Dr Will Harrison is a cognitive neuroscientist who is interested in how the brain transforms visual information into conscious thoughts and memories. He received his PhD in Psychology from the University of Queensland in 2013, and has completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Medical School, the University of Cambridge, and the Queensland Brain Institute. He has published dozens of papers in top international journals, focusing on how people perceive and remember objects in their peripheral vision, how eye movements affect what we see, and how the human brain uses the structure of natural environments to guide perception. Dr Harrison uses a variety of methodologies, include psychophysics, neuro-imaging, and computational modelling. His research is aimed at better understanding visual cognition, which has practical applications in designing user-friendly visual displays and improving interactions between humans and computers.
Awards/ Fellowships
- National Health and Medical Research Council CJ Martin Fellowship, The University of Queensland (2015 – 2019)
- Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, The University of Queensland (2019 – 2022)
Research areas
- Visual perception
- Visual working memory
- Image processing
- Signal detection theory
- Mid-level vision
Teaching areas
- PSY104 Research Methods and Analysis 1
Will is interested in how the brain transforms visual information into conscious thoughts and memories. He focuses on how people perceive and remember objects in their peripheral vision, how eye movement affect what we see, and how the human brain uses the structure of natural environments to guide perceptions. His research is aimed at better understanding visual cognition, which has practical applications in designing user-friendly visual displays and improving interactions between humans and computers.