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Photo     George Law Malcolm     MA (St Andrews), MA (York), PhD (Edinburgh)     Research Associate

g.l.malcolm (at) sms.ed.ac.uk     Room: S17 and F23     Telephone: +441316503349

I am currently studying how visual attention is guided through scenes during real-world search tasks. More specifically, I am examining how different forms of top-down information - in particular, target template knowledge and scene context - affect eye movements.


PUBLICATIONS:

Malcolm GL, Henderson JM.  Combining top-down processes to guide eye movements during real-world scene search.Journal of Vision, 2010, 10(2):4, 1–11.  (Link)

Malcolm GL, Henderson JM.  The effects of target template specificity on visual search in real-world scenes: Evidence from eye movements.Journal of Vision, 2009, 9(11):8, 1-13. (Link)                                                        (#17 in the "Hot Recent Papers" in Journal of Vision's download report)

Henderson JM, Malcolm GL, Schandl C. Searching in the Dark: Cognitive Relevance Drives Attention in Real-World Scenes.”  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2009, 16(5), 850-856.  (PubMed)

Rayner K, Smith TJ, Malcolm GL, Henderson JM.  “Eye movements and visual encoding during scene perception.”  Psychological Science, 2009, 20(1), 6-10.  (PubMed)

Sheldon C, Malcolm GL, Barton JJS.  “Alexia with and without agraphia: A perceptual and linguistic re-analysis of two classical syndromes.”  Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 2008, 35(5), 616-624.  (PubMed)

Malcolm GL, Lanyon LJ, Fugard AJB, Barton JJS.  Scan patterns during the processing of facial expression versus identity: An exploration of task-driven and stimulus-driven effects.”  Journal of Vision, 2008, 8(8):2, 1-9.  (Link)

Malcolm GL, Barton JJS.  ““Sequence-agnosia” in Bálint’s syndrome: Defects in visuotemporal processing after bilateral parietal damage.” Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2007, 19(1), 102-108.  (PubMed)

• Barton JJS, Malcolm GL, Hefter R.  “Spatial processing in Bálint syndrome and prosopagnosia: a study of three patients.”  Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2007, 27(4), 268-274.  (PubMed)

Malcolm GL, Leung C, Barton JJS.  “Regional variation in the inversion effect for faces: Differential effects for feature shape, feature configuration, and external contour.” Perception, 2004, 33, 1221-31.  (PubMed)


CONFERENCES:

• “Combining top-down information during real world visual search: target template and scene context.” Malcolm GL, Henderson, JM. European Conference on Eye Movements, August, 2009. Oral presentation.

• “Visual search in real-world scenes: Effects of target cue specificity and cue lead time on component search processes.” Malcolm GL, Henderson, JM. Vision Science Society, May, 2008. Poster.

• “Predicting perceptual expertise from semantic knowledge: an indexed car test for prosopagnosic patients.” Hanif H, Khalil R, Malcolm GL, Barton JJS. Vision Science Society, May, 2008. Poster.

• “Visual search in real-world scenes: Effects of target cue specificity and cue lead time on component search processes.” Malcolm GL, Henderson JM. European Conference on Eye Movements, August 22nd-27th, 2007. Poster.

• “Eye movements during the processing of facial expression versus identity: An Exploration of task-driven and stimulus-driven effects.” Malcolm GL, Lanyon LL, Barton, JJS. Vision Science Society, May 11th-16th, 2007. Poster.

• “Preserved face perception is correlated with normal fusiform face area activity in associative prosopagnosia.” Fox CJ, Malcolm GL, Barton JJS. American Academy of Neurology, April, 2007. Poster.

• “Sequence-agnosia: Visuotemporal Dysfunction in Balint's Syndrome?” Malcolm GL, Barton JJS. Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science, Montreal, Canada, July 14-17, 2005. Oral presentation.

• “Sequence-agnosia. Visuotemporal Dysfunction in Balint’s Syndrome?” Malcolm GL, Kingstone A, Barton JJS. UBC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, April 22nd, 2005. Oral presentation.

• “Liberty and Order in Restoration Poetry”. Liberty Fund, April 14-17th, 2005. Colloquium.


AWARDS/FUNDING:

• University of Edinburgh. College of Humantities and Social Science. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. College Studentship. – Tuition, plus annual stipend.

• University of Edinburgh. College of Humantities and Social Science. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Small Grant Application. – £550.

• American Friends of the University of Edinburgh (AFUE) Scholarship. – $2000.


AFFILIATIONS:

Association for Psychological Science

Vision Science Society


TEACHING / GROUP ORGANISING:

  Tutor.  Psychology I.  University of Edinburgh, Department of Psychology. 
   2007 – 2009.

  Organizer.  Visual Cognition Research Unit Seminar Series.  University of Edinburgh,   
    Department of Psychology.  2008 – 2009.


WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 2004-2006 University of British Columbia Department of Medicine and Vancouver General Hospital Visiting Scholar and Lab Manager for Human Vision and Eye Movement Lab. Lab Head: Jason Barton, MD, PhD, FRCPC

• 2002 Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital Neuropsychology Research Assistant for Human Vision and Eye Movement Lab. Lab Head: Jason Barton, MD, PhD, FRCPC

 

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