Damian Stanley
Center for Neural Science
T 212.998.3908
E das@cns.nyu.edu
Education
Ph.D., Neural Science
Advisor: Nava Rubin,
Ph.D.
B.A. in
Neuroscience with High Honors
Advisor:
Dennison Smith, Ph.D.
Honors/Fellowships
NIMH National
Research Service Award: Object Representation in the Lateral Occipital Cortex
Society for Sigma Xi
Nancy Robell Memorial Endowed Prize in
Neuroscience/Biopsychology,
Deans award for leadership,
Publications
Journal
Articles
Objects that vary in familiarity
and complexity are processed by different sub-regions in the Lateral Occipital
Complex. Stanley,
D. & Rubin, N. (in preperation).
Regions based Analysis of FMRI
Data. Benjamini, Y., Heller, R., Rubin,
N.,
The effects of covert
attention on subjective perceptual organization.
Gobell, J., Stanley, D. & Carrasco, M. (Submitted) Perception
& Psychophysics.
Rapid detection of salient
regions: Evidence from apparent motion. Stanley, D. & Rubin, N. (2005) Journal of
Vision 5, 690-701.
fMRI activation in response to
illusory contours and salient regions in the human Lateral Occipital Complex.
The
The Fusiform Face Area is Selective for Faces Not Animals. Kanwisher,
N., Stanley D. & Harris A. (1999) NeuroReport 10,
183-187.
Methods for
Successful Follow-up of Elusive Urban Populations: An Ethnographic Approach
with Homeless Men.
Conover, S., Berkman, A., Gheith,
A., Jahiel, R.,
Abstracts
Functionally distinct sub-regions
in the lateral occipital complex revealed by fMRI
responses to abstract 2-dimensional shapes and familiar objects. Stanley, D. & Rubin, N. Vision Sciences Society, talk, 2005.
Can
Transient Attention Offset the Effects of Sustained Attention? Gobell, J.,
fMRI Modulations in occipital and superior
temporal cortex during bi-stable motion perception.
Hupe, J.M., Yang, E.,
Rapid
detection of salient regions: Evidence from apparent motion. Stanley, D. & Rubin, N. Vision Sciences Society,
poster, 2004.
AHA! Inducing and measuring perceptual insight. Stanley, D., Ackert, J. & Rubin, N. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, poster, 2003.
Real
surfaces, illusory surfaces, and other perceptually completed regions:
direct comparison of boundary sharpness.
fMRI responses to perceptually
completed regions in the human Lateral Occipital Complex: bounding illusory
contours are not a necessary condition. Stanley, D. & Rubin, N. Vision Sciences Society,
poster, 2002.
The
effects of stimulus-driven attention on subjective organization.
Elias, R.,
The
parahippocampal place area: Perception, recognition, or route
planning? Epstein,
R., Kanwisher, N., Stanley, D., Harris, A. Society for Neurosciences,
talk, 1998.
Research Experience
9/00–2005
Thesis work: Used fMRI to functionally map sub-divisions within the human
Lateral Occipital Complex, a region previously implicated in object
processing. Combined fMRI and psychophysical techniques to investigate illusory
contour and salient region processing in the human brain.
Principal
Investigator: Nava Rubin, Center for Neural Science, NYU
10/99–9/00
Rotation: Used
psychophysical techniques to investigate the interplay of perceptual
organization and stimulus-driven attention.
Principal
Investigator: Marisa Carrasco, Department of Psychology, NYU
4/97–4/99
Research
assistant/lab manager: Used fMRI to characterize
responses in the Fusiform Face Area (FFA) and examine
the role of the Parahippocampal Place Area (PPA) in
recognition, navigation and encoding. Also conducted other fMRI investigations into
visual attention and visual mental imagery.
Principal
Investigator: Nancy Kanwisher, Brain and Cognitive
Sciences, NYU
9/96–5/97
Honors thesis:
Investigated Beta-Adrenergic Potentiation (BAP) in
area CA1 of the rat hippocampus. Specifically, used extracellular recording
techniques (in slices) and neuropharmocological
manipulations to determine that BAP requires protein synthesis.
Principal
Investigator: Dennison Smith, Neuroscience,