Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
My research is at the interface between key human cognitive abilities, like attention and multi-tasking, and human behaviours across a variety of situations.
Over a century of "basic" experimental research has taught us a lot about human cognition and perception, as well as their underlying neural mechanisms. However, we know much less about how these abilities differ across individuals and groups, or how these abilities influence everyday behaviours, like driving, or performance in specialized jobs, like the military or or air-traffic control.
The goal of our work is to answer these questions by breaking through traditional divides between basic and applied research, and to focus instead on building a reciprocal relationship, in which basic research can guide practical questions, and practical outcomes can give new insights into basic processes.
Over a century of "basic" experimental research has taught us a lot about human cognition and perception, as well as their underlying neural mechanisms. However, we know much less about how these abilities differ across individuals and groups, or how these abilities influence everyday behaviours, like driving, or performance in specialized jobs, like the military or or air-traffic control.
The goal of our work is to answer these questions by breaking through traditional divides between basic and applied research, and to focus instead on building a reciprocal relationship, in which basic research can guide practical questions, and practical outcomes can give new insights into basic processes.
Roles and responsibilities
ROLES
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Head, Attention and Human Behaviour Laboratory (UWA Psychological Science).
A/Prof Visser's laboratory is equipped with a medium-fidelity vehicle simulator, tDCS neural stimulators, eye-tracking equipment, and behavioural testing computers (Presentation, Matlab). He also has access to School-based ERP and physiological recording (GSR, heart-rate monitoring) equipment.
Editorial Board Member
1. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human, Perception & Performance
2. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics
EXPERTISE
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multi-tasking, simulation, perception, human factors
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Head, Attention and Human Behaviour Laboratory (UWA Psychological Science).
A/Prof Visser's laboratory is equipped with a medium-fidelity vehicle simulator, tDCS neural stimulators, eye-tracking equipment, and behavioural testing computers (Presentation, Matlab). He also has access to School-based ERP and physiological recording (GSR, heart-rate monitoring) equipment.
Editorial Board Member
1. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human, Perception & Performance
2. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics
EXPERTISE
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multi-tasking, simulation, perception, human factors
Funding overview
CURRENT FUNDING
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Australian Research Council
Neurotrauma Research Program (Harry Perkins Institute)
Defence Science and Technology Group
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Australian Research Council
Neurotrauma Research Program (Harry Perkins Institute)
Defence Science and Technology Group
Teaching overview
PSYC 2203 (Research Methods and Statistics) - Unit Coordinator
PSYC 1101 (Psychology: Mind & Brain)
PSYC 2217/3317 (Cognitive Neuroscience)
PSYC 3310 (Specialist Report Topics)
PSYC 1101 (Psychology: Mind & Brain)
PSYC 2217/3317 (Cognitive Neuroscience)
PSYC 3310 (Specialist Report Topics)
Research
Please contact A/Prof Visser for updates on the latest projects and see our recent publications on the website
Research expertise keywords
- Visual attention
- Reading
- Consciousness
- Stereotypes
- Distraction and cognitive control
- Visual perception
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Research Output
A comprehensive psychometric analysis of autism‐spectrum quotient factor models using two large samples: Model recommendations and the influence of divergent traits on total‐scale scores
English, M., Gignac, G., Visser, T., Whitehouse, A. J. O. & Maybery, M., 3 Jan 2020, In : Autism Research. 13, 1, p. 45-60Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Neural dynamics of the attentional blink revealed by encoding orientation selectivity during rapid visual presentation
Tang, M. F., Ford, L., Arabzadeh, E., Enns, J. T., Visser, T. A. W. & Mattingley, J. B., 23 Jan 2020, In : Nature Communications. 11, 1, 434.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Autistic-traits, not anxiety, modulate implicit emotional guidance of attention in neurotypical adults
English, M. C. W., Maybery, M. T. & Visser, T. A. W., 5 Dec 2019, In : Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 10 p., 18376 (2019).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
1
Citation
(Scopus)
250
Downloads
(Pure)
Effects of dominance and prestige based social status on competition for attentional resources
Roberts, A., Palermo, R. & Visser, T. A. W., 1 Dec 2019, In : Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 2473.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Individual differences in higher-level cognitive abilities do not predict overconfidence in complex task performance
Visser, T. A. W., Bender, A. D., Bowden, V. K., Black, S. C., Greenwell-Barnden, J., Loft, S. & Lipp, O. V., 1 Sep 2019, In : Consciousness and Cognition. 74, 102777.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Datasets
Data from a visual search study examining the effects of participant sex and target laterality
English, M. (Creator), Maybery, M. (Supervisor) & Visser, T. (Supervisor), The University of Western Australia, 27 Feb 2020
Dataset
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Projects
Evaluating app-based cognitive capability testing to improve selection and training in the Australian Army
Visser, T., Bowden, V. & Loft, S.
30/06/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
Defence Science & Technology Group - Human Performance in a Maritime Command Team: Toward a Methodology to Assess Operational Performance Impacts of Anticipated Information Integration and Technology Change
Loft, S., Chen, S., Visser, T., Bell, J. & Pinniger, G.
Defence Science and Technology Group
15/12/19 → 15/11/22
Project: Research
Research Network for Undersea Decision Superiority - Measuring and Augmenting Mental and Team Performance in Future Submarine Control Rooms
Loft, S., Visser, T., Bell, J., Salmon, P., Heathcote, A., Stanton, N., Neal, A., Sanderson, P. & Wiggins, M.
Defence Science and Technology Group
1/11/19 → 31/10/21
Project: Research
Multidimensional Autistic Traits and Attention in Healthy Adults
Maybery, M., Visser, T., Whitehouse, A., Gignac, G. & Enns, J.
1/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research