About

Irving Biederman

Harold Dornsife Chair in Neurosciences and Professor of Psychology and Computer Science

Contact Information
E-mail: bieder@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-6094
Office: HNB 316

LINKS
Curriculum Vitae
Faculty Profile on Departmental Website
Personal Website
 

Biographical Sketch
Irving Biederman is the Harold W. Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Southern California, where he is a member of the Departments of Psychology, Computer Science, and Neuroscience and Director of the Image Understanding Laboratory. Prior to his appointment at the University of Southern California, he was the Fesler-Lampert Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science at the University of Minnesota. Author of over 200 scientific publications, Professor Biederman has developed a comprehensive neurocomputational theory of real-time human object and scene recognition that posits that recognition of objects and scenes is based on a representation that specifies simple viewpoint-invariant shape primitives, termed geons. The theory, implemented as a neural network, is widely regarded as the premier account of shape recognition and has undergone extensive testing in psychophysical and fMRI experiments with humans and single unit recording experiments in monkeys. The original theoretical paper is the fifth most widely cited paper of all time in vision science. In another line or research, Biederman and his associates have been developed a neurocomputational account of the differences in the representation of faces and objects. More recently, Biederman has proposed a theory, tested with behavioral and neuroimaging techniques, of the neural basis of perceptual and cognitive pleasure, a drive that explains the spontaneous allocation of attention serving to make us infovores. Irving Biederman has been a featured, distinguished, or keynote speaker at over 40 National and International Scientific Meetings. He has received the USC Associates Award for Creativity in Research and has been identified as one of the most influential cognitive psychologists in the world on the basis of peer ratings and citation counts. Professor Biederman has been a member of panels for the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Research Council, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, where he served as the first Program Manager (consulting) for the Cognitive Science Program.
 

Education
Ph.D. , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1/1966
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments
Fesler-Lampert Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, University of Minnesota, 09/01/1987-07/31/1991  
Professor of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 09/01/1973-08/31/1987  
Associate Professor of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 09/01/1971-08/31/1973  
Assistant Professor of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 09/01/1965-08/31/1971  
 

Visiting and Temporary Appointments
Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology, Stanford University, 2007-2008   
Visiting Professor of Psychology, University of Trento, Trento Italy, 02/01/2006-04/30/2006  
Visiting Professor of Psychology, Stanford University, 06/01/1979-12/31/2001  
Visiting Professor of Psychology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, 01/15/2000-03/15/2000  
Visiting Professor of Psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 02/01/1988-04/30/1988  
Consulting Program Manager, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 01/01/1985-12/31/1986  
Visiting Professor of Psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 01/15/1981-08/15/1981  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” goes the old cliché. Poetic, to be sure, but hardly exacting enough for neuroscientists. Biederman might rephrase it: "The pleasure of perceptual novelty and richness is in the opiate receptors of the cerebral cortex.” Biederman focuses on the brain's role in vision, investigating the brain processes underlying humans' ability to quickly recognize and interpret what they see. Biederman's new theory might go a long way toward explaining how we cast our attention on our surroundings and why we find one thing more interesting at first blush than another. His research includes shape, object, and scene perception/recognition by human beings and face recognition.
 

Research Keywords
Basic: Neural Basis of Higher Level Vision: Shape, Object, Face, and Scene Perception; Cognitive Neuroscience: Perceptual and Cognitive Pleasure; Evolutiionary Psycholology, Cognitive Psychology; Intelligence.
 

Funded Research

Contracts and Grants Awarded
Mid-Level Vision Systems for Low Vision (NIH), Norberto Grzywacz, Irving Biederman, $5,816,039, 11/15/2007-11/14/2012  
Perceptual Basis of Visual Concepts (NEI), Edward A. Wasserman, Irving Biederman, $428,398, 07/01/2009-08/31/2011  
NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL ANALYSES OF THE REPRESENTATION OF SHAPE (NSF), Irving Biederman, $545,894, 09/01/2006-08/31/2010  
Fmri And Behavioral Analysis Of The Representation Of Shape (National Science Foundation), Biederman, Irving, $200,000, 09/01/2005-08/31/2008  
PERCEPTUAL BASIS OF VISUAL CONCEPTS (MIMH), Edward Wasserman, Irving Biederman, $1,150,000, 09/01/2003-08/31/2008  
Acquisition Of An Fmri Basic Research Imaging System At The (National Science Foundation), Biederman, Irving, $1,240,504, 08/01/2004-07/31/2008  
FMRI AND BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF THE REPRESENTATION OF SHAPE (NSF), Irving Biederman, $200,000, 09/01/2005-08/31/2007  
ACQUISITION OF AN FMRI BASIC RESEARCH IMAGING SYSTEM AT THE (NSF), Irving Biederman, Raine, Itti, Lu, Arbib, $1,240,504, 08/01/2004-07/31/2007  
DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED ULTRAMICROTOME FOR BRAIN RECONSTRUCTION (Harvard University), Irving Biederman, $4,000, 08/01/2006-12/31/2006  
SGER: ASSESSMENT OF THE REPRESENTATION OF SHAPE IN INDIVIDUALS FROM A CULTURE WITH MINIMAL, REGULAR (NSF), Irving Biederman, $45,017, 09/01/2004-08/31/2006  
 

Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
Image Understanding Lab, University of Southern Caifornia, Director,http://geon.usc.edu/
 

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations
" Short Course in Cognitive Neuroscience (Four Lectures)", Memory and the Mind, Lecture/Seminar, , Budapest, Hungary, Central European University, Invited, 06/21/2009-06/26/2009  
"The Neural Basis of Aesthetics. ", Society for Psychological Science, Symposium on Aesthetic Science, Talk/Oral Presentation, Abstract, San Francisco, NSF, Invited, 05/23/2009  
"At what stage in the human ventral pathway is the greater sensitivity to nonaccidental over metric properties first manifested? w. Amir, O., Hayworth, K. J., Biederman, I., Lescroart, M. D., Xu, X., & Kim, J. ", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed Abstract, Naples, FL., NSF, 05/12/2009  
"Adaptation in FFA: Face or person? w. Xu, X., Yue, X., Kim, J., & Lescroart, M. D.", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed Abstract, Naples, FL., NSF, 05/11/2009  
"Evidence for object file encoding in the posterior Fusiform Gyrus (pFs) and the Intraparietal Sulcus (IPS) w. K. J. Hayworth, M. D. Lescroart, & J. Kim ", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed Abstract, Naples, FL., NSF, 05/10/2009  
"Is there an object-centered coordinate map in LOC? (w. M. Lexcroart, K. J. Hayworth, & J. Kim)", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed Abstract, Naples, FL., NSF, 05/10/2009  
"Where do objects become scenes? (w. J. Kim)", Vision Sciences Society, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Abstract, Naples, FL., NSF, 05/09/2009  
"The Neural Basis of Object Recognition. http://thesciencenetwork.org/programs/kavli-institute-for-brain-and-mind-symposium/irving-biederman", Salk Institute , Keynote Lecture, , Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, Salk Institute, Invited, 05/02/2009  
"The Neural Basis of Shape Recognition", Helmholtz Club, Lecture/Seminar, , Irvine, CA, Invited, 02/17/2009  
"The Neural Basis of Perceptual and Cognitive Pleasure: What Controls the 95% of our lives when we are not concerned about staying alive. ", Biological Origins of Human Group Behavior, Talk/Oral Presentation, , California Institute of Technology, Trilience Foundation, Invited, 11/18/2008-11/19/2008  
"17,000 years of depicting the junction of two smooth shapes. w. J. Kim", Objects, Perception, Attention, and Memory, Poster, Refereed Abstract, Long Beach, CA, National Science Foundation, 11/15/2008  
"A Cross-Cultural Study of the Representation of Shape Dimensions. w. Lescroart, M.D., Yue, X. & Davidoff, J.", Objects, Perception, Attention, and Memory, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Paper, Long Beach, CA, National Science Foundation, 11/15/2008  
"The Neural Basis of Shape Recognition. ", First International Workshop on Shape Perception in Human and Computer Vision, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Marseille, France, National Science Foundation, Invited, 10/18/2008  
"Neural Evidence for the Coding of Explicit Relations. ", From objects to categories: Visual categorization in big brains, small brains and machines, Talk/Oral Presentation, , St. Germain-en-Laye, France, Fyssen Foundation, Invited, 10/03/2008-10/06/2008  
"The Neurocomputational Basis of Face Recognition. w. Mangini, M. C., Yue, X., & Von der Malsburg, C.", Meeting of the British Experimental Psychology, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Abstract, Liverpool, U.K., British Experimental Psychology Society, 07/11/2008  
"The Neural Basis of Shape (Parts) Recognition. ", Meetings of the British Experimental Psychology Society, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Liverpool, U.K., British Experimental Psychology Society, Invited, 07/09/2008  
"Explicit relation coding in the lateral occipital complex w. Hayworth, K. J. & Lescroart, M. D.", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed Abstract, Naples, FL., National Science Foundation, 05/11/2008  
"How translation invariant are object representations in the human posterior fusiform gyrus? w. Lescroart, M. D. & Hayworth, K. J", Vision Sciences Society, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Abstract, Naples, FL., NSF, 05/10/2008  
"The release from adaptation in LOC from viewing a sequence of two different objects: An effect of shape or semantics? w. Kim, J., Lescroart, M. D. & Hayworth, K. J.", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed Abstract, Naples, FL., National Science Foundation, 05/09/2008  
"Two Lectures: 1. Perceptual and Cognitive Pleasure and the Brain. 2. The Neural Basis of Face Recognition ", Conference on Ethical and Scientific Perspectives on Well Being, Lecture/Seminar, , Long Beach, CA, CSULB, Invited, 03/08/2008-03/09/2008  
"Scene Perception", Scene Understanding Symposium, Keynote Lecture, , MIT, Cambridge, MA, MIT, Invited, 02/01/2008  
"Evidence for relative position coding in lateral occipital and posterior fusiform areas. w. Lescroart, M. D. & Hayworth, K. J.", Society for Neuroscience, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Abstract, San Diego, CA, 11/06/2007  
"Predicting the psychophysical discriminability of faces and other complex stimuli based on a measure of image similarity. w. Yue, X. & Subramaniam, S.", Society for Neuroscience, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Abstract, San Diego, CA, 11/06/2007  
"Perceptual Pleasure and the Brain ", 7th Conference on Emotion and Motivation, Keynote Lecture, , Hammamet, Tunesia, University of Tunis, Invited, 10/26/2007  
"Neural Evidence for Structural Descriptions", IEEE 4th International Workshop on Object Categorizatoin, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Science Foundation of Brazil, Invited, 10/14/2007  
"Shape Recognition and the Brain", Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Taipei, Taiwan, Invited, 2006-2007   
"The Neural Basis of Object Recognition", Interdisciplinary Conference, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Andalsnes, Norway, Invited, 2006-2007   
"The Neural Basis of Object Recognition. ", Symposium on Object Recognition 20 Years Later, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Sarasota, FL, Invited, 2006-2007   
"A Cross-Cultural Test of the Independence of the Representation of Generalized-Cone Dimensions. w. Lescroart, M. D., Yue, X. & Davidoff, J ", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed , Sarasota, FL, 05/12/2007  
"Sensitivity to object-centered relations in LOC w. Lescroart, M. D., & Hayworth, K. J.", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed Abstract, Sarasota, FL, National Science Foundation, 05/12/2007  
"A Test of the Consistency of Scene Preferences across Cultures. w. Yue, X., Lescroart, M. D., & Vessel, E.", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed Abstract, Sarasota, FL, 05/11/2007  
"Some tests of the standard model. w. Hayworth, K. J., & Lescroart, M. D. ", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed Abstract, Sarasota, FL, National Science Foundation, 05/11/2007  
"Minimal scenes, maximal challenges", Vision Sciences Society, Talk/Oral Presentation, Abstract, Sarasota, FL, National Science Foundation, Invited, 05/10/2007  
"The Neural Basis of Face Recognition", 2007 Vision Train Winter School, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Les Houches, France, Universite Grenoble, Invited, 03/27/2007  
"The Neural Basis of Object (Parts) Recognition", Winter School on Biological and Computational Vision, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Les Houches, France, Universite Grenoble, Invited, 03/26/2007  
"The Neural Basis of Face Recognition", Symposium on Brains, Faces, and Beliefs, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Cardiff, Wales, UK, Cardiff University, Invited, 09/15/2006  
"A lateral occipital complex (LOC) localizer with precisely matched local feature composition in intact and scrambled images", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed , Sarasota, FL, 2005-2006   
"Laterality effects in the LOC", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed , Sarasota, FL, 2005-2006   
"Predicting psychophysical similarity of complex shapes from measures of physical similarity", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed , Sarasota, FL, 2005-2006   
"The Neural Basis of Object Recognition. ", Conference on Early Vision: Computational and Biological, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Bertinoro, Italy, Invited, 2005-2006   
"The neural representation of shape in humans and macaques", Society for Research on Child Development, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Atlanta, GA, Invited, 2005-2006   
"The Neural Basis of Object Recognition", 13th Joint Symposium on Neural computation, Talk/Oral Presentation, , San Diego, CA, Invited, Spring 2006   
"The Neural Basis of Perceptual and Cognitive Pleasure", Whitehead Lecture, University of London, Talk/Oral Presentation, , London, England, Goldsmiths, University of London, Invited, Spring 2006   
"The neural basis of preference for natural scenes. w. Yue, X. & Vessel, E. A.", Vision Sciences Society, Poster, Refereed Abstract, Sarasota, FL, National Science Foundation, 05/06/2006  
 

Other Presentations
"The Neural Basis of Object (Parts) Recognition", Invited Colloquium, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 06/08/2009  
"The Neural Basis of Face Recognition", Invited Colloquium, University of York, York, United Kingdom, 10/2008  
"The Neural Basis of Face Recognition", Invited Colloquium, University of Bangor, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom, 10/2008  
"The Neural Basis of Perceptual and Cognitive Pleasure.", Invited Colloquium, University of Bangor, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom, 10/2008  
"The Neural Basis of Perceptual and Cognitive Pleasure.", Invited Colloquium, CNRS Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France, 10/2008  
"Neural Basis of Perceptual and Cognitive Pleasure ", Invited Colloquium, Boston College, Boston, MA, 04/18/2008  
"Neural Basis of Perceptual and Cognitive Pleasure", Invited Colloquium, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 04/17/2008  
"The Neural Basis of Face Recognition", Invited Colloquium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 01/30/2008  
"The Neural Basis of Perceptual and Cogntive Pleasure", Invited Colloquium, University IUAX, Venice Italy, 10/24/2007  
"Neural Basis of Shape Recognition", Invited Colloquium, CNRS and Paris V, Paris, France, 10/22/2007  
"Perceptual and Cognitive Pleasure and the Brain", Invited Colloquium, Universtiy of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, 04/04/2007  
"Neural Basis of Object Recognition", Invited Colloquium, Universite de Provence , Marseilles, France, 04/02/2007  
"Neural Basis of Face Recognition", Invited Colloquium, Taipei National University, Taipei, Taiwan, 03/07/2007  
"Neural Basis of Object Recognition", Invited Colloquium, Taipei National University, Taipei, Taiwn, 03/05/2007  
"Face Recognition", Invited Colloquium, University of London, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, London, England, 09/2006  
"Object Recognition", Invited Colloquium, University of London, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, London, England, 09/2006  
"The Neural Basis of Face Recognition", Invited Colloquium, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, 09/2006  
"The Neural Basis of Shape Recognition", Colloquium, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, 09/2006  
"Three-Dimensional Perception and Perceptual Pleasure", Colloquium, University of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, 05/2006  
"Perceptual Organization and Object Recognition", Invited Colloquium, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, 04/2006  
"Shape Recognition in Mind and Brain", Invited Colloquium, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, 04/2006  
"The Neural Basis of Object Recognition", Invited Colloquium, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 04/2006  
"Perceptual and Cognitive Pleasure and the Brain", Invited Colloquium, University of London, Goldsmiths, London, UK, 03/2006  
"The Neural Basis of Shape Recognition", Invited Colloquium, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales, UK, 03/2006  
"Neural Basis of Object Recognition", Invited Colloquium, CNRS Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France, 02/2006  
"The Neural Basis of Face Recognition", Colloquium, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 02/2006  
 

Publications

Book
N. Osaka, I. Rentchler, I. Biederman (Ed.). (2007). Object Recognition, Attention, & Action. Tokyo: Springer.
 

Book Chapter
Biederman, I. (2007). Recent psychophysical and neural research in shape recognition. Object Recognition, Attention, & Action.
 

Journal Article
Biederman, I., Kim, J. G. (2007). 17,000 Years of Depicting the Junction between Two Smooth Shapes. Perception.
Yue, X., Vessel, E. A., Biederman, I. (2007). The neural basis of scene preferences. NeuroReport. Vol. 18, pp. 525-529.
Nederhouser, M., Yue, X., Biederman, I., Mangini, M. C. (2007). The deleterious effect of contrast reversal on recognition is unique to faces, not objects. Vision Research. Vol. 47, pp. 2134-2142.
Russell, R. R., Biederman, I., Nederhouser, M., Siniha, P. (2007). The utility of surface reflectance for the recognition of upright and inverted faces. Vision Research. Vol. 47, pp. 157-165.
Lazareva, O. F., Wasserman, E. A., Biederman, I. (2007). Pigeons’ recognition of partially occluded objects depends on specific training experience. Perception. Vol. 36, pp. 33-48.
Hayworth, K. J., Biederman, I. (2006). Neural evidence for intermediate representations in object recognition. Vision Research/Elsevier Science. Vol. 46, pp. 4024-4031.
Yue, X., Tjan, S. B., Biederman, I. (2006). What makes faces special?. Vision Research/Elsevier Science. Vol. 46(22), pp. 3802-11, doi:10.1016/j.visres.2006.06.017 (.
Martin-Malivel, J., Mangini, M. C., Joel, F., Biederman, I. (2006). Do humans and baboons use the same information when categorizing human and baboons faces. Psychological Science/American Psychoologicl Society. Vol. 17, pp. 599-607.
Biederman, I., Vessel, E. A. (2006). Perceptual pleasure and the brain. American Scientist. Vol. 94, pp. 247-253.
Russell, R., Sinha, P., Biederman, I., Nederhouser, M. (2006). Is pigmentation important for face recognition? Evidence from contrast negation. Perception. Vol. 35, pp. 749-759.
Peissig, J. J., Kilpatrick, K., Young, M. E., Wasserman, E. A., Biederman, I. (2006). Effects of varying stimulus size on object recognition in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. Vol. 32, pp. 419-430.
Biederman, I. (2005). Tuning for shape dimensions in macaque inferior temporal cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience/Blackwell. Vol. 22 212-224
Biederman, I. (2005). Representation of regular and irregular shapes in macaque inferotemporal cortex. Cerbral Cortex. Vol. 15, pp. 1308-1321.
Biederman, I. (2005). The role of edges in object recognition by pigeons. Perception. Vol. 34, pp. 1353-1374.
Vogels, R., Biederman, I. (2002). Vogels, R., & Biederman, I. (2002). Effects of illumination intensity and direction on object coding in macaque inferior temporal cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 12, 756-766.
Biederman, I. (2001). Inferior temporal neurons show greater sensitivity to nonaccidental than metric differences. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 134:. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Vol. 13, pp. 444-453.
Bar, M., Biederman, I. (1999). Localizing the cortical region mediating visual awareness of object identitiy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. 96, pp. 1790-1793.
 

Guest Lectures in Courses
BISC 524: Advanced Neuroscience Two-hour lecture on neural basis of shape recognition., Fall 2008   
Memory (Thompson & Madigan) Three hour lecture on Priming and Visual Cognition, 11/03/2008  
BME 671: Late Visual Processing Two-hour lectures: 1. Dorsal & Ventral Visual Systems and Object Recognition, 2. Face Recognition. , Spring 2008   
NEUR 524: Advanced Neurosciences 1 Two hour lecture on neural basis of high-level vision, Fall 2007   
PSYC 301: Cognitive Processes Two hour lecture on Dorsal-Ventral cortical visual systems., Fall 2007   
PSYC 506: Learning and Cognition Three hour lecture on the neural basis of visual cognition, Spring 2007   
BME 671: Late Visual Processing Two two-hour lectures; one on the Neural Basis of Shape Recognition and the other on the Neural Basis of Face Recognition., Spring 2006   
 

New Courses Developed
Cognitive Neuroscience, PSYC 540, An examination of the major components of cognition (e.g., perception, memory, intelligence) in terms of the neural coding characteristic of the relevant brain areas., Spring 2009   
Current Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology, Examines recent research in the neural basis of perception, memory, judgment and decision making, intelligence, and evolutionary psychology., Fall 2005   
 

Honors and Awards
Endowed Chair, Harold Dornsife Chair in Neurosciences, 9/1/1999-8/15/2009  
Named first Visiting Professor to the University of Bolzano, Italy's first Cognitive Neuroscience Program , 2006-2007   
USC Associates Award For Creativity In Research And Scholarship, 1999  
 

Service to the University

Committees
Member, Management Committee, Dornsife Neuroimaging Center, 2007-2008   
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Neuroscience Program, 2007-2008   
Member, Curriculum Committee, Neuroscience Program, 2007-2008   
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Neuroscience Program, 2006-2007   
Member, Curriculum Committee, Neuroscience Program, 2006-2007   
Member, Management Committee, Dornsife Neuroimaging Center, 2006-2007   
 

Review Panels
National Institutes of Health, Biobehavioral and Behavioral Processes IRG, 2007-2008   
National Science Foundation, Cognitive Neuroscience, 2007-2008   
National Science Foundation, Cognitive Neuroscience, 2006-2007   
Riken (Japan's Premier Research Institute), Cognitive Neuroscience Review Panel, 2006-2007   
American Psychological Association, Chair, Early Career Awards Committee, Division Three, Experimental Psychology, 2006-2007   
 

Other Service to the University
Hosted Neuroscience Colloquium speaker Prof. Oliver Braddick, Oxford University. (July 2007) , 2007-2008   
Hosted Neuroscience Colloquium speaker Dr. Manabu Tanifuji, Riken, Japan. (November, 2007)., 2007-2008   
Hosted Neuroscience Colloquium speaker Prof. Glyn Humphreys, University of Birmingham, UK. (Nov. 2007)., 2007-2008   
Hosted Neuroscience Collqouium speaker Prof. Jane Riddoch, University of Birminhgham, U.K. (November, 2007)., 2007-2008   
Hosted Neuroscience Colloquium speaker Dr. Anitha Pasupathy, MIT (October, 2006)., 2006-2007   
Give USC's Annual Valentine's Day Love Shack Lecture: The Neural Basis of Love--and What to Do About It. , 2006-2007   
Hosted Psychology/Neuroscience colloquium speaker Dr. Bradley Duchaine, University College, London, UK (December, 2006), 2006-2007   
 

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards
Associate Editor, European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 07/01/2001-12/31/2005  
 

Review Panels
National Institutes of Health, Biobehavioral and Behavioral Processes IRG, 2007-2008   
National Science Foundation, Cognitive Neuroscience, 2007-2008   
National Science Foundation, Cognitive Neuroscience, 2006-2007   
Riken (Japan's Premier Research Institute), Cognitive Neuroscience Review Panel, 2006-2007   
American Psychological Association, Chair, Early Career Awards Committee, Division Three, Experimental Psychology, 2006-2007   
 

Reviewer for Publication
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, APA, Reviewed ms., 2007-2008   
Nature Neuroscience, Reviewed five ms., 2007-2008   
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Psychonomics Society, Reviewed 1 ms., 2007-2008   
Science, AAAS, Reviewed ms., 2007-2008   
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Oxford University Press, Reviewed one ms., 2007-2008   
Transactions in Cognitive Science, Reviewed two mss., 2007-2008   
Cerebral Cortex, Reviewed two mss., 2006-2007   
Current Biology, Reviewed two mss., 2006-2007   
Journal of Vision, Vision Sciences Society, Reviewed 30 abstracts., 2006-2007   
Psychological Science, Association for Psychological Science, Reviewed two mss., 2006-2007   
 

Media, Alumni, and Community Relations
Five media interviews, 2007-2008   
Four media interviews, 2007-2008   
 
 
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