Emma Ferneyhough

New York, NY
emmafern [at] nyu [dot] edu


Objectives To pursue research at the intersection of emotion, attention and visual perception
Education New York University
PhD (Psychology: Cognition & Perception) in progress, expected 2011

Master of Arts (Psychology: Cognition & Perception), January 2009

University of California, at Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts, May 2004
Major: Cognitive Science, neuroscience emphasis
Minor: Anthropology, social cultural emphasis

Experience Teaching Assistant for Cognition, with Robert Colner
New York, NY (May 2009 - June 2009)

Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Psychology, with Dr. Edgar Coons
New York, NY (May 2009 - June 2009)

Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Psychology, with Dr. Edgar Coons
New York, NY (May 2008 - June 2008)

Teaching Assistant for Cognition, with Dr. Andrew Hilford
New York, NY (January 2007 - May 2007)

Research Assistant, Perception and Neuroscience Lab, Psychology Department, Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN (September 2004 - July 2006)

Cognitive Science Peer Advisor, UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA (January 2004 - May 2004)

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Emotion and Social Interaction Lab, Psychology Department, UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA (September 2003 - May 2004)

Memberships Cognitive Neuroscience Society
New York Academy of Sciences
Vision Sciences Society

Awards Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Travel Award, New York University, 2009
Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowship, 2007
MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, 2006-2011

Book Chapters Stanley, D.A., Ferneyhough, E., & Phelps, E.A. (2009). Neural Perspectives on Emotion: Impact on Perception, Attention and Memory. In G.G. Berntson & J.T. Cacciopo (Eds.), Handbook of Neuroscience for the Behavioral Sciences. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Publications Meng, M., Ferneyhough, E., & Tong, F. (2007). Dynamics of perceptual filling-in of visual phantoms revealed by binocular rivalry. Journal of Vision, 7(13):8, 1-15, http://journalofvision.org/7/13/8/, doi:10.1167/7.13.8.

Conference Presentations Ferneyhough, E., Stanley, D.A., Phelps, E.A. & Carrasco, M. (2009, May). Effects of Faces as Exogenous Cues are Dependent on Visual Field and Handedness. Poster. Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.

Ferneyhough, E., Meng, M. & Tong, F. (2006, May). Interactions between Binocular Rivalry and Phantom Filling-In. Poster. Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

Ad Hoc Reviewer Emotion

Department Talks & Presentations Emotion and the Attentional Blink, Cognition & Perception Brown Bag, April 2009

Faces as Attentional Cues: Visual Field and Handedness, Cognition & Perception Miniconvention, Sept. 2008

Investigating the Interaction of Emotion and Attention, Cognition & Perception Miniconvention, Sept. 2007

Department Service Cognition & Perception Graduate Student Brown Bag Coordinator, 2008-2009



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