By Professor Branka Spehar

Journal articles

Spehar B; Taylor RP, 2013, 'Fractals in art and nature: Why do we like them?', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering,, 8651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2012076

Stevanov J; Spehar B; Ashida H; Kitaoka A, 2012, 'Anomalous motion illusion contributes to visual preference.', Frontiers in Psychology: Developmental Psychology, 3, pp. Article 528, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00528

Otsuka ; Hill H; Kanazawa S; Yamaguchi MK; Spehar B, 2012, 'Perception of Mooney faces by young infants: The role of local feature visibility, contrast polarity and motion', Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 111, pp. 164 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2010.10.014

Spehar B; Owens C, 2012, 'When do luminance changes capture attention?', Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 74, pp. 674 - 690, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13414-011-0266-8

Schira M; Spehar B, 2011, 'Differential effect of contrast polarity reversals in closed squares and open L-junctions', Frontiers in Psychology: Developmental Psychology, 2, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00047

Taylor RP; Spehar B; Van D; Hagerhall CM, 2011, 'Perceptual and physiological responses to Jackson Pollock’s fractals', FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, 5, pp. 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2011.00060

Spehar B; Halim V, 2010, 'Spatial localization of interpolated contours', Journal of Vision, 8, pp. 587 - 587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/8.6.587

Alais D; Cass J; Spehar B; Clifford C, 2010, 'Temporal masking within and between chromatic and achromatic axes', Journal of Vision, 7, pp. 378 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/7.9.378

Spehar B; Iglesias M; Clifford CWG, 2010, 'Assimilation and contrast in complex configurations', Journal of Vision, 5, pp. 241 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/5.8.241

Cass JR; Spehar B; Alais D; Arrighi R, 2010, 'Spatial and temporal determinants of contrast facilitation and suppression', Journal of Vision, 5, pp. 459 - 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/5.8.459

Schira M; Tyler C; Spehar B; Breakspear MJ, 2010, 'Modeling Magnification and Anisotropy in the Primate Foveal Confluence', PLoS Computational Biology, 29, pp. 1 - 10

Hill H; Spehar B, 2009, '乳児によるMooney faceの知覚 (2)', The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 73, pp. 2EV105 - 2EV105, http://dx.doi.org/10.4992/pacjpa.73.0_2ev105

Mcdonald JS; Seymour KJ; Schira MM; Spehar B; Clifford CW, 2009, 'Orientation-specific contextual modulation of the fMRI BOLD response to luminance and chromatic gratings in human visual cortex', Vision Research, 49, pp. 1397 - 1405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2008.12.014

Cass JR; Clifford CW; Alais D; Spehar B, 2009, 'Temporal structure of chromatic channels revealed through masking', Journal of Vision, 9, pp. 17

Cass JR; Alais D; Spehar B; Bex P, 2009, 'Temporal whitening: Transient noise perceptually equalizes the 1/f temporal amplitude spectrum', Journal of Vision, 9, pp. 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/9.10.12

Schira M; Tyler C; Breakspear MJ; Spehar B, 2009, 'The foveal confluence in human visual cortex', Journal of Neuroscience, 29, pp. 9050 - 9058, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1760-09.2009

Hill H; Spehar B, 2008, '乳児によるMooney faceの知覚', The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 72, pp. 2EV108 - 2EV108, http://dx.doi.org/10.4992/pacjpa.72.0_2ev108

Cranney J; Morris SC; Spehar B; Scoufis M, 2008, 'Helping first year students think like psychologists: supporting information literacy and teamwork skill development .', Psychology Learning and Teaching, 7, pp. 28 - 36

Otsuka ; Yamazaki Y; Konishi Y; Kanazawa S; Yamaguchi MK; Spehar B, 2008, 'The perception of illusory transparent surfaces in infancy: early emergence of sensitivity to static pictorial cues', Journal of Vision, 8, pp. 1 - 12

Owens C; Spehar B, 2008, 'Unique temporal change does not account for attentional capture by sudden onsets', Visual Cognition, 16, pp. 307 - 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13506280701434458

Huon GF; Spehar B; Adam P; Rifkin WD, 2007, 'Resource use and academic performance among first year psychology students', Higher Education, 53, pp. 1 - 27

Cass JR; Spehar B, 2005, 'Dynamics of collinear contrast facilitation are consistent with long-range horizontal striate transmission', Vision Research, 45, pp. 2728 - 2739, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T0W-4GNTFH3-1/2/f48e311ff5b23fcc6aa1d987695f322a

Cass JR; Spehar B, 2005, 'Dynamics of cross- and iso-surround facilitation suggest distinct mechanisms', Vision Research, 45, pp. 3060 - 3073, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T0W-4H4T304-3/2/8ebc0006795aa8596c7a9510746fde3f

Taylor RP; Spehar B; Wise J; Clifford CW; Newell BR; Hagerhall CM, 2005, 'Perceptual and physiological responses to the visual complexity of fractal patterns', Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology and Life Sciences, 9, pp. 89 - 114

Hayward WG; Wong A; Spehar B, 2005, 'When are viewpoint costs greater for silhouettes than for shaded images?', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 12, pp. 321 - 327

Clifford C; Spehar B; Pearson J, 2004, 'Motion transparency promotes synchronous perceptual binding', Vision Research, 44, pp. 3073 - 3080, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2004.07.022

Clifford C; Pearson J; Forte J; Spehar B, 2003, 'Colour and luminance selectivity of spatial and temporal interactions in orientation perception', Vision Research, 43, pp. 2885 - 2893, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2003.08.005

Clifford C; Spehar B; Solomon SG; Martin P; Zaidi Q, 2003, 'Interactions between color luminance in the perception', Journal of Vision, 3, pp. 106 - 115

Spehar B; Clifford C; Newell BR; Taylor R, 2003, 'Universal Aesthetic of Fractals', Computers and Graphics - Uk, 27

Spehar B; Clifford C, 2003, 'When does illusory contour formation depend on contrast polarity?', Vision Research, 43, pp. 1915 - 1919

Spehar B; Clifford C; Agostini T, 2002, 'Induction in variants of White`s effect: Common or separate mechanisms?', Perception, 31, pp. 189 - 196

Spehar B; Gillam BJ, 2002, 'Modal completion in the Poggendorff Illusion: Support for the depth-processing theory', Psychological Science, 13, pp. 306 - 312

Spehar B; Clifford C, 2002, 'Painting with light by Rob and Nick Carter: Dramatic failures of colour constancy in articulated scenes', Perception, 31, pp. 197 - 200

Spehar B, 2002, 'The role of contrast polarity in perceptual closure', Vision Research, 42, pp. 343 - 350

Spehar B; Clifford CWG, 2001, 'Brightness induction in variants of White's effect', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 53, pp. 66 - 66, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000202876000302&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Owens C; Spehar B, 2001, 'Varieties of attentional capture', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 53, pp. 61 - 62, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000202876000281&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Clifford C; Wenderoth P; Spehar B, 2000, 'A functional angle on some after-effects in cortical vision', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, pp. 1705 - 1710

Spehar B, 2000, 'Degraded illusory contour formation with non-uniform inducers in Kanizsa configurations: the role of contrast polarity', Vision Research, pp. 2653 - 2659

Gilchrist AL; Kossyfidis C; Bonato F; Agostini T; Cataliotti J; Li X; Spehar B; Annan V; Economou E, 1999, 'An anchoring theory of lightness perception', Psychological Review, 106, pp. 795 - 834

Zaidi Q; Spehar B; Debonet J, 1998, 'Adaptation to textured chromatic fields.', J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 15, pp. 23 - 32

Spehar B; Gilchrist AL; Arend LE, 1997, 'Qualitative boundaries critical in White's effect and square-wave brightness induction: Reply', VISION RESEARCH, 37, pp. 1044 - 1047, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1997WU12800008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Zaidi Q; Spehar B; DeBonet J, 1997, 'Color constancy in variegated scenes: Role of low-level mechanisms in discounting illumination changes', Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision, 14, pp. 2608 - 2621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.14.002608

Spehar B; Zaidi Q, 1997, 'New configurational effects on perceived contrast and brightness: Second-order White's effects', Perception, 26, pp. 409 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/p260409

Zaidi Q; Spehar B; Shy M, 1997, 'Induced effects of backgrounds and foregrounds in three-dimensional configurations: The role of T-junctions', Perception, pp. 395 - 408

Spehar B; Gilchrist AL; Arend LE, 1997, 'Qualitative boundaries critical in White`s effect and square-wave brightness illusions: A reply to Kingdom et al. (1997)', Vision Research, pp. 1044 - 1047

Spehar B; Zaidi Q, 1997, 'Surround effects on the shape of the temporal contrast sensitivity function', J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 14, pp. 2517 - 2525

Greenstein VC; Zaidi Q; Hood DC; Spehar B; Cideciyan AV; Jacobson SG, 1996, 'The enhanced S cone syndrome: An analysis of receptoral and post-receptoral changes', Vision Research, 36, pp. 3711 - 3722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0042-6989(96)00073-9

Zaidi Q; Spehar B; DeBonnet JS, 1996, 'Adaptation to Variegated Scenes and Colour Constancy', Perception, 25, pp. 184 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/v96l0613

Spehar B; Debonet J; Zaidi Q, 1996, 'Brightness induction from uniform and complex surrounds: a general model', Vision Research, pp. 1893 - 1906

Zaidi Q; DeBonet JS; Spehar B, 1995, 'Perceived grey-levels in complex configurations', Final Program and Proceedings - IS and T/SID Color Imaging Conference, pp. 14 - 17

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