Postdoctoral Fellow

Neuroscience

Office: 611 Wilson Hall
Phone: 615-322-6094
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Degrees

• B.S. - Penn State University
• Ph.D. - New York University

Research Area

• Human Visual Perception

Professional Honors

• NIH NRSA Kirchstein Postdoctoral Fellowship, NEI (2009-present)
• VVRC Training Grant, Vanderbilt University, NEI (2007-2009)
• NIH NRSA Kirchstein Predoctoral Fellowship, NIH (2004-2007)
• Rauischholzhausen Summer School in Visual Neuroscience, Volkswagen-Stiftung (2006)
• VSS Travel Award, Elsevier/Vision Research (2007)
• Katzell Fellowship, New York University (2005)
• MacCracken Fellowship, New York University (2001-2004)
• GSAS Student Travel Grant, New York University (2003, 2005, 2007)
• GSAS Summer Fellowship, New York University (2002, 2003)

Representative Publications

• Ling, S. Pearson, J. & Blake, R. (in press). Dissociation of neural mechanisms underlying orientation processing in humans. Current Biology.
• Ling., S. & Blake, R. (in press). Suppression during binocular rivalry broadens orientation tuning. Psychological Science.
• Pestilli, F., Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (2009). A population-coding model of attention's influence on contrast response: estimating neural effects from psychophysical data. Vision Research 49, 1144-1153.
• Ling, S., Liu, T. & Carrasco, M. (2009). How spatial and feature-based attention affect the gain and tuning of population responses. Vision Research 49, 1194-1204.
• Carrasco, M., Fuller, S. & Ling, S. (2008). Transient attention does increase perceived contrast of suprathreshold stimuli: A reply to Prinzmetal, Long and Leonhardt (2008). Perception & Psychophysics, 70. 1151-1164.
• Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (2007). Transient covert attention does alter appearance: a reply to Schneider (2006). Perception & Psychophysics.
• Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (2006). When sustained attention impairs perception. Nature Neuroscience. 9, 1243-1245.
• Phelps, E., Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (2006). Emotion facilitates perception and boosts the perceptual benefits of attention. Psychological Science 17(4), 292-299.
• Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (2006). Sustained and transient covert attention enhance the signal via different contrast response functions. Vision Research. 46, 1210-1220.
• Carrasco, M., Ling, S. & Read, S. (2004). Attention alters appearance. Nature Neuroscience. 7, 308-313.

Patents

• Snuggie™