Dr. Marlene Behrmann is a Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, whose research specializes in the cognitive basis of visual perception, with a specific focus on object recognition. Widely considered to be a trailblazer and a worldwide leader in the field of visual cognition, she was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 2015 and into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.
In this video, Dr. Behrmann discusses Cortical Visual Impairment with Dr. John Ravenscroft.
Below are some recent publications from the lab:
Source: Blauch, N. M., Behrmann, M. and Plaut, D. (2020). Computational insights into human perceptual expertise for familiar and unfamiliar face recognition, Cognition (in press), doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104341
Pupil response amplitudes to (a) hits, (b) FAs, and (c) misses, compared across groups and task conditions. Left panels, Pupil response amplitude,as defined as the MAD of the IRF of the respective pupil response, after normalization of the pupil time series data to the mean pupil size of the respective experiment block. Right panels, Ratio of the pupil response amplitude in the presence of distractors to that in the absence of distractors. Line plots represent the bootstrapped 95% CI around the mean. *p,0.05;**p,0.01; for contrast tests.
Source: Granovetter, M. C., Burlingham, C. S., Blauch, N. M., Minshew, N. J., Heeger, D. J. and Behrmann, M. (2020).Uncharacteristic Task-Evoked Pupillary Responses Implicate Atypical Locus Ceruleus Activity in Autism, J Neuroscience, 40(19):3815-3826.
Professor of Psychology, Marlene Behrmann, Ph.D.
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B.A. in Speech and Hearing Therapy: 1981, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
M.A. in Speech Pathology: 1984, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Ph.D. in Psychology: 1991, University of Toronto, Canada
News
Congratulations to Michael Granovetter for winning the 2020 McClelland Prize for Outstanding Paper by a graduate student of the CNBC!
Congratulations to Dr. Marlene Behrmann for being the recipient of the 2020 Davida Teller Award, which is given to a female vision scientist in recognition of her exceptional, lasting contributions to the field of vision science.
Congratulations to Dr. Marlene Behrmann for receiving the Fred Kavli Distinguished Career Contributions in Cognitive Neuroscience Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
New publications:
Blauch, N. M., Behrmann, M. and Plaut, D. (in press) Computational insights into human perceptual expertise for familiar and unfamiliar face recognition, Cognition 10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104341
Snow, J.C., Behrmann, M. and Freud, E. (in press). What, if anything, does dorsal cortex contribute to object perception?, Open Mind.
Granovetter, M. C., Burlingham, C. S., Blauch, N. M., Minshew, N. J., Heeger, D. J. and Behrmann, M. (2020).Uncharacteristic Task-Evoked Pupillary Responses Implicate Atypical Locus Ceruleus Activity in Autism, J Neuroscience, 40(19):3815-3826.
Behrmann, M., & Plaut, D. C. (2020). Hemispheric Organization for Visual Object Recognition: A Theoretical Account and Empirical Evidence. Perception. 10.1177/0301006619899049
Maallo, A. M. S., Freud, E., Liu, T. T., Patterson, C. and Behrmann, M. (2020). Effects of unilateral cortical resection of the visual cortex on bilateral human white matter. NeuroImage. 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116345
We strive to foster an inclusive and welcoming environment, where everyone feels respected and valued. I encourage individuals from under-represented minority groups, who may be interested in short-term projects, PhD programs, or postdoctoral training to reach out to me by email (behrmann [at] cmu [dot] edu) to discuss opportunities.
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