Davis Glasser

Davis M. Glasser

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Education

  • 2013                     Ph.D., Brain & Cognitive Sciences
                                University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • 2012                     M.A., Brain and Cognitive Sciences
                                University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • 2007                     B.S., Neuroscience
                                University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Academic Positions

  • 2013-present         Postdoctoral Fellow
                                Center for Neural Science & Department of Psychology
                                New York University

Research Experience

  • 2009-2013            Graduate Student (Advisor: Duje Tadin)
                                Tadin Lab, Center for Visual Science
                                University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

  • 2007-2009            Research Assistant (Supervisor: Duje Tadin)
                                Tadin Lab, Center for Visual Science
                                University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

  • 2006-2007            Research Assistant (Supervisor: Daphne Bavelier)
                                Rochester Center for Brain Imaging
                                University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

  • 2003-2005            Summer Research Fellow (Supervisor: Leonardo Cohen)
                                Human Cortical Physiology Section, NINDS
                                National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

  • 2002                     Summer Research Fellow (Supervisor: Henry McFarland)
                                Neuroimmunology Branch, NINDS
                                National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Publications

  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (in press). Modularity in the motion system: independent oculomotor and perceptual processing of brief moving stimuli. Journal of Vision
  • Yang, E., Tadin, D., Glasser, D.M., Hong, S.W., Blake, R., & Park, S. (2013). Visual context processing in bipolar disorder: a comparison with schizophrenia. Frontiers in Psychology, 4:569. [pdf]
  • Yang, E., Tadin, D., Glasser, D.M., Hong, S.W., Blake, R., & Park, S. (2013). Visual context processing in schizophrenia. Clinical Psychological Science, 1: 5-15. [pdf]
  • Glasser, D.M., Tsui, J.M.G., Pack, C.C., & Tadin, D. (2011). Perceptual and neural consequences of rapid motion adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(45), E1080-E1088. [pdf] [Supplement] [Author Summary]
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (2011). Increasing stimulus size impairs first- but not second-order motion perception. Journal of Vision, 11(13): 22.1-8. [pdf]
  • Tadin, D., Lappin, J.S., Blake, R., & Glasser, D.M.. (2010). High temporal precision for perceiving event offsets. Vision Research, 50(19), 1966-71. [pdf]
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (2010). Low-Level mechanisms do not explain paradoxical motion percepts. Journal of Vision, 10(4), 20.1-9. [pdf]
  • Celnik, P., Webster, B., Glasser, D.M., & Cohen, L.G. (2008). Effects of action observation on physical training after stroke. Stroke, 39(6), 1814-20. [pdf]

Selected Acknowledgements

  • Amedi, A., Floel, A., Knecht, S., Zohary, E., & Cohen, L.G. (2004). Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the occipital pole interferes with verbal processing in blind subjects. Nature Neuroscience, 7, 1266-1270.
  • Floel, A., Nagorsen, U., Werhahn, K.J., Ravindran, S., Birbaumer, N., Knecht, S., & Cohen, L.G. (2004). Influence of somatosensory input on motor function in patients with chronic stroke. Annals of Neurology, 56(2), 206-212.

Presentations

  • Glasser, D.M., Tadin, D., & Pack, C.C. (2014). Motion reversal reveals mechanisms of perceptual suppression. Poster to be presented at Vision Sciences Society.
  • Glasser, D.M. (2013). Perceptual and Neural Consequences of Rapid Motion Adaptation. Rochester Neuroscience Retreat, Rochester, NY.
  • Glasser, D.M. (2013). Adaptation, modularity, and mechanisms of suppression in the motion system. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (2013). Reliable non-veridical perception of brief moving stimuli [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 13(9): 764; doi: 10.1167/13.9.764. Talk presented at Vision Sciences Society.
  • Glasser, D.M. (2013). Adaptation, modularity, and mechanisms of suppression in the motion system. Center for Visual Science research talk, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
  • Tadin, D., Glasser, D.M., Tsui, J. & Pack, C.C. (2012) Perceptual and neural consequences of rapid motion adaptation. I-Perception, 3(9): 593. Talk presented at ACVP Symposium.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D., (2012). Eye movements can discriminate perceptually invisible motion. Poster presented at the 28th CVS Symposium.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D., (2012). The oculomotor system can discriminate perceptually suppressed motion: An oculometric analysis [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 12(9): 994; doi:10.1167/12.9.994. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society.
  • Glasser, D.M. (2012). The oculomotor system can discriminate perceptually suppressed motion. Brain and Cognitive Sciences lunch talk, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D., (2011). Changes in relative dominance of first- and second-order motion signals can be explained by differences in spatial tuning. Perception, 40 ECVP Abstract Supplement, 132. Poster presented at the European Conference on Visual Perception.
  • Glasser, D.M. (2011). The Rapidly Generated Motion Aftereffect: Psychophysics & Physiology. Invited SPIE Lunch Talk, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (2011). Asymmetric effect of spatial suppression on first- and second-order motion perception. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 11(11): 721; doi:10.1167/11.11.721. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society.
  • Glasser, D.M. (2010). Perceptual and neural consequences of rapid motion adaptation. Brain and Cognitive Sciences lunch talk, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (2010). Low-level mechanisms do not explain paradoxical motion percepts [Abstract]. Journal of Vision,10(7), 83, doi: 10.1167/10.7.837. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society.
  • Glasser, D.M., Tsui, J., Dieter, K.C., Pack, C.C., & Tadin, D. (2009). Psychophysics and neurophysiology of the rapidly generated MAE [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 9(8), 676. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society.
  • Yang, E., Glasser, D.M., Hong, S., Blake, R., Tadin, D., Park, S. (2009) Comprehensive study of visual contextual effects in schizophrenia. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 9(8), 1029. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society.
  • Glasser, D.M. & Tadin, D. (2008). Lower temporal limit for generation of the motion after-effect. Journal of Vision, 8(17), 56. Poster presented at OSA Fall Vision Meeting.
  • Tadin, D., & Glasser, D.M. (2008). Rapid generation of the motion after-effect by sub-threshold adapting stimuli [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 8(6), 387. Talk presented at Vision Sciences Society.

Teaching

Guest Lecturer

  • BCS 111          Foundations of Cognitive Science.
                           Topic: Vision (Fall 2011, Summer 2012, Fall 2012).
  • BCS 511          Graduate Course in Behavioral Methods in Cognitive Science.
                           Topic: Psychophysical Methods (Spring 2011).
  • BCS 265          Language and the Brain.
                           Topic: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Spring 2011).
  • BCS 112          Cognitive Psychology.
                           Topic: Motion and Depth (Spring 2011).

Teaching Assistant

  • BCS 151          Perception and Action
                           Instructor: Duje Tadin (Fall 2012).
  • BCS 151          Perception and Action
                           Instructor: Duje Tadin (Fall 2011).
  • BCS 112          Cognitive Psychology
                           Instructors: Michael Tanenhaus & Kathleen Carbary (Spring 2011).
  • BCS 112          Cognitive Psychology
                           Instructor: Kathleen Carbary (Spring 2010).

Professional Memberships and Service

Journal Reviewing

  • Journal of Vision (Ad Hoc)
  • Vision Research (Ad Hoc)

Memberships (Past and Present)

  • Vision Sciences Society (VSS)
  • Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
  • Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC)