Contact:
Phone:510-642-3134Email:
Education:
B.Sc. (2004) Mathematics and Psychology, University of San Francisco
Ph.D. (expected 2012) Psychology (Cognition, Brain and Behavior), University of California, Berkeley
Research interests:
My interests are in the structure of visual space and spatial representations. The work I am currently doing is looking at distortions in visual space in normal vision observers and individuals with visual field losses from retinal degeneration or cortical lesions leading to hemianopsia and visual neglect. The goal of the project is to better understand whether there are systematic changes in the remaining parts of visual space following damage to specific regions of the visual system as a means to better understand the types of spatial information processing these regions may normally be involved in.Publications:
Fortenbaugh, F. C., Hicks, J. C., Hao, L., & Turano, K. A. (in press). The Affect of Peripheral Field Loss on Representations of Space: Evidence for Distortion and Adaptation. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.
Fortenbaugh, F. C., Hicks, J. C., Hao, L., & Turano, K. A. (2007). Losing Sight of the Bigger Picture: Peripheral Field Loss Compresses Representations of Space. Vision Research, 47(19), 2506-2520.pdf
Fortenbaugh, F. C., Hicks, J. C., Hao, L., & Turano, K. A. (2007). A new technique for simulating peripheral field losses to study human navigation. Behavior Research Methods, 39(3), 552-560. pdf
Fortenbaugh, F. C., Chaudhury, S., Hicks, J. C., Hao, L., & Turano, K. A. (2007). Gender differences in cue preference during path integration in virtual environments. ACM: Transactions in Applied Perception, 4(1), 6. pdf
Fortenbaugh, F. C., Hicks, J. C., Hao, L., & Turano, K. A. (2006). High-speed navigators: Using more than what meets the eye. Journal of Vision, 6(5), 565-579. pdf
