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Curriculum
Vita
Sam
Ling
Office Address:
Vanderbilt University
611 Wilson Hall
Nashville, TN 37209
E-mail: s.ling (at) vanderbilt.edu
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Home
Address:
4504 Wyoming Ave
Nashviile, Tennessee, 37209
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Education:
Vanderbilt University, August 2007 – present
Postdoc
in Psychological Sciences
New
York University, August 2001 – 2007
Ph.D.
Program in Cognition & Perception
Pennsylvania
State University, Class of 2001
B.S.
Psychology
Minor
- Anthropology
Scholarships
& Awards:
VVRC
Training Grant, Vanderbilt University, NEI (2007-present)
NIH
NRSA Kirchstein Predoctoral Fellowship, NIH (2004-2007)
Rauischholzhausen
Summer School in Visual Neuroscience, Volkswagen-Stiftung (2006)
VSS
Travel Award, Elsevier/Vision Research (2007)
Katzell
Fellowship, New York University (2005)
MacCracken
Fellowship, New York University (2001-2004)
GSAS
Student Travel Grant, New York University (2003, 2005,
2007)
GSAS
Summer Fellowship, New York University (2002, 2003)
Publications:
Pestilli, F., Ling., S. & Carrasco, M. (in press). A population-coding model of attention?s influence on contrast response: estimating neural effects from psychophysical data. Vision Research.
Carrasco, M., Fuller, S. & Ling, S. (in press). Transient attention does increase perceived contrast of suprathreshold stimuli: A reply to Prinzmetal, Long and Leonhardt (2008). Perception & Psychophysics.
Ling, S., Liu, T. & Carrasco, M. (in press). How spatial and feature-based attention affect the gain and tuning of population responses. Vision Research.
Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (2007). Transient covert
attention does alter appearance: a reply to Schneider (2006). Perception
& Psychophysics.
Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (2006). When sustained
attention impairs perception. Nature Neuroscience. 9, 1243-1245.
Phelps,
E., Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (2006). Emotion
facilitates perception and boosts the perceptual benefits
of attention. Psychological Science 17(4), 292-299.
Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (2006). Sustained and transient
covert attention enhance the signal via different contrast
response functions. Vision Research. 46, 1210-1220.
Carrasco, M., Ling, S. & Read, S. (2004). Attention
alters appearance. Nature Neuroscience. 7,
308-313.
Other
:
Ling, S. (2007 March 20). "Attention
Must Be Paid." In Mind Matters, the Scientific American
blog on science and mind. http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=attention_must_be_paid.
[Invited Contribution]
Talks
:
Ling, S. (2007). How covert attention affects contrast
sensitivity. Vanderbilt University. [Talk]
Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (2006). When sustained
attention impairs contrast sensitivity. Vision Sciences, Sarasota. [Talk]
Ling, S. (2006). How covert attention affects contrast
sensitivity. Johns Hopkins University. [Talk]
Abstracts
& Posters :
Ling, S. & Blake, R. (2008). Suppression during binocular rivalry broadens tuning. Vision Sciences, Naples, FL.
[Poster]
Ling, S. Liu, T. & Carrasco, M. (2007). How attention affects the gain and tuning of motion selective channels. Vision Sciences, Sarasota, FL.
[Poster]
Pestilli, F., Ling, S., Carrasco, M. (2007) Attention and contrast: A model linking single-unit and psychophysical data. Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL. [Poster]
Ling, S. Liu, T. & Carrasco, M. (2006). The influence
of attention on motion selective channels: an equivalent
noise approach. Vision Sciences, Sarasota, FL.
[Poster]
Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (2005). Contrast gain vs.
response gain: Do sustained and transient covert attention
exhibit different signature responses? Vision
Sciences, Sarasota, FL.
[Poster]
Ling, S. Phelps, E., Holmes, B. & Carrasco, M.
(2004). Emotion
facilitates perception and boosts the perceptual benefits
of attention. Vision Sciences, Sarasota, FL[Poster] .
Fuller, S., Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (2004). Attention increases perceived saturation. Vision
Sciences, Sarasota, FL.
[Poster]
Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (May 2003). Sustained and transient
covert attention: a test for signal enhancement. Vision Sciences,
Sarasota, FL.
[Poster]
Read, S., Ling, S. & Carrasco, M. (May
2003). Covert Attention Alters Visual Appearance. Vision
Sciences, Sarasota, FL.
[Poster]
Teaching
Experience:
9/2003 – 12/2003 Graduate
Teaching Assistant New
York, NY
New York
University, Department of Psychology
Course:
Lab in Perception
Instructor:
Mike Landy, Ph.D.
7/2001 – 8/2001 Graduate
Teaching Assistant New
York, NY
New York
University, Department of Psychology
Course:
Perception
Instructor:
Cigdem Talgar, Ph.D.
1/2001 – 5/2001 Graduate
Teaching Assistant New
York, NY
New York
University, Department of Psychology
Course:
Introductory Psychology
Instructor:
Elizabeth Phelps, Ph.D.
Other
Interests:
Backpacking/camping, snowboarding,
bicycling, guitar, dendrobates.
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