Davis Glasser

Davis M. Glasser

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Education

  • 2013 (expected)    PhD, in progress, Brain & Cognitive Sciences
                                University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

  • 2012                     M.A., Brain and Cognitive Sciences
                                University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

  • 2007                     B.S., Neuroscience
                                University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

  • 2003                     High School Diploma, Certificate of Merit
                                Math, Science, Computer Science Magnet Program
                                Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD

Research Experience

  • 2009-Present         Graduate Student (Advisor: Duje Tadin)
                                Tadin Lab, Center for Visual Science
                                University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

  • 2007-2009            Research Assistant (Supervisor: Duje Tadin)
                                Tadin Lab, Center for Visual Science
                                University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

  • 2006-2007            Research Assistant (Supervisor: Daphne Bavelier)
                                Rochester Center for Brain Imaging
                                University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

  • 2003-2005            Summer Research Fellow (Supervisor: Leonardo Cohen)
                                Human Cortical Physiology Section, NINDS
                                National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

  • 2002                     Summer Research Fellow (Supervisor: Henry McFarland)
                                Neuroimmunology Branch, NINDS
                                National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Publications

  • Yang, E., Tadin, D., Glasser, D.M., Hong, S.W., Blake, R., & Park, S. (in press). Visual context processing in schizophrenia. Clinical Psychological Science
  • Glasser, D.M., Tsui, J.M.G., Pack, C.C., & Tadin, D. (2011). Perceptual and neural consequences of rapid motion adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(45), E1080-E1088. [pdf] [Supplement] [Author Summary]
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (2011). Increasing stimulus size impairs first- but not second-order motion perception. Journal of Vision, 11(13): 22.1-8. [pdf]
  • Tadin, D., Lappin, J.S., Blake, R., & Glasser, D.M.. (2010). High temporal precision for perceiving event offsets. Vision Research, 50(19), 1966-71. [pdf]
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (2010). Low-Level mechanisms do not explain paradoxical motion percepts. Journal of Vision, 10(4), 20.1-9. [pdf]
  • Celnik, P., Webster, B., Glasser, D.M., & Cohen, L.G. (2008). Effects of action observation on physical training after stroke. Stroke, 39(6), 1814-20. [pdf]

  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (in preparation). The oculomotor system can discriminate perceptually suppressed motion.
  • Yang, E., Tadin, D., Glasser, D.M., Hong, S.W., Blake, R., & Park, S. (in preparation). Visual context processing is intact in bipolar disorder: implications for dimensional versus categorical classification of psychotic disorders.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (in preparation). Center-surround interactions in motion perception.

Selected Acknowledgements

  • Amedi, A., Floel, A., Knecht, S., Zohary, E., & Cohen, L.G. (2004). Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the occipital pole interferes with verbal processing in blind subjects. Nature Neuroscience, 7, 1266-1270.
  • Floel, A., Nagorsen, U., Werhahn, K.J., Ravindran, S., Birbaumer, N., Knecht, S., & Cohen, L.G. (2004). Influence of somatosensory input on motor function in patients with chronic stroke. Annals of Neurology, 56(2), 206-212.

Presentations

  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D., (2012). Eye movements can discriminate perceptually invisible motion. Poster presented at the 28th CVS Symposium.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D., (2012). The oculomotor system can discriminate perceptually suppressed motion: An oculometric analysis [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, (in press). Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society.
  • Glasser, D.M. (2012). The oculomotor system can discriminate perceptually suppressed motion. Brain and Cognitive Sciences lunch talk, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D., (2011). Changes in relative dominance of first- and second-order motion signals can be explained by differences in spatial tuning. Perception, 40 ECVP Abstract Supplement, 132. Poster presented at the European Conference on Visual Perception.
  • Glasser, D.M. (2011). The Rapidly Generated Motion Aftereffect: Psychophysics & Physiology. Invited SPIE Lunch Talk, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (2011). Asymmetric effect of spatial suppression on first- and second-order motion perception. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 11(11): 721; doi:10.1167/11.11.721. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society.
  • Glasser, D.M. (2010). Perceptual and neural consequences of rapid motion adaptation. Brain and Cognitive Sciences lunch talk, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (2010). Low-level mechanisms do not explain paradoxical motion percepts [Abstract]. Journal of Vision,10(7), 83, doi: 10.1167/10.7.837. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society.
  • Glasser, D.M., Tsui, J., Dieter, K.C., Pack, C.C., & Tadin, D. (2009). Psychophysics and neurophysiology of the rapidly generated MAE [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 9(8), 676. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society.
  • Yang, E., Glasser, D.M., Hong, S., Blake, R., Tadin, D., Park, S. (2009) Comprehensive study of visual contextual effects in schizophrenia. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 9(8), 1029. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (2008). Lower temporal limit for generation of the motion after-effect. Journal of Vision, 8(17), 56. Poster presented at OSA Fall Vision Meeting.
  • Tadin, D., & Glasser, D.M. (2008). Rapid generation of the motion after-effect by sub-threshold adapting stimuli [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 8(6), 387. Talk presented at Vision Sciences Society.

Teaching

Guest Lecturer

  • BCS 111          Foundations of Cognitive Science.
                           Topic: Vision (Fall 2011, Summer 2012, Fall 2012).
  • BCS 511          Graduate Course in Behavioral Methods in Cognitive Science.
                           Topic: Psychophysical Methods (Spring 2011).
  • BCS 265          Language and the Brain.
                           Topic: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Spring 2011).
  • BCS 112          Cognitive Psychology.
                           Topic: Motion and Depth (Spring 2011).

Teaching Assistant

  • BCS 151          Perception and Action
                           Instructor: Duje Tadin (Fall 2011).
  • BCS 112          Cognitive Psychology
                           Instructors: Michael Tanenhaus & Kathleen Carbary (Spring 2011).
  • BCS 112          Cognitive Psychology
                           Instructor: Kathleen Carbary (Spring 2010).

Professional Memberships and Service

Journal Reviewing

  • Journal of Vision (Ad Hoc)
  • Vision Research (Ad Hoc)

Memberships (Past and Present)

  • Vision Sciences Society (VSS)
  • Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
  • Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC)

Research Skills

Experimental Techniques

  • Extensive experience: visual psychophysics, TMS, eyetracking
  • Moderate experience: fMRI, retinotopic mapping, tDCS
  • Familiarity: DTI, PET, accelerometry, EMG

Computer Programming

  • Extensive experience: MATLAB, Psychtoolbox
  • Moderate experience: C++

Software

  • Extensive experience: FSL, SPM(99,2,5)
  • Moderate experience: AFNI, Brainsight Frameless, Labview, MrVista
  • Familiarity: BrainVoyager