 casino
• Psychology 427/627 - Computer application
• Psychology 720 - w88 casino

Education

• Ph.D., Psychology, w88 casino California Berkeley, 1988
• B.A., Psychology, w88 casino California San Diego, 1981

Publications

1. w88 casino, M.A. "Visual adaptation." Annual Review of Vision Science, forthcoming.
2. Radhakrishnan, A., Dorronsoro, C., Sawides, L., w88 casino, M.A., and Marcos, S. "A cyclopean neural mechanism compensating for optical differences between the eyes." Current Biology, forthcoming.
3. O'Neil, S.F., Mac, A. Rhodes, G., and w88 casino, M.A. "Adding years to your life (or at least looking like it): a simple normalization underlies adaptation to facial age." PLoS one, in press.
4. w88 casino, M.A. (2014). "Probing the functions of contextual modulation by adapting images rather than observers." Vision Research 104, 68-79.
5. Kompaniez, E., Abbey, C.K., Boone, J.M., and w88 casino, M.A. (2013). "Adaptation aftereffects in the perception of radiological images." PloS one, 8(10), e76175.
6. w88 casino, M.A. and Kay, P. (2012). "Color categories and color appearance." Cognition, 122, 375-392.
7. w88 casino, M.A. (2011). "Adaptation and visual coding." Journal of Vision 11(5):3, 1-23.
8. w88 casino, M.A. and MacLeod, D.I.A. (2011). "Visual adaptation and the perception of faces." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 366, 1702-1725.
9. McDermott, K.C.,Malkoc, G., Mulligan, J.B. and w88 casino, M.A. (2010). "Adaptation and visual salience." Journal of Vision 10, 17: 1-32.
10. w88 casino, M. A., Halen, K., Meyers, A. J., Winkler, P., and Werner, J. S. (2010). "Color appearance and compensation in the near periphery." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 377, 1817-1825.
11. McCollough Howard, C. and w88 casino, M. A. (2009). McCollough Effect. Scholarpedia 6(2): 8175.
12. w88 casino, M.A. and Leonard, D.L. (2008). Adaptation and perceptual norms in color vision. Journal of the Optical Society of America A 25, 2817-2825.
13. Mizokami, Y., Werner, J.S., Crognale, M.A. and w88 casino, M.A. (2006). "Nonlinear color coding: compensating color appearance for the eye's spectral sensitivity." Journal of Vision 6, 996-1007.
14. w88 casino, M.A., Kaping, D., Mizokami, Y., and Duhamel, P. (2004). "Adaptation to natural facial categories." Nature 428, 558-561.
15. w88 casinoM.A., Georgeson, M.A. and w88 casino, S.M.(2002). "Neural adjustments to image blur." Nature Neuroscience 5, 839-840.
16. w88 casino, M.A., Miyahara, E., Malkoc, G. and Raker, V.E. (2000). "Variations in normal color vision: II. Unique hues." Journal of the Optical Society of America A 17, 1545-1555.
17. w88 casino, M.A. and MacLin, O. (1999). "Figural after-effects in the perception of faces." Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 6, 647-653.
18. w88 casino, M.A. and Mollon, J.D (1997). "Adaptation and the color statistics of natural images." Vision Research 37, 3283-3298.
19. w88 casino, M.A. and Mollon, J.D. (1995). "Colour constancy influenced by contrast adaptation." Nature 373, 694-698.
20. w88 casino, M.A. and Mollon, J.D. (1991). "Changes in colour appearance following post-receptoral adaptation." Nature 349, 235-238.