Cred PhD psychology, Columbia University; BA mathematics and psychology, University of California, San Diego

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Livelihood Professor, psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

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Interests Visual perception and cognitive neuroscience

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Focus Generating visual illusions that elucidate the connections between the eye, the brain, and the physical world.

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Recent Awards Visual illusions created in my laboratory received the Neural Correlate Society’s “Best visual illusion of the year” award in 2005 and 2009

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Last Book You Read Descartes’ Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason by Russell Shorto

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What Keeps You Up At Night? “Why are we surprised by only some of the things that we see?”

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Are You a Wonk? “Sure, a creative neuro-wonk.”

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