Emma Ferneyhough

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


Objectives To pursue research at the intersection of vision, attention and emotion
Education New York University
PhD in Psychology in progress, expected 2011

University of California, at Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts, May 2004
Major: Cognitive Science, emphasis in Neuroscience
Minor: Anthropology

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

Teaching Assistant for Cognitive Psychology, 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 Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowship, 2007
MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, 2006-2011

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



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