Visual Performance & Oculomotor Mobility Lab
Austin Rothwell
Research
My research focuses on torsional eye-movements. Specifically I am interested in understanding the mechanisms underlying the production of ocular torsion. To examine this I utilize a state-of-the-art head mounted eye tracking device to measure ocular torsion in a variety of situations.
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Education:
- B.A. (HONS) in Psychology, UBC (expected 2017)
- 05/2016 to Present - Research Assistant in the Visual Performance & Oculomotor Mobility Lab, Dept. Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, UBC
- 06/2015 to 08/2016 - Research Assistant in the Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, France
- 05/2015 to 05/2016 - Research Assistant in the Vision Lab, UBC
- 05/2014 to 05/2015 - Research Assistant in the Brain and Attention Research Lab, UBC
- Laidlaw, K. E. W., Rothwell, A., Kingstone, A. (in press). Camouflaged attention: Covert attention is critical to social communication in natural settings. Evolution and Human Behaviour.