VSAC: The Visual Science of Art Conference
Department of Cognitive Science Faculty of Media & Knowledge Science University of Malta Msida, MSD 2080 MALTA www.um.edu.mt/maks/cogscience Email: ian.thornton at um.edu.mt Web: www.ianthornton.com
I'm interested in understanding how the brain represents information that changes over time. Much work on vision in Cognitive Science continues to concern itself with stable states. Often this is simply because static experimental stimuli are more available and/or conceptually tractable. In my research I try to explore the role that time plays in mental representation. I do this by adapting standard experimental methods/techniques for use with dynamic stimuli.
I was born and brought up in North East London, went to Lancaster for my undergrad and then on to Cambridge for an MPhil. I left the UK in late Eighties, travelling first to Japan, where I taught English, and then on to Australia. For four years I was a research assistant at Sydney University while completely failing to learn to surf. I then moved to the West Coast of the US, starting my PhD with Jennifer Freyd, at the University of Oregon, Eugene. I took my second year out to visit the lab of Maggie Shiffr
VSAC: The Visual Science of Art Conference