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Dr Tom Foulsham

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Dr Tom Foulsham

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Biography

I received my PhD from the University of Nottingham. I subsequently carried out postdoctoral research at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, supported by a Commonwealth Fellowship. I joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Essex in 2011 as a Lecturer and was promoted to Reader in 2015.

Appointments

University of Essex

  • Deputy Director of Research, Department of Psychology, University of Essex (1/9/2018 - 1/9/2021)

Research and professional activities

Research interests

Visual cognition

Open to supervise

Perception of pictures and videos

Open to supervise

Eye movements

Open to supervise

Cognitive neuropsychology

Open to supervise

Conferences and presentations

Eye-tracking evidence for differences in the processing of verbal or numerical quantified phrases.

European Group of Process Tracing Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, 2018

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Cognitive Psychology and Economics (EC956)

  • Experiencing Emotion (PS103)

  • Thinking and the Mind (PS104)

  • The Social Brain (PS106)

  • Seeing and Hearing (PS414)

  • Cognitive Psychology (PS425)

  • Psychology in the Real World (PS516)

  • Advanced Seeing and Hearing (PS921)

  • Theory and Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology (PS949)

  • Advanced Cognitive Psychology (PS952)

  • MSc Psychology Research Project (PS900)

Previous supervision

Carmelo Calafiore
Carmelo Calafiore
Thesis title: Active Action Recognition in Humans and Robots
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 2/4/2024
David Martin Mcaleavey
David Martin Mcaleavey
Thesis title: Building Better Than We Know: The Residential Built Environment, Trust, Social Behaviour, Biology and Health
Degree subject: Biosocial Research
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 29/11/2023
Phoebe Morris
Phoebe Morris
Thesis title: Dance, Autism, and Communication: Exploring the Feasibility of a Dance-Based Exergame Within the Home and School Environments to Enhance Autistic Children’S Social Communication Skills.
Degree subject: Sport and Exercise Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 29/6/2023
Jessica Dawson
Jessica Dawson
Thesis title: Visual Attention During Conversation: An Investigation Using Real-World Stimuli.
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 31/1/2022
Astrid Priscilla Martinez Cedillo
Astrid Priscilla Martinez Cedillo
Thesis title: The Effects of Cognitive Load, Social Objects, Non-Social Objects and Adhd-Like Traits on Visual Attention
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 4/11/2021
Tania Karina Garcia Vite
Tania Karina Garcia Vite
Thesis title: Investigating the Effects of Neuromodulatory Training on Autistic Traits: A Multi-Methods Psychophysiological Study.
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 3/11/2020
Daniel Joseph Redhead
Daniel Joseph Redhead
Thesis title: The Dynamics of Social Hierarchy
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 12/10/2018
Jennifer Kathryn Lewis
Jennifer Kathryn Lewis
Thesis title: The Effect of Facial Abnormalities on Visual Attention
Degree subject: Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 15/6/2015

Publications

Journal articles (93)

Holmqvist, K., Örbom, SL., Hooge, ITC., Niehorster, DC., Alexander, RG., Andersson, R., Benjamins, JS., Blignaut, P., Brouwer, A-M., Chuang, LL., Dalrymple, KA., Drieghe, D., Dunn, MJ., Ettinger, U., Fiedler, S., Foulsham, T., van der Geest, JN., Hansen, DW., Hutton, SB., Kasneci, E., Kingstone, A., Knox, PC., Kok, EM., Lee, H., Lee, JY., Leppänen, JM., Macknik, S., Majaranta, P., Martinez-Conde, S., Nuthmann, A., Nyström, M., Orquin, JL., Otero-Millan, J., Park, SY., Popelka, S., Proudlock, F., Renkewitz, F., Roorda, A., Schulte-Mecklenbeck, M., Sharif, B., Shic, F., Shovman, M., Thomas, MG., Venrooij, W., Zemblys, R. and Hessels, RS., (2024). Retraction Note: Eye tracking: empirical foundations for a minimal reporting guideline. Behavior Research Methods. 56 (1), 511-512

Cohn, N., van Middelaar, L., Foulsham, T. and Schilperoord, J., (2024). Anaphoric distance dependencies in visual narrative structure and processing. Cognitive Psychology. 149, 101639-101639

Martinez-Cedillo, AP. and Foulsham, T., (2024). Don't look now! Social elements are harder to avoid during scene viewing.. Vision Research. 216, 108356-108356

Morris, PO., Hope, E., Foulsham, T. and Mills, JP., (2023). Parent-reported social-communication changes in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities. 69 (2), 211-225

Holmqvist, K., Örbom, SL., Hooge, ITC., Niehorster, DC., Alexander, RG., Andersson, R., Benjamins, JS., Blignaut, P., Brouwer, A-M., Chuang, LL., Dalrymple, KA., Drieghe, D., Dunn, MJ., Ettinger, U., Fiedler, S., Foulsham, T., Geest, JNVD., Hanson, DW., Hutton, S., Kasneci, E., Kingstone, A., Knox, PC., Kok, EM., Lee, H., Lee, JY., Leppänen, JM., Macknik, S., Majaranta, P., Martinez-Conde, S., Nuthmann, A., Nyström, M., Orquin, JL., Otero-Milan, J., Park, SY., Popelka, S., Proudlock, F., Renkewitz, F., Roorda, AJ., Schulte-Mecklenbeck, M., Sharif, B., Shic, F., Shovman, M., Thomas, MG., Venrooij, W., Zemblys, R. and Hessels, RS., (2023). Eye tracking: empirical foundations for a minimal reporting guideline. Behavior Research Methods. 55 (1), 364-416

Morris, P., Mills, JP., Hope, E. and Foulsham, T., (2023). Dancing out for a voice; a narrative review of the literature exploring autism, physical activity, and dance. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 33, 202-215

Morris, PO., Hope, E., Foulsham, T. and Mills, JP., (2023). Exploring the use of a dance-based exergame to enhance autistic children’s social communication skills in the home and school environments: a feasibility study. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1-18

Forby, L., Anderson, NC., Cheng, JT., Foulsham, T., Karstadt, B., Dawson, J., Pazhoohi, F. and Kingstone, A., (2023). Reading the room: Autistic traits, gaze behaviour, and the ability to infer social relationships. PLOS ONE. 18 (3), e0282310-e0282310

Martinez Cedillo, A., Dent, K. and Foulsham, T., (2023). Social prioritisation in scene viewing and the effects of a spatial memory load. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics

Verghese, P., Nyström, M., Foulsham, T. and McGraw, PV., (2023). Eye movements in visual impairment.. Vision Research. 211, 108296-108296

Ognibene, D., Foulsham, T., Marchegiani, L. and Farinella, GM., (2022). Editorial: Active Vision and Perception in Human-Robot Collaboration. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 16, 848065-

Cheng, JT., Gerpott, FH., Benson, AJ., Bucker, B., Foulsham, T., Lansu, TAM., Schülke, O. and Tsuchiya, K., (2022). Eye Gaze and Visual Attention as a Window Into Leadership and Followership: A Review of Empirical Insights and Future Directions. The Leadership Quarterly. 34 (6), 101654-101654

Cohn, N. and Foulsham, T., (2022). Meaning above (and in) the head: Combinatorial visual morphology from comics and emoji. Memory & Cognition. 50 (7), 1381-1398

Martinez-Cedillo, AP., Dent, K. and Foulsham, T., (2022). Do cognitive load and ADHD traits affect the tendency to prioritise social information in scenes?. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 75 (10), 1904-1918

Dawson, J. and Foulsham, T., (2022). Your turn to speak? Audiovisual social attention in the lab and in the wild. Visual Cognition. 30 (1-2), 116-134

Foulsham, T. and Cohn, N., (2021). Zooming in on visual narrative comprehension. Memory & Cognition. 49 (3), 451-466

Morris, PO., Hope, E., Foulsham, T. and Mills, JP., (2021). Dance, rhythm, and autism spectrum disorder: An explorative study. The Arts in Psychotherapy. 73, 101755-101755

Morris, P., Hope, E., Foulsham, T. and Mills, JP., (2021). The Effectiveness of Mirroring- and Rhythm-Based Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Systematic Review. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 8 (4), 541-561

Seernani, D., Ioannou, C., Damania, K., Hill, H., Foulsham, T., Smyrnis, N., Biscaldi, M. and Klein, C., (2021). Social and non-social gaze cueing in autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and a comorbid group. Biological Psychology. 162, 108096-108096

Morgan, EJ., Foulsham, T. and Freeth, M., (2021). Sensitivity to Social Agency in Autistic Adults.. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 51 (9), 3245-3255

Seernani, D., Damania, K., Ioannou, C., Penkalla, N., Hill, H., Foulsham, T., Kingstone, A., Anderson, N., Boccignone, G., Bender, S., Smyrnis, N., Biscaldi, M., Ebner-Priemer, U. and Klein, C., (2021). Visual search in ADHD, ASD and ASD + ADHD: overlapping or dissociating disorders?. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 30 (4), 549-562

Holford, DL., Juanchich, M., Foulsham, T., Sirota, M. and Clarke, ADF., (2021). Eye-tracking evidence for fixation asymmetries in verbal and numerical quantifier processing. Judgment and Decision Making. 16 (4), 969-1009

Dawson, J., Kingstone, A. and Foulsham, T., (2021). Theory of mind affects the interpretation of another person's focus of attention.. Scientific Reports. 11 (1), 17147-

Brown, E., Foulsham, T., Lee, C-S. and Wilkins, A., (2020). Visibility of temporal light artefact from flicker at 11 kHz. Lighting Research and Technology. 52 (3), 371-376

Konings, MJ., Foulsham, T., Micklewright, D. and Hettinga, FJ., (2020). Athlete-Opponent Interdependency Alters Pacing and Information-seeking Behavior. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 52 (1), 153-160

Seernani, D., Ioannou, C., Damania, K., Spindler, K., Hill, H., Foulsham, T., Smyrnis, N., Bender, S., Fleischhaker, C., Biscaldi, M., Ebner-Priemer, U. and Klein, C., (2020). Studying global processing in autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with gaze movements: The example of a copying task. PLoS One. 15 (6), e0224186-e0224186

Anderson, NC., Bischof, WF., Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2020). Turning the (virtual) world around: Patterns in saccade direction vary with picture orientation and shape in virtual reality. Journal of Vision. 20 (8), 21-21

Tymkiw, M. and Foulsham, T., (2020). Eye Tracking, Spatial Biases, and Normative Spectatorship in Museums. Leonardo. 53 (5), 542-546

Cohn, N. and Foulsham, T., (2020). Zooming in on the cognitive neuroscience of visual narrative.. Brain and Cognition. 146, 105634-105634

Holford, DL., Juanchich, M., Foulsham, T., Sirota, M. and Clarke, ADF., (2020). Eye Tracking of Quantifier Formats

Kao, GY-M., Chiang, X-Z. and Foulsham, T., (2019). Reading behavior and the effect of embedded selfies in role-playing picture e-books: An eye-tracking investigation. Computers and Education. 136, 99-112

Foulsham, T., Gejdosova, M. and Caunt, L., (2019). Reading and Misleading: Changes in Head and Eye Movements Reveal Attentional Orienting in a Social Context. Vision. 3 (3), 43-43

Thompson, SJ., Foulsham, T., Leekam, SR. and Jones, CRG., (2019). Attention to the face is characterised by a difficult to inhibit first fixation to the eyes. Acta Psychologica. 193, 229-238

Redhead, DJ., Cheng, JT., Driver, C., Foulsham, T. and O'Gorman, R., (2019). On the dynamics of social hierarchy: A longitudinal investigation of the rise and fall of prestige, dominance, and social rank in naturalistic task groups. Evolution and Human Behavior. 40 (2), 222-234

Foulsham, T., Frost, E. and Sage, L., (2018). Stable individual differences predict eye movements to the left, but not handedness or line bisection.. Vision Research. 144, 38-46

Dewhurst, R., Foulsham, T., Jarodzka, H., Johansson, R., Holmqvist, K. and Nyström, M., (2018). How task demands influence scanpath similarity in a sequential number-search task.. Vision Research. 149, 9-23

Heard, CL., Rakow, T. and Foulsham, T., (2018). Understanding the Effect of Information Presentation Order and Orientation on Information Search and Treatment Evaluation. Medical Decision Making. 38 (6), 646-657

McIntyre, NA. and Foulsham, T., (2018). Scanpath analysis of expertise and culture in teacher gaze in real-world classrooms. Instructional Science. 46 (3), 435-455

Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2017). Are fixations in static natural scenes a useful predictor of attention in the real world?. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale. 71 (2), 172-181

Solman, GJF., Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2017). Eye and head movements are complementary in visual selection. Royal Society Open Science. 4 (1), 160569-160569

Lewis, J., Roberson, D. and Foulsham, T., (2017). The impact of facial abnormalities and their spatial position on perception of cuteness and attractiveness of infant faces. PLoS ONE. 12 (7), e0180499-e0180499

Harvey, AJ., Callan, MJ., Sutton, RM., Foulsham, T. and Matthews, WJ., (2017). Selective Exposure to Deserved Outcomes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 69, 33-43

Boya, M., Foulsham, T., Hettinga, F., Parry, D., Williams, E., Jones, H., Sparks, A., Marchant, D., Ellison, P., Bridge, C., McNaughton, L. and Micklewright, D., (2017). Information Acquisition Differences between Experienced and Novice Time Trial Cyclists. Medicine And Science In Sports And Exercise. 49 (9), 1884-1898

Astle, AT., Foulsham, T., Foss, AJ. and McGraw, PV., (2016). Is the frequency of adult strabismus surgery increasing?. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 36 (4), 487-493

Foulsham, T., (2016). Functions of a quiet and un-quiet eye in natural tasks - comment on Vickers. Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS). 2016 (1)

Astle, AT., Foulsham, T. and McGraw, PV., (2016). The consequences of strabismus and the benefits of adult strabismus surgery. Optometry in Practice. 17 (3), 121-130

Foulsham, T., Wybrow, D. and Cohn, N., (2016). Reading Without Words: Eye Movements in the Comprehension of Comic Strips. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 30 (4), 566-579

Cohn, N., Murthy, B. and Foulsham, T., (2016). Meaning above the head: combinatorial constraints on the visual vocabulary of comics. Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 28 (5), 559-574

Kaminska, O. and Foulsham, T., (2016). Eye-tracking Social Desirability Bias. BMS Bulletin of Sociological Methodology. 130 (1), 73-89

Strukelj, A., Foulsham, T. and Nystrom, M., (2016). Social context modulates basic properties of oculomotor control. Journal of Eye Movement Research. 9 (2)

Ho, S., Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2015). Speaking and Listening with the Eyes: Gaze Signaling during Dyadic Interactions. PLoS ONE. 10 (8), e0136905-e0136905

Foulsham, T. and Lock, M., (2015). How the Eyes Tell Lies: Social Gaze During a Preference Task. Cognitive Science. 39 (7), 1704-1726

Nasiopoulos, E., Risko, EF., Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2015). Wearable computing: Will it make people prosocial?. British Journal of Psychology. 106 (2), 209-216

Walkowiak, S., Foulsham, T. and Eardley, AF., (2015). Individual differences and personality correlates of navigational performance in the virtual route learning task. Computers in Human Behavior. 45, 402-410

Foulsham, T., (2015). Eye movements and their functions in everyday tasks. Eye. 29 (2), 196-199

Kaminska, O. and Foulsham, T., (2014). Real-World Eye-Tracking in Face-to-Face and Web Modes. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology. 2 (3), 343-359

Foulsham, T., Chapman, C., Nasiopoulos, E. and Kingstone, A., (2014). Top-down and bottom-up aspects of active search in a real-world environment.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie exp�rimentale. 68 (1), 8-19

Anderson, GM., Foulsham, T., Nasiopoulos, E., Chapman, CS. and Kingstone, A., (2014). Hide and seek: The theory of mind of visual concealment and search. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics. 76 (4), 907-913

Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2013). Where have eye been? Observers can recognise their own fixations. Perception. 42 (10), 1085-1089

Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2013). Optimal and Preferred Eye Landing Positions in Objects and Scenes. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 66 (9), 1707-1728

Foulsham, T. and Sanderson, LA., (2013). Look who's talking? Sound changes gaze behaviour in a dynamic social scene. Visual Cognition. 21 (7), 922-944

Foulsham, T., Farley, J. and Kingstone, A., (2013). Mind wandering in sentence reading: Decoupling the link between mind and eye.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. 67 (1), 51-59

Levy, J., Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2013). Monsters are people too. Biology Letters. 9 (1), 20120850-20120850

Foulsham, T., Gray, A., Nasiopoulos, E. and Kingstone, A., (2013). Leftward biases in picture scanning and line bisection: A gaze-contingent window study. Vision Research. 78, 14-25

Freeth, M., Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2013). What Affects Social Attention? Social Presence, Eye Contact and Autistic Traits. PLoS One. 8 (1), e53286-e53286

Cheng, JT., Tracy, JL., Foulsham, T., Kingstone, A. and Henrich, J., (2013). Two ways to the top: Evidence that dominance and prestige are distinct yet viable avenues to social rank and influence.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 104 (1), 103-125

Risko, EF., Foulsham, T., Dawson, S. and Kingstone, A., (2013). The Collaborative Lecture Annotation System (CLAS): A New TOOL for Distributed Learning. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 6 (1), 4-13

Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2013). Fixation-dependent memory for natural scenes: An experimental test of scanpath theory.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 142 (1), 41-56

Dewhurst, R., Nyström, M., Jarodzka, H., Foulsham, T., Johansson, R. and Holmqvist, K., (2012). It depends on how you look at it: Scanpath comparison in multiple dimensions with MultiMatch, a vector-based approach. Behavior Research Methods. 44 (4), 1079-1100

Kwart, DG., Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2012). Age and beauty are in the eye of the beholder. Perception. 41 (8), 925-938

Foulsham, T., Dewhurst, R., Nystrom, M., Jarodzka, H., Johansson, R., Underwood, G. and Holmqvist, K., (2012). Comparing Scanpaths During Scene Encoding and Recognition: A Multi-Dimensional Approach. Journal of Eye Movement Research. 5 (4), 3-

Risko, EF., Laidlaw, K., Freeth, M., Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2012). Social attention with real versus reel stimuli: toward an empirical approach to concerns about ecological validity. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 6 (MAY 2012), 1-11

Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2012). Modelling the influence of central and peripheral information on saccade biases in gaze-contingent scene viewing. Visual Cognition. 20 (4-5), 546-579

Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2011). Look at my poster! Active gaze, preference and memory during a poster session. Perception. 40 (11), 1387-1389

Foulsham, T., (2011). Correlation and Cause When Inferring Attentional Guidance in the Rainforest and Beyond. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 5 (MAY), 5-

Foulsham, T., Alan, R. and Kingstone, A., (2011). Scrambled eyes? Disrupting scene structure impedes focal processing and increases bottom-up guidance. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics. 73 (7), 2008-2025

Foulsham, T., Walker, E. and Kingstone, A., (2011). The where, what and when of gaze allocation in the lab and the natural environment. Vision Research. 51 (17), 1920-1931

Foulsham, T., Barton, JJS., Kingstone, A., Dewhurst, R. and Underwood, G., (2011). Modeling eye movements in visual agnosia with a saliency map approach: Bottom?up guidance or top?down strategy?. Neural Networks. 24 (6), 665-677

Laidlaw, KEW., Foulsham, T., Kuhn, G. and Kingstone, A., (2011). Potential social interactions are important to social attention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (14), 5548-5553

Foulsham, T. and Underwood, G., (2011). If Visual Saliency Predicts Search, Then Why? Evidence from Normal and Gaze-Contingent Search Tasks in Natural Scenes. Cognitive Computation. 3 (1), 48-63

Freeth, M., Foulsham, T. and Chapman, P., (2011). The influence of visual saliency on fixation patterns in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Neuropsychologia. 49 (1), 156-160

Foulsham, T., Teszka, R. and Kingstone, A., (2011). Saccade control in natural images is shaped by the information visible at fixation: evidence from asymmetric gaze-contingent windows. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics. 73 (1), 266-283

Foulsham, T., Cheng, JT., Tracy, JL., Henrich, J. and Kingstone, A., (2010). Gaze allocation in a dynamic situation: Effects of social status and speaking. Cognition. 117 (3), 319-331

Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2010). Asymmetries in the direction of saccades during perception of scenes and fractals: Effects of image type and image features. Vision Research. 50 (8), 779-795

Underwood, G., Foulsham, T. and Humphrey, K., (2009). Saliency and scan patterns in the inspection of real-world scenes: Eye movements during encoding and recognition. Visual Cognition. 17 (6-7), 812-834

Foulsham, T., Barton, JJS., Kingstone, A., Dewhurst, R. and Underwood, G., (2009). Fixation and saliency during search of natural scenes: The case of visual agnosia. Neuropsychologia. 47 (8-9), 1994-2003

Foulsham, T. and Underwood, G., (2009). Does conspicuity enhance distraction? Saliency and eye landing position when searching for objects. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 62 (6), 1088-1098

Foulsham, T., Kingstone, A. and Underwood, G., (2008). Turning the world around: Patterns in saccade direction vary with picture orientation. Vision Research. 48 (17), 1777-1790

Underwood, G., Templeman, E., Lamming, L. and Foulsham, T., (2008). Is attention necessary for object identification? Evidence from eye movements during the inspection of real-world scenes. Consciousness and Cognition. 17 (1), 159-170

Foulsham, T. and Underwood, G., (2008). What can saliency models predict about eye movements? Spatial and sequential aspects of fixations during encoding and recognition. Journal of Vision. 8 (2), 6-6

Foulsham, T. and Underwood, G., (2007). How does the purpose of inspection influence the potency of visual salience in scene perception?. Perception. 36 (8), 1123-1138

Underwood, G. and Foulsham, T., (2006). Visual saliency and semantic incongruency influence eye movements when inspecting pictures. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 59 (11), 1931-1949

Underwood, G., Foulsham, T., van Loon, E., Humphreys, L. and Bloyce, J., (2006). Eye movements during scene inspection: A test of the saliency map hypothesis. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 18 (3), 321-342

Book chapters (4)

Foulsham, T., (2023). Looking Behaviour in Real-World Search. In: Cognition in the Real World. Editors: Smith, A., . Oxford University Press. 9780198790914

Foulsham, T., (2020). Beyond the picture frame: The function of fixations in interactive tasks. In: Psychology of Learning and Motivation. Elsevier. 33- 58. 9780128206980

Foulsham, T., (2019). Scenes, saliency maps and scanpaths. In: Eye Movement Research: An Introduction to its Scientific Foundations and Applications. Editors: Klein, C. and Ettinger, U., . Springer. 197- 238. 978-3-030-20083-1

Foulsham, T., (2015). Scene Perception. In: The Handbook of Attention. Editors: Fawcett, JM., Risko, EF. and Kingstone, A., . MIT Press. 9780262029698

Conferences (20)

Ferdowsi, S., Ognibene, D., Foulsham, T., Greco, A., Callara, AL., Cervera-Torres, S., Alcañiz, M., Vanello, N. and Citi, L., (2023). Human body odour modulates neural processing of faces: effective connectivity analysis using EEG

Calafiore, C., Foulsham, T. and Ognibene, D., (2021). Humans Select Informative Views Efficiently To Recognise Actions

Ferdowsi, S., Ognibene, D., Foulsham, T., Abolghasemi, V., Li, W. and Citi, L., (2020). Human Chemosignals Modulate Interactions Between Social and Emotional Brain Areas

Foulsham, T., (2018). Eye movements in active search: From scenes to strategy

Cohn, N., Foulsham, T., Smith, TJ. and Zacks, JM., (2017). Static and dynamic visual narratives, by brain and by eye

Heard, CL., Rakow, T. and Foulsham, T., (2017). The role of presentation order and orientation on information search and evaluations: An eye-tracking study

Nasiopoulos, E., Risko, E., Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2015). The social presence effect of wearing an eye tracker: Now you see it, now you don't

Foulsham, T., (2015). The interpretation of gaze in two-way social interactions

Solman, G., Kingstone, A. and Foulsham, T., (2015). The Principles of Attentional Selection are Profoundly Different for the Head and Eyes

Cohn, N., Wagner, D., Foulsham, T. and Drury, JE., (2014). The cognition of comics: What “comics” can tell us about the mind

Lewis, J., Foulsham, T. and Roberson, D., (2013). Craniofacial Abnormalities Divert Attention Away From the Core Features of the Face During Aesthetic Judgments

Lewis, J., Foulsham, T. and Roberson, D., (2012). Does the left hemiface bias cause a greater reduction in the perceived attractiveness/cuteness of infant faces when the abnormality is located on the left side of the face?

Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2012). Goal-driven and bottom-up gaze in an active real-world search task

Dawson, S., Macfadyen, L., Risko, EF., Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2012). Using Technology to Encourage Self-Directed Learning: The Collaborative Lecture Annotation System

Foulsham, T., (2012). "Eyes Closed" and "Eyes Open" Expectations Guide Fixations in Real-World Search

Foulsham, T., Cheng, J., Tracy, J. and Kingstone, A., (2010). Look who's talking (and follow the leader)! Eye movements in a social interaction reveal effects of speaking and social status

Laidlaw, K., Foulsham, T., Kuhn, G. and Kingstone, A., (2010). The importance of being present: The effect of a real or videotaped person on visual attention

Underwood, G., Humphrey, K. and Foulsham, T., (2008). Knowledge-Based Patterns of Remembering: Eye Movement Scanpaths Reflect Domain Experience

Foulsham, T. and Underwood, G., (2006). Can the purpose of inspection influence the potency of visual salience in scene perception?

Underwood, G., Foulsham, T., van Loon, E. and Underwood, J., (2005). Visual Attention, Visual Saliency, and Eye Movements During the Inspection of Natural Scenes

Reports and Papers (6)

Morris, P., Hope, E., Foulsham, T. and Mills, JP., Dancing Out for a Voice; a Narrative Review of the Literature Exploring Autism, Physical Activity and Dance.

Morris, P., Foulsham, T., Hope, E. and Mills, JP., (2021). Preprint: Parent-reported social-communication changes in Children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.

Martinez Cedillo, AP., Dent, K. and Foulsham, T., (2021). Do cognitive load and ADHD traits affect the tendency to prioritise social information in scenes?

Anderson, NC., Bischof, WF., Foulsham, T. and Kingstone, A., (2020). Turning the (virtual) world around: patterns in saccade direction vary with picture orientation and shape in virtual reality

Morris, P., Hope, E., Foulsham, T. and Mills, JP., (2020). The Effectiveness of Mirroring- and Rhythm-based interventions for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review (Pre-print)

Morris, P., Hope, E., Foulsham, T. and Mills, JP., (2020). Dance, Rhythm and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Scoping Study

Grants and funding

2018

Promoting social interaction through emotional body odours

European Commission

2012

Quantifying attentionand individual differecnces in film perception

The British Academy

Contact

foulsham@essex.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1206 874159

Location:

4.703, Colchester Campus