Since 2019, the Human Visual Perception Team at RMIT has been working closely with members of the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG). Our primary goal is to identify and understand the attributes that enable some individuals to perform better than their peers in difficult visual search tasks. We are refining a battery of psychometric tests that can identify individuals who are exceptional at visual search tasks, so that future search-and-rescue missions can have the best possible chances of success.
Our capable team includes:
Prof. Stephen Robinson
Research Professor, Psychology
An expert in the physiological correlates of cognitive performance with extensive expertise in the detection of small decrements in human psychophysical performance and in the objective measurement of drowsiness. Stephen guides his capable team as they develop new psychometric tools and explore the limits of human visual performance.
Prof. Gerard Kennedy
Research Professor, Psychology
With 30+ years of experience designing research projects and statistically analysing research data, Gerard has numerous publications in the area of psychology focussing on sleep, sleep disorders, sleepiness related cognitive impairments and divided attention on tasks like driving.
Dr. Russell Conduit
PhD, Psychology
Research primarily focused on psychophysiological indicators of fatigue and human performance. Namely, through interventions that either improve or disrupt sleep that result in altered cognitive outcomes.
Dr. Alexander De Foe
PhD, Psychology
Interested in current research challenges within perception literature, including the binding problem, correlates of access consciousness, conceptual explanations for body/self-illusions, and the experience of embodiment in virtual reality (VR) simulation.
Ashley Norman
PhD Student/Research Officer, Psychology
Primary research officer with expertise in designing online experiments and analysing large datasets. Ashley is a PhD student developing a new test of change blindness performance used in the current battery of psychometric tests.
Stephanie Liu
Honours Student
Interests in personality psychology with a focus on its relationship with visual search performance.
