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Education
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B.A. Franklin & Marshall College, 1979 |
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Ph.D.,
Experimental Psychology, Northeastern University, 1990 |
Major
Area:
Perceptual Neuroscience
Research
interests:
I work in four research areas that examine how humans perceive the external world.
The perception of color and illumination: I use specialized computers to generate colored perceptual illusions of either 2- or 3-dimensional scenes to determine how illumination affects the colors we see.
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Heckman, G.M., Muday, J.A., & Schirillo, J.A. (2005). Chromatic shadow-compatibility and cone-excitation ratios. The Journal of the Optical Society of America: A, 22, 401-415. [PDF] |
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Perkins, K.R., & Schirillo, J.A. (2003). Three-dimensional spatial grouping affects estimates of the illuminant. The Journal of the Optical Society of America: A, 20, 2246-2253. [PDF] |
Multi-sensory integration: I study how humans combine sights and sounds into a single, unified experience. This is exemplified by the way a ventriloquist can trick us into perceiving that their voice is coming from the location of a dummy's mouth. I also do some related work with Dr. Barry Stein at Bowman Gray’s Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy. His work involves parallel animal and neurophysiological studies involving the superior colliculus.
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Mayes, A., & Schirillo, J. (2005). Lights can reverse illusory directional hearing. Neuroscience Letters, 384(3), 336-338.[PDF] |
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Wallace, M.T., Roberson, G.E., Hairston, W.B., Stein, B.E., Vaughan, J.W., & Schirillo, J.A. (2004). Unifying multisensory signals across time and space. Experimental Brain Research, 158(2), 252-258. [PDF] |
Gestalt grouping principles: I study the Gestalt grouping principles, such as how the proximity and similarity of colored dots interact depending on their spatial arrangement. I do this work in collaboration with the Dr. Michael Kubovy from the Psychology Department at the University of Virginia.
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Melfi, T. & Schirillo, J. (2000). T-junctions in inhomogeneous surrounds. Vision Research, 40, 3735-3741. [PDF] |
Aesthetic Preferences: My interest in aesthetics follows from my work in perception. I use an eye-tracker to determine how the hemispheric laterality of the human brain influences judgments of the emotional content of portraits painted by Rembrandt. I also study the works of the abstract artist Mondrian.
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Schirillo, J., & Fox, M. (2006). Rembrandt’s portraits: Approach or avoid? Leonardo, 39(3), 253-256. [PDF] |
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Schirillo, J. (2000). Hemispheric asymmetries and gender influence Rembrandt’s portrait orientations. Neuropsychologia, 38, 1593-1606. [PDF] |
Scholarly Interests:
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Psychophysics |
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Color
Perception |
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Gestalt
Psychology |
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Multisensory
Integration |
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fMRI |
Representative
Publications:
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Perkins,
K.R. & Schirillo, J.A. (2003). Three-Dimensional
Spatial Grouping Affects Estimates of the Illuminant. The Journal
of the Optical Society of America: A, 20, 2246-2253. [PDF] |
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Schirillo,
J. & Shevell, S. (2000). Role of Perceptual Organization
in Chromatic Induction. The Journal of the Optical Society of
America : A, 17, 244-254. [PDF] |
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Schirillo,
J. (2000). Hemispheric Asymmetries and Gender Influence
Rembrandt’s Portrait Orientations. Neuropsychologia, 38,
1593-1606 [PDF] |
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Melfi,
T. & Schirillo, J. (2000). T-Junctions in Inhomogeneous
Surrounds. Vision Research, 40, 3735-3741. [PDF] |
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Hairston,
W.D., Vaughan, J.W., Wallace, M.T., Stein, B.E., Norris, J.L.
& Schirillo, J.A. (2003). Visual Localization Ability
Influences Cross-Modal Bias. The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience,
15 (1), 20-29. [PDF] |
Courses
taught:
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Perception |
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Physiological
Psychology |
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History
and Systems of Psychology |
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Seminars
in Attachment Theory and Psychological Utopias |
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