Peter Wenderoth's Short CV
Name: Professor Peter WENDEROTH
Born: Sydney February 28, 1942
Academic Training: University of Sydney:
D.Sc. 1991;
Ph.D. 1974;
M.A. (Hons 1) 1968;
B.A. (Hons 1) 1963.
Editorial:
Executive Editor for Australia Perception
1993 -
Editorial Board, Psychological Science 2003 -
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Honours:
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)
Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society (FAPsS)
Academic career and previous employment:
- 2006 Associate Dean (Research), Division of Linguistics and Psychology,
Macquarie University
- 2005-6 Acting Dean, Division of Linguistics and Psychology, Macquarie University
- 2004-5 Deputy Dean, Division of Linguistics and Psychology, Macquarie University
- 1999 - 2001 Head of Department, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University
- 1997- 2001 Deputy Chair, Macquarie University Research Committee
- 1995-96 Member, Macquarie University Research Committee
- 1995 - Honorary Research Associate, Department of Physiology, University
of Sydney
- 1994 - Professor, Psychology Department, Macquarie University.
- 1979-June, 1994 Reader, Psychology Department, University of Sydney
- 1973-78 Senior Lecturer, Psychology Department, University of Sydney.
- 1969-72 Lecturer, Psychology Department, University of Sydney.
- 1968 (part) Research Director, Survey Research Centre, Sydney.
- 1966-1968 Senior Teaching Fellow, Monash University, Melbourne.
- 1962-1963 Research Director, Survey Research Centre, Sydney.
- 1959-65 Undergraduate and postgraduate student, University of Sydney.
- 1959-1960 Clerk, Pay and Records, The Shell Company, Sydney
Current research interests:
Visual perception of orientation, including illusions and aftereffects; two-dimensional
motion perception and motion aftereffects; detection and perception of bilateral
symmetry
Current teaching interests:
Visual perception; visual neuroscience; sensory processes. Course information,
some notes on Visual Perception, links etc - here.
Publications: A complete list of about 130 journal
articles and chapters
Recent publications:
- Wiese M & Wenderoth P. (2008) What is the reference in reference repulsion?
Perception 37 1380-1385 PDF
- Daini R. & Wenderoth P. (2008) Orientation
illusions vary in size and direction as a function of task-dependent attention. Perception & Psychophysics 70 1289-1297
PDF
- Wenderoth P & Wiese M. (2008) Retinotopic
encoding of the direction aftereffect Vision Research 48 1949-1954
PDF
- Weise M & Wenderoth P. (2007) The different
mechanisms of the motion direction illusion and aftereffect Vision Research 47 1963–1967
PDF
- Wenderoth P & Burke D. (2006) Testing
the tilt constancy theory of visual illusions Perception 25 201-213 PDF
- Ma-Wyatt A, Clifford C & Wenderoth P. (2005) Contrast
configuration influences
grouping in apparent motion. Perception 34 669-685
- Daini R. Wenderoth P. & Smith S. (2003) Visual
orientation illusions: Global mechanisms involved in hierarchical effects
and
frames of reference. Perception & Psychophysics 65 770-778
- Wenderoth P, Clifford C & Ma Wyatt A (2001) Hierarchy
of spatial interactions in the processing of contrast-defined contours. Journal
of the Optical Society of America A 18 2190-2196 PDF
- Arnold D, Clifford C & Wenderoth P (2001)
Asynchronous processing in vision: color leads motion. Current Biology 11 596-600
PDF
- Nguyen V A, Freeman A W &Wenderoth P. (2001)
The depth and selectivity of suppression in binocular rivalry. Perception
& Psychophysics 63 348-360
- Smith S, Clifford CWG & Wenderoth P. (
2001)
Interaction between first- and second-order orientation channels revealed
by the tilt illusion: psychophysics and computational modelling. Vision
Research 41 1057-1071 PDF
- Smith S, Wenderoth P & van der Zwan R (2001)
Orientation processing mechanisms revealed by the plaid tilt illusion Vision
Research 41 483-49
- Clifford CWG, Ma Wyatt
A, Arnold DH, Smith ST & Wenderoth P. (2001).
Orthogonal adaptation improves orientation discrimination. Vision research
41 151-159 PDF
- Clifford CWG, Wenderoth P & Spehar B. (2000).
A functional angle on some after-effects in cortical vision. Proceedings
of the Royal Society (London) B 267 1705-1710
- Clifford CWG, Arnold DH & Wenderoth P (2000).
Dissociable factors affect speed perception and discrimination. Clinical
and Experimental Ophthalmology 28 230-232
- Wenderoth P (2000) Monocular symmetry is neither
necessary nor sufficient for the dichoptic perception of bilateral symmetry
Vision Research 40 2097-2100
- Wenderoth P (2000) The differential effects
of simultaneous and successive cuing on the detection of bilateral symmetry
in dot patterns Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
53A 165-190
- Evans CS, Wenderoth P & Cheng K (2000)
Detection of bilateral symmetry in complex biological images. Perception
29 31-42
- Clifford C W G & Wenderoth P (1999) Adaptation
to temporal modulation can enhance differential speed sensitivity Vision
Research 39 4324-4332
- Smith S & Wenderoth P (1999) Large repulsion,
but not attraction, tilt illusions occur when stimulus parameters selectively
favour either transient (M-like) or sustained (P-like) mechanisms Vision
Research 39 4113 - 4121
- Wenderoth P & Smith S. (1999) Neural substrates
of the tilt illusion Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology
1999 27 271-274
- Burke, D., Alais, D. & Wenderoth, P. (1999)
Determinants of fusion of dichoptically presented orthogonal gratings Perception
1999 28 73-88
- Wenderoth P, Watson J D G, Egan G F, Tochon-Danguy
H J & O'Keefe G J O. (1999) The second order components of moving
plaids do activate extrastriate visual cortex: A positron emission tomography
study Neuroimage 9 227-234 PDF
- Wenderoth P & Welsh S. (1998a) Effects of
pattern orientation and number of symmetry axes on the detection of mirror
symmetry in dot and solid patterns Perception 27 965-976
- Wenderoth P & Welsh S. (1998b)
The effects of cuing on the detection of bilateral symmetryQuarterly Journal
of Experimental Psychology 51A 883-903
- Van der Zwan R, Leo E, Joung W, Latimer C &
Wenderoth P. (1998). Evidence that both area V1 and extrastriate visual
cortex contribute to symmetry perception Current Biology 8,
889-892
- Nguyen V A, Freeman A W,
Wenderoth P M & Heard R C. (1997). Interocular
suppression: large perceptual loss, small sensitivity loss. In Kasabov, N,
Kozma R, Ko K, O'Shea R, Coghill G & Gedeon T. (Eds) Progress in connectionist-based
information systems, Vol 1, Singapore: Springer, 51-54
- Wenderoth P. (1997). The effects on bilateral
symmetry detection of multiple symmetry, near symmetry and axis orientation
Perception , 1997, 26, 891-904
- Wenderoth P. (1997) The role of implicit axes
of bilateral symmetry in orientation processing Australian Journal of Psychology
, 49, 176-181
- Wenderoth, P. (1997) Comments on Parks's "Prior
experience of form and illusory figures: new demonstrations. Perception,
26, 97-100.
- Alais, D., Wenderoth, P. & Burke, D.
(1997). The size and number of plaid blobs mediate
the misperception of Type-II plaid direction. Vision Research, 37,
143-150.
- Wenderoth, P. (1996). The role of pattern outline
in bilateral symmetry detection with briefly flashed dot patterns. In Tyler,
C. (Ed) Human Symmetry Perception and its Computational Analysis The
Netherlands: VSP. pp. 49-69.
- Wenderoth, P. (1996) The effects
of the contrast polarity of dot-pair partners on the detection of bilateral
symmetry. Perception, 25, 757-771
- Alais, D., Burke, D. & Wenderoth, P. (1996)
Further evidence for monocular determinants of perceived plaid direction.
Vision Research, 36, 1247-1253
- Wenderoth, P. (1996) The effects of dot pattern
parameters and constraints on the relative salience of vertical bilateral
symmetry. Vision Research, 36, 2311-2320
- Wenderoth, P. (1995) The role of pattern outline
in bilateral symmetry detection with briefly flashed dot patterns. Spatial
Vision, 9, 57-77
- van der Zwan, R. & Wenderoth, P. (1995)
Mechanisms of purely subjective contour tilt aftereffects. Vision Research,
35, 2547-2557
- Wenderoth, P., Alais, D., Burke, D. & van der
Zwan, R. (1994) The role of the blobs in determining the perception of
drifting plaids and their motion aftereffects. Perception,34,
1163-1169
- Burke, D., Alais, D. & Wenderoth, P. (1994)
A role for a low level mechanism in determining plaid coherence. Vision
Research, 34, 3189-3196.
- Wenderoth, P. (1994) On the relationship between
the psychology of visual perception and the neurophysiology of vision. Australian
Journal of Psychology, 46, 1-6.
- Wenderoth, P. (1994) The salience of vertical
symmetry. Perception,, 23, 221-236. PDF
- van der Zwan, R. & Wenderoth, P. (1994) Psychophysical
evidence for area V2 involvement in the reduction of subjective contour tilt
aftereffects by binocular rivalry. Visual Neuroscience,, 11,
832-830.
- Alais, D., Wenderoth, P. & Burke, D.(1994)
The contribution of 1D motion mechanisms to the perceived direction of drifting
plaids and their aftereffects. Vision Research,, 34, 1823-1834.
mailto:peterw@vision.psy.mq.edu.au