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(615) 343-7010
512A Wilson Hall
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Education
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1972
Curriculum Vitae
Current Courses
Psychology 214: Perception
Advising
Randolph Blake
Centennial Professor of Psychology
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Blake studies human visual perception, including binocular vision, motion perception and perceptual organization. His most recent research has focused on: i) the roles of knowledge and intention on the resolution of perceptual ambiguity, ii) role of temporal structure in visual grouping, iii) perception of biological motion, and iv) synesthesia. He has published neural models of perceptual bistability and of structure from motion. For the past ten years, Blake has used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study brain activation patterns associated with visual perception, with his current work focusing on biological motion and binocular rivalry. He has also published work on visual imagery, bisensory integration, working memory, and art and the brain. In collaboration with colleagues, he has extended his research to include individuals diagnosed with autism, Williams syndrome, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. His work is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health. He splits his time between Vanderbilt University (where he is Centennial Professor of Psychology) and Seoul National University (where he is WCU Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences).
Representative Publications
Blake, R. & Wilson, H.R. (2011) Binocular vision. Vision Research (Invited Essay for 50th Anniversary Issue), 51, 754-770.
Kim, J., Park, S. & Blake, R. (2011) Perception of biological motion in schizophrenia and healthy individuals: a behavioral and fMRI study. PLoS One, 6(5): e19971. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019971
Knapen, T., Brascamp, J., Pearson, J., van Ee, R. & Blake, R. (2011) The role of frontal and parietal brain areas in bistable perception. Journal of Neuroscience. 31, 10293-10301.
Jackson, S. & Blake, R. (2010) Neural integration of information specifying human structure from form, motion and depth. Journal of Neuroscience, 30, 838-848.
Kang, M.S. & Blake, R. (2010) What causes alternations in dominance during binocular rivalry? Attention, Perception & Performance. 72, 179-186. PMID: PMC2811269
Ling, S. & Blake (2009) Suppression during binocular rivalry broadens orientation tuning. Psychological Science. 20, 1348-1355. PMCID: 2858763
Ling, S., Pearson, J. & Blake, R. (2009) Dissociation of neural processing underlying orientation tuning in human vision. Current Biology. 19, 1458-1462. PMID: 19682905
Hong, S-W & Blake, R. (2009) Interocular suppression differentially affects chromatic an achromatic mechanisms. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics. 71, 405-411. PMID: 19304629
Brascamp, J.W., Pearson, J., Blake, R. & van den Berg, A.V. (2009) Intermittent ambiguous stimuli: implicit memory causes periodic perceptual alternations. Journal of Vision, 9(3):3,1-23. PMID:19757942, http://journalofvision.org/9/3/3/
Kang, M.S., Heeger, D.H. & Blake, R. (2009) Periodic perturbations producing phase-locked fluctuations in visual perception. Journal of Vision, 9, 1-12. PMID:19271918, http://journalofvision.org/9/2/8/
Blake, R., Rizzo, M. & McEvoy, S. (2008) Aging and perception of visual form from temporal structure. Psychology and Aging. 23, 181-189. PMID:18361665
Hong, S.W. & Blake, R. (2008) Early visual mechanisms do not contribute to synesthetic color experience. Vision Research, 48, 1018-1026. PMID:18316107
Maruya, K., Yang, E. & Blake, R. (2007) Voluntary action influences visual competition. Psychological Science, 18, 1090-1098. PMID:18031417
Lee, S-H., Blake, R. & Heeger, D. (2007) Hierarchy of cortical responses underlying binocular rivalry. Nature Neuroscience. 10, 1048-1054. PMID:17632508, http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2615054
Yang, E. Blake, R., Zald, D. (2007) Fearful expressions gain preferential access to awareness during continuous flash suppression. Emotion, 7, 882-886. PMID:18039058