The relationship between creativity and attention in adults
Journal Article
Carruthers, L., MacLean, R., & Willis, A. (2018)
The relationship between creativity and attention in adults. Creativity Research Journal, 30(4), 370-379
Creativity is a valuable attribute that involves the generation of original ideas; attention is a vital function that facilitates information selection. There is some evidence...
Demonstrating the links between psychology and biology: the practical use of Biopac in undergraduate psychology teaching.
Presentation / Conference
Murray, J., Shaw, M., & Willis, A. (2016, January)
Demonstrating the links between psychology and biology: the practical use of Biopac in undergraduate psychology teaching. Paper presented at The Teaching Fellows' Conference: innovations in teaching and supporting student learning, Edinburgh Napier University
For those unfamiliar with psychology, there is often a perception that it is a subject that is all about the mind and ‘talking therapies. However, since the 1930s this has not...
Visual search for targets on natural textured backgrounds.
Journal Article
Green, P. R., Willis, A. & Egan, C. D. (2008)
Visual search for targets on natural textured backgrounds. Perception. 38, 41. ISSN 0301-0066
Little is known about visual search for targets on natural, textured backgrounds, or about the capacity of biological camouflage patterns to provide protection across a range ...
Colour and luminance interactions in the visual perception of motion.
Journal Article
Willis, A., & Anderson, S. J. (2002)
Colour and luminance interactions in the visual perception of motion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 269, 1011-1016. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.1985
We sought to determine the extent to which red-green, colour-opponent mechanisms in the human visual system play a role in the perception of drifting luminance-modulated targe...
Comparing contrast-modulated and luminance-modulated masking: effects of spatial frequency.
Journal Article
Willis, A., Smallman, H. S. & Harris, J. M. (1999)
Comparing contrast-modulated and luminance-modulated masking: effects of spatial frequency. Perception. 29, 81-100. doi:10.1068/p2999. ISSN 0301-0066
The masking of a sinusoidal test grating by contrast-modulated (CM) gratings could, in principle, be attributable to the presence of a distortion product, injected into the st...