vita - Miami University

Olzak

Department of Psychology, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH 45056

(513) 529-1754

LYNN A. OLZAK

EDUCATION

1969-1973 B.A. with honors, Psychology, June, 1973. University of California, Santa

Barbara.

1974-1975

1976-1981

1982-1983

M.A. Psychology, August, 1975. San Jose State University (learning and memory, experimental methods).

Ph.D. Psychology, March, 1981. University of California, Los Angeles. (Cognitive: visual perception and psychophysics. Minor areas: quantitative psychology and statistics; developmental psychology). James P. Thomas, Advisor.

NIMH Postdoctoral Trainee. Department of Psychology, Stanford University (Color

Vision) Brian Wandell, Sponsor

EXTERNAL GRANTS & CONTRACTS

"Linear Structural Equation Models of Target Acquisition Performance". Human Factors Branch,

Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA. Contract No. N60530-78-C-0240 with Hughes Aircraft Co. Oct

1978-Oct.1979; Direct Costs: $80,000. Principal Investigator.

"Scale of Chromatic/Luminance Contrast for Visual Aids to Navigation Mission for the U. S. Coast

Guard". Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (Contract No. DTCG39- 85-C-80205 with

UCLA; Award: Oct. 1985-Oct. 1988; Direct Costs: $120,481. Principal Investigator. (James P. Thomas, co-

PI).

"Mechanisms of Spatial Pattern Vision". Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health

Service, National Eye Institute NEI grant EY00360 with UCLA. Award (5 yrs): Aug. 1, 1989 - July 31, 1994,

Direct Costs: $417,292. Co-PI with James P. Thomas.

"Mechanisms of Spatial Pattern Vision. NEI grant EY00360 with UCLA. Award (3 yrs): Aug. 1,

1994 - July 31, 1997. Direct Costs: $331,572. Co-PI with James P. Thomas. No cost extension through

July 1998.

“Neural Mechanisms Underlying Visual Shape Perception”. Miami University of Ohio Committee on Faculty

Research Summer Research Appointment. May 10-July 19, 1999. $5000.

"Cortical Mechanisms of Spatial Pattern Vision". Department of Health and Human Services,

Public Health Service, National Eye Institute NEI grant EY13953 with Miami University). Award (2 yrs) April

1, 2002-March 31, 2004. Direct Costs: $100,000. Total Award: $150,000. Principal Investigator.

“Cortical Mechanisms of Spatial Pattern Vision” Competing continuation of EY13953. Award (3 yrs)

August 1, 2004-July 31, 2008. Direct Costs: $150,000. Total Award $213,000. Principal Investigator.

“Cortical Mechanisms of Spatial Pattern Vision” Competing continuation of EY13953. In revision.

INTERNAL GRANTS

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Shoup Award April, 2005. Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship, Miami University of

Ohio. $6200

Undergraduate Sponsorships

2000 Summer Scholarship Sponsor, Miami University (Jessica High) $500 to sponsor, $300 to student

2002 Undergraduate Research Award for Senior Honor thesis (Andrew Clark) $500 to student

2003 University of Pennsylvania (Kestutis Aukstuolis) $2,000 to Miami University

FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS

Fellow, Optical Society of America, Elected 2000

Alpha Delta Pi/Alpha Xi Delta Teaching Dedication Award, Miami University of Ohio, April, 1999

University Medal, University of Helsinki, Feb. 1995

National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University, 1982-83.

National Research Council Research Associate, 1981 (Declined)

UCLA Dept. of Psychology Distinguished Dissertation Award, 1981

Howard Hughes Fellow, 1977-1980

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Optical Society of America, Sigma Xi, Vision

ScienceS, Ohio Miami Valley Chapter of the Society for Neurosciences

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Visual Psychophysics & Cognitive Neuroscience: Neural mechanisms underlying: spatial pattern perception, complex pattern processing, texture discrimination/segregation, scene/object segregation, illusory and occluded contours, intermediate-level mechanisms underlying form and object discrimination and recognition

(including reading and reading disorders); color & lightness perception, constancy, visual attention, decision processes. Collaborative Interests: functional brain maps of visual processes in normal and abnormal populations (fMRI, single-cell recording in behaving monkeys), development of functional visual brain modules.

Quantitative Modeling: Analytic, biologically plausible quantitative models; multidimensional signal detection, geometric/vector, statistical association, multivariate (parallel/hierarchical), log-linear, structural (LISREL), nonlinear processes, interests in neural networks & other computational approaches to low- and intermediate-level visual processing.

TEACHING INTERESTS

Undergraduate: Perception, Cognitive Psychology, Attention, Perceptual & Cognitive Development & Aging,

Statistics, Research Methods, Introduction to Psychology, Quantitative Modeling of Sensory Processes,

Psychophysical Methods, Linear Models.

Seminars (graduate or advanced undergraduate): perceptual processes, vision, spatial vision & pattern perception, color vision, attention, basic and/or applied psychophysics, human factors, signal detection theory, quantitative/multidimensional/computational models in vision. Interests in co-teaching courses in

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1998-present Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Miami University of Ohio

1994-1998 Adjunct Associate Professor; Associate Research Psychologist, Department of

1992-1994

Psychology, UCLA

Adjunct Assistant Professor; Assistant Research Psychologist, Department of

Psychology, UCLA.

1984-1992 Assistant Research Psychologist; Lecturer, Department of Psychology, UCLA.

1985-1986 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvey Mudd College,

Claremont, CA.

1983-1985

1982-1983

1981-1982

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Scripps College, Claremont,

CA.

NIMH Postdoctoral Trainee, Department of Psychology, Stanford University.

Visiting Lecturer and Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Psychology, UCLA.

1980-1982

1979-1980

Associate editor/contracts manager for Handbook of Perception and Human

Performance, Wiley, 1986, as Consultant to University of Dayton Research Institute.

Located at UCLA.

Research Associate, Dept. of Psychology, UCLA

1977-1980 Member of Technical Staff, Hughes Aircraft Co., Display Systems Department, CA.

1976-1977 Teaching Associate, Department of Psychology, UCLA

1976

1974-1975

Consultant to Hughes Aircraft Company. On-site representative at NASA-Ames

Research Center.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, San Jose State University

Invited Addresses

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

July, 1988 Mathematical Psychology Annual Meeting, Evanston, IL. T. D. Wickens & L. A.

Olzak, "Models for ratings in a concurrent detection task. Symposium on

Probabilistic Multidimensional Models of Perception.

Feb., 1990 Department of Psychology, UC Santa Barbara. "Orthogonal orientations are not

July, 1993 processed independently."

College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, TX. "Building spatially

July, 1993 complex percepts from simple neural signals".

School of Optometry, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Mo. "Building spatially complex percepts from simple neural signals."

Feb., 1994 Department of Cognitive Sciences, UC Irvine. "Edge and texture processors in human vision."

Feb., 1994 Department of Psychology, UC Santa Cruz. "From sensation to perception: The role

June, 1994

Oct., 1994

Feb., 1995 of second layer mechanisms in spatial pattern vision."

Department of Psychology, UC Santa Barbara. "Edge and texture mechanisms in spatial vision: characteristics and consequences."

Department of Psychology, University of Southern California. "Edge and texture mechanisms in human pattern vision: characteristics and consequences."

Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland. "Building spatially

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Oct., 1995

Nov., 1995

Nov., 1995 complex percepts from simple neural signals." percepts: Model and mechanisms of human pattern vision."

Sept, 1996 Center for Vision and Visual Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of

Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. J. P. Thomas & L. A.

Olzak , “Psychophysical specification of contrast gain control mechanisms.

College of Optometry, UC Berkeley. "Recoding sensations into percepts:

Model and mechanisms of human pattern vision."

Department of Psychology, Stanford University. "Recoding sensations into

Durham, UK. "Complex pattern discriminations: Orientation information is integrated across spatial scale; spatial frequency and contrast information are not."

Dec, 1996

Aug., 1997

Smith-Kettlewell Research Institute, San Francisco, CA. "Higher-order mechanisms of human pattern vision"

European Conference on Visual Perception 20 th

Anniversary Symposium, Helsinki, Finland.

L. A. Olzak and T. D. Wickens, "Assessing interactions through concurrent judgment

Mar., 1998

Feb., 1999 techniques."

Department of Psychology, Miami Univers ity of Ohio. “Recoding sensations into percepts.”

College of Optometry, Ohio State University. “Neural recoding in human pattern

Perception: model and mechanisms."

Nov., 1999 Visual Sciences Center, University of Chicago. Neuroscience Lecture: "Neural recoding

Aug., 2000 processes underlying object edge and surface texture perception."

European Conference on Visual Perception, Groningen, Netherlands: "An early-noise

Feb., 2001

Oct., 2002 model of complex pattern discrimination.

Department of Psychology, Oberlin College. "Context effects in visual perception: What they can tell us about the workings of the visual system."

Cognitive Science Program, University of Indiana . “Neural recoding in the perception of edges and sur faces: A model.”

Oct. 2002

Feb, 2003

Department of Psychology, University of Indiana. "Dual nonlinearities regulate sensitivity in pattern discrimination tasks".

Department of Psychology, Purdue University. “Recoding sensations into percepts: A quant itative model.”

Centre for Visual Sciences, York University “Signal Detection Theory.” June, 2003

Extracurricular Teaching

1992 Optometry Review for California Optometry Board Exam: Module in Visual

Perception. (6-week module on Visual Perception as part of a Federal Retraining

Program). Directed by UCLA Extension in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente

Hospitals. Invited.

1981-1993 UCLA Extension, summer session courses: Cognitive Psychology, 1981, 1987,

1988, 1990; Psychological Statistics: 1989, 1990; Laboratory in Cognitive

Psychology, 1993.

Consulting Activities

1976 Hughes Aircraft Co. at NASA-AMES Research Center. Research in role of visual accommodation in pilot landing error.

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1980

1986

1992-1995

1995-pres.

Department of Psychology, Northwestern University (Dr. Robert Sekuler)

Applications of linear structural equations to visual processes.

MacAulay-Brown Publishing Co., Inc. Review and selection of material for inclusion in Engineering Data Compendium , AMRL, Wright-Patterson AFB (1988).

Optimetrics, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI) Theoretical and technical advisor to contracting company for SARDA Target Acquisition Model Improvement Program.

Under direction of the Office of the Secretary of the Army for Research,

Development, and Acquisition, The Pentagon.

Member, Expert Network, Crew Systems Ergonomics Analysis Center (CSERIAC), Dept. of Defense, Human Engineering Division, Armstrong Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force

Base.

Editing and Reviewing Activities

1980-82 University of Dayton Research Institute. Associate Editor/Contracts Manager for of Perception and Human Performance , Wiley (1986).

Handbook

2000-2001 Guest Editor for special issue "2 nd

-order Processes in Vision" in Journal of the Optical

Society of America A ( 2001), 18(9) , 2171-2370.

Journal Reviews: J ournal of the Optical Society of America; Vision Research, Perception and

Psychophysics; Perception; Spatial Vision; Investigative Ophthalmology &

Visual Science; Psychological Bulletin; Science; Journal of Vision, Neuroscience,

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Grant Reviews: National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health (NEI), Michael Smith

Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR), British Columbia

Text Reviews: Simon & Schuster Publishing Co. (Statistics); John Wiley & Sons (Perception);

Oxford Press (Perception)

Professional Service

Association for Research in

Vision and Ophthalmology:

Session Chair, regularly through 2004; Fight for Sight Awards

Committee.

Chair, Program Committee, Visual Psychophysics/Physiological

Optics Section. 2003-2004

Program Committee, Visual Psychophysics/Physiological Optics

Scientific Section. 2000-2004 Committee Chair: 2004

Symposium Organizer, 2002 Annual Meeting "Long-range

Interactions in the Visual System"

European Conference on Visual

Perception:

Optical Society

Session Chair

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Mathematical Psychology Meeting

Session Chair; regularly

1994 Edgar D. Tillyer Award Committee.

Vice-Chair (1994-95), Vision Technical Group

Chair (1996-97; 98-99), Vision Technical Group

Symposium Organizer, 1996 Annual Meeting "Image

Segmentation"

Technical Program Committee, 1996, 1997, 1999 Annual

Meetings.

Symposium Organizer, 1997 Annual Meeting "Far-Flung

Interactions: Long-Range Facilitation and Inhibition.

Workshop Organizer, 2000 Annual Meeting "Trends in hardware

and software systems for vision research.

Symposium Organizer 2002 Annual Meeting (with Thomas D.

UCLA

Wickens, UCLA): Multidimensional Models of Visual Perception

Psychology Alumni Association President, 1995-96

University, College and Departmental Committees and Service

1999 Member, Faculty Search Committee for Department Chair

2000-2002 Member, Departmental Committee on Student Evaluations

2001-pres Member, Departmental Committee on Undergraduate Statistics & Research Methods

2001-pres Member, Departmental Committee on Graduate Statistics & Research Methods

2001-pres Member, Premedical Advisory Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, Miami University

2002-pres Coordinator, Cognitive Brown Bag

2002 Member, Departmental Committee to develop a Developmental Concentration

2002-pres Member, Human Subjects’ Departmental Review Board

2003-2005 Member, Fiscal Priorities and Budget Planning Committee

2004 Member, Internal Review Committee (Teacher Education Department, EAP)

2006-2008 Member, Miami University Senate

2006-pres Pre-Optometry Club Advisor

2006-2008 Member, Neuroscience Search Committee

Community Service Activities

Sept. 1990-June, 1991 Parent-Teacher Association, Room Mother, Neighborhood Nursery

School.

July, 1992-July, 1994 Ex- Officio Board Member (Parent Representative), Infant

Aug. 1992-1998

Development Program, Dept. of Psychology, UCLA.

Volunteer Classroom Aide, Warner Elementary School.

Fundraising Volunteer, Warner Elementary School.

July, 1994-1996 Fundraising Volunteer, Neighborhood Nursery School.

2000-present Sierra Club Member

A. PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

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1. Roscoe, S. N., Olzak, L. A., and Randle, R. J. (1976) Ground- referenced visual orientation with visual displays: Monocular versus binocular accommodation and judgments of relative size. Proceedings of the AGARD Aerospace Medical Panel Specialists Meeting , Athens,

Greece. Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

2. Olzak, L. A. (1978) Target-terrain classification and detection performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 22nd Annual

Meeting , 393-397.

3. Olzak, L. A. (1980) Bivariate response distributions in visual detection and discrimination. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society

24th Annual Meeting , 502-506.

4. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1981) Gratings: Why frequency discrimination is sometimes better than detection. Journal

METHODOLOGICAL

ARTICLE

RESEARCH

ARTICLE

RESEARCH

ARTICLE

RESEARCH

ARTICLE of the Optical Society of America , 71 , 64-70.

5. Olzak, L. A. and Wickens, T. D. (1983) The interpretation of detection data through direct multivariate frequency analysis.

Psychological Bulletin , 93(3) , 574-585.

6. Olzak, L. A. (1985) Interactions between spatially tuned mechanisms: Converging evidence. Journal of the Optical Society of

America A , 2 , 1551-1559.

7. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1986) "Seeing Spatial

Patterns". In K. Boff, L. Kaufman, and J. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of Perception and Human Performance . New York: John Wiley & Sons.

THEORETICAL

ARTICLE

RESEARCH

ARTICLE

CHAPTER IN

EDITED BOOK

8. Olzak, L. A. (1986) Widely separated spatial frequencies:

Mechanism interactions. Vision Research , 26 , 1143-1153.

RESEARCH

ARTICLE

9. Wickens, T. D. and Olzak, L. A. (1989) The statistical analysis of concurrent detection ratings. Perception & Psychophysics ,

45 , 514-528.

10. Stanislaw, H. and Olzak, L. A. (1990) Parametric methods for gamma and inverse gamma correction with extension to halftoning. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers , 22 ,

402-408.

THEORETICAL AND

RESEARCH ARTICLE

METHODOLOGICAL

ARTICLE

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11. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1990) Cue summation in spatial discriminations. Vision Research , 30 , 1865-1875.

RESEARCH

ARTICLE

12. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1991) When orthogonal orientations are not processed independently. Vision Research , 31 , 51-57.

13. Thomas, J. P., Olzak, L. A., & Shimozaki, S. S. (1992)

Using distinctive Fourier components to discriminate between complex patterns. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics , 12 , 189-192.

14. Wickens, T. D. and Olzak, L. A. (1992) Three views of association in concurrent detection ratings. In F. Gregory Ashby (Ed.)

Multi-dimensional Models of Perception and Cognition . New Jersey:

Erlbaum. (pp. 229-252)

15. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1992) Simultaneous

Detection and Identification. In F. Gregory Ashby (Ed.)

Multidimensional Models of Perception and Cognition . New Jersey:

Erlbaum. (pp. 253-277)

16. Olzak, L. A., Wickens, T. D., and Thomas, J. P. (1992)

"Constraints on Fourier models of human pattern recognition."

Human Vision, Visual Processing, and Digital Display III , Bernice E.

Rogowitz, Editor, Proceedings SPIE 1666 (The Society of Photo-Optical

Instrumentation Engineers), 416-423.

RESEARCH

ARTICLE

RESEARCH

ARTICLE

CHAPTER IN

EDITED BOOK

CHAPTER IN

EDITED BOOK

THEORETICAL

ARTICLE

THEORETICAL AND

RESEARCH ARTICLE

17. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1992) Configural effects constrain Fourier models of pattern discrimination. Vision Research , 32 ,

1885-1898.

18. Thomas, J. P., Olzak, L. A. and Shimozaki, S.S. (1993)

The role of Fourier components in discrimination between two types of plaid patterns. Vision Research , 33 , 1573-1579.

19. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1996). Uncertainty experiments support the roles of second order mechanisms in spatial frequency and orientation discriminations. Journal of the Optical

Society of America A , 13 , 689-696.

20. Laurinen, P. I., Olzak, L. A., and Peromaa, T. L. (1997).

Early cortical influences in object segregation and the perception of surface lightness. Psychological Science , 8 , 386-390.

21. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1997). Contrast gain control and fine spatial discriminations . Journal of the Optical

Society of America A, 14 , 2392-2405.

22. Olzak, L. A. and Wickens, T. D. (1997) Discrimination of

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RESEARCH

ARTICLE

THEORETICAL AND

RESEARCH ARTICLE

RESEARCH

ARTICLE

THEORETICAL AND

RESEARCH ARTCLE

INVITED RESEARCH

Olzak complex patterns: discriminations: Orientation information is integrated across spatial scale; spatial frequency and contrast information are not.

Perception , 26 , 1101-1120.

23. Olzak, L. A. & Thomas, J. P. (1999). Neural recoding in human pattern vision: Model and mechanisms.

39 , 231-256.

Vision Research,

ARTICLE

THEORETICAL AND

RESEARCH ARTICLE

THEORETICAL AND

RESEARCH ARTICLE

24. Olzak, L. A. and Laurinen, P. I. (1999) Multiple gain-control mechanisms in contrast-contrast phenomena. Vision Research, 39 ,

3983-3987.

25. Olzak, L. A. and Wickens, T. D. (1999) Paradigm shifts:

New techniques to answer new questions. Perception, 28 , 1509-1532.

26. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. . (2001) Spatial phase sensitivity of the mechanisms that mediates discrimination of small orientation differences. Journal of the Optical Society of America A .,

INVITED HISTORICAL

RETROSPECTIVE

RESEARCH

ARTICLE

18 , 2197-2203.

27. Chubb, C., Olzak, L.. A. and Derrington, A. (2001)

Second-order processes in vision: introduction. Journal of the

Optical Society of America A ., 18 , 2175-2178.

28. Laack, K. A. and Olzak, L. A. (2002) Orientation-selective

summing mechanisms mediate visual search. Vision Research, 42 ,

1871-1877.

29. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (2003) Dual nonlinearities regulate contrast sensitivity in pattern discrimination tasks.

Vision

Research , 43 (13), 1433-1442 .

INTRODUCTION &

REVIEW

RESEARCH

ARTICLE

RESEARCH &

THEORETICAL

ARTICLE

30. Olzak, L. A.. and Laurinen, P. I. (2005) Contextual effects

in fine spatial discriminations. Journal of the Optical Society of America

A.

22 , 2230-2238.

31. Saylor, S. A. and Olzak, L. A. (2006) Contextual effects on fine RESEARCH orientation discrimination tasks . Vision Research, 46 (18), 2988-2997. ARTICLE

32. Schussler, E. E. and Olzak, L. A. (2008) It’s not easy being green: RESEARCH

Student recall of plant and animal images. Journal of Biological ARTICLE

Education , 42 (3), 112-118.

33. Olzak, L. A. (2009) Visual spatial frequency analysis. In

B. E. Goldstein Encyclopedia of Perception.

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

Publications USA., In press.

34. Persike, M, Olzak, L. A. and Meinhardt, G. (2009) Contour

RESEARCH

ARTICLE

ENCYCLOPEDIA

ARTICLE

RESEARCH &

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integration across spatial frequency. Journal of Experimental Psychology: THEORETICAL

Human Perception and Performance , in press.

ARTICLE

B. UNPUBLISHED WORK AND TECHNICAL REPORTS

1. Olzak, L. A. (1975) An Evaluation of Incidental Learning and Retention by the method of Stimulus Redundancy. Unpublished master's thesis, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.

UNPUBLISHED MA

THESIS

2. Olzak, L. A. (1976) Evaluation of incidental learning and retention by the method of stimulus redundancy. Paper presented at the Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

UNPUBLISHED

MEETING PAPER

3. Olzak, L. A. (1978). Detection of Multiple-Vehicle

Targets in Realistic Terrain. Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA.

TECHNICAL

REPORT

(NWC TP 6061; HAC Ref. E0265)

4. Carel, W. L., Herman, J. A., and Olzak, L. A. (1978).

Design Criteria for Imaging Sensory Displays. Office of Naval

Research, Arlington, VA. (ONR CR 213-107-1F)

5. Corrick, G. E., Olzak, L. A., and Agin, A. K. (1979). Linear

Structural Equation Models of Target Acquisition Performance. Naval

Weapons Center, China Lake, CA. (HAC Ref. E3900)

TECHNICAL

REPORT

TECHNICAL

REPORT

DOCTORAL

DISSERTATION

6. Olzak, L. A. (1981). Inhibition and Stochastic Interactions in

Spatial Pattern Perception. (Doctoral Dissertation, University of

California, Los Angeles, 1981). Dissertation Abstracts International,

42, 1651B. (University Microfilms No.8121021)

7. Olzak, L. A., Thomas, J. P. and Stanislaw, H. (1987).

Development of a Chromatic/Luminance Contrast Scale. United States

Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard.

November, 1987. (DOT Report No. CG-D 12-87)

8. Wickens, T. D. and Olzak, L. (1988, July). The statistical analysis of concurrent detection ratings. Symposium on Probabilistic

Multidimensional Models of Perception, Twenty-First Annual

Mathematical Psychology Meeting, Evanston, IL. July, 1988.

9. Olzak, L. A. (1989). Development of a Chromatic/Luminance

Contrast Scale: Field Validation. United States Department of

Transportation, United States Coast Guard (DOT Report No. CG-D 2-89).

10. Olzak, L. A. (2001, June). Quantitative Models of

Multiple Processing Levels. York International Conference "Levels of Perception". Departments of Computer Science, York University,

Toronto, CANADA

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TECHNICAL

REPORT

UNPUBLISHED

INVITED

ABSTRACT &

PAPER

TECHNICAL

REPORT

UNPUBLISHED

INVITED ABSTRACT

& PAPER

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11. Olzak, L. A., Wickens, T. D. and Thomas, J. P (July, 2002).

A hybrid approach to quantitative modeling of sensory systems. Symposium on Quantitative Models in Visual Processing. Annual Mathematical

Psychology Meeting, Oxford, OH.

UNPUBLISHED

INVITED

ABSTRACT & PAPER

12. Olzak, L. A. (June, 2003). Lateral Interactions in Discrimination. UNPUBLISHED

Visual Processing of Spatial Form Defined by Luminance, Colour, Motion, ABSTRACT & PAPER

Texture and Binocular Disparity. Conference to Celebrate the Career of David Martin Regan. York University, Ontario, Canada.

13, Thomas, R. D., Olzak, L. A., and Wagge, J. R. (July, 2007) UNPUBLISHED

Exploring difference decision models of the uncertainly discrimination ABSTRACT & PAPER paradigm within the signal detection framework. Annual Mathematical

Psychology Meeting, Irvine, CA

14. Hibbeler, P. and Olzak, L. A. (February, 2008)

Psychophysicallydefined gain control pool and summing circuit

Bandwidths for spatial frequency selective pathways. Redhawk

Mental Life Conference, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

C. IN PREPARATION

UNPUBLISHED

ABSTRACT & PAPER

1. Thomas, R. D., Wagge, J. R, and Olzak, L. A. Signal detection theoretic decision models of the uncertainty task. In revision

2. Kramer, M. L. and Olzak, L. A. Collinearity and surround size effects on spatial discrimination tasks. In revision

3. Olzak, L. A., Laurinen, P. I., and Saarela, T. Center-surround interactions are not reciprocal.

In revision

4. Meinhardt, G., Persike, M , and Olzak, L. A. Summation of grating components in texture figure perception. Under review

D. PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

*1. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1979, May). Detection, discrimination, and integration of channel responses. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 33 , 1633.

*2. Olzak, L. A. (1979, October). Detection of a complex grating and discrimination of its components. Papers presented at the Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Rochester, N.Y. Journal of the Optical Society of America , 69 , 1444.

*3. Olzak, L. A. (1981, April). Interactive properties of spatially tuned analyzers. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL.

Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 20 , 124.

*4. Olzak, L. A. (1981, October). Interactions among spatially tuned analyzers: A log-linear model. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Kissimmee, FL. Journal of the

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Optical Society of America , 71 , 1632.

*5. Olzak, L. A. (1982, May). Inhibition: Effects on grating detection and identification. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL.


*6. Olzak, L. A. and Wandell, B. A. (1983, May) Detection contours and field mixtures. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL.


*7. Wandell, B. A. and Olzak, L. A. (1983, May). Categorical color differences. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Supplement to

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 24 , 206.

*8. Olzak, L. A. and Kramer, P. (1984, October). Inhibition between spatially tuned mechanisms:

Temporal influences. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Journal of the Optical Society of America A , 1(13) , 1290.

*9. Olzak, L. A., Wickens, T. D., and Gouled-Smith, B. (1985, May). Ruling out response bias in the concurrent detection task. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and

Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual

Science , 26 , 142.

*10. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1985, October). Hyperacuity performance as a function of contrast. Paper presented at Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Washington, D. C. Journal of the Optical Society of America A , 2(13) , 102.

*11. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1986, October). Spatial frequency matching in complex stimuli. Paper presented at Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. Journal of the Optical

Society of America A , 3(13) , 98.

*12. Olzak, L. A. (1987, May). Color Measurement: Asymmetry in MacAdam Ellipses. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota,

FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 28 , 212.

*13. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1987, September). When are suprathreshold stimuli in different frequency bands perceived independently? Paper presented at the Tenth European Conference on

Visual Perception, Varna, Bulgaria. Perception , 16 , 234.

*14. Olzak, L. Detection contours in tristimulus space (1988, October). Paper presented at

Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Santa Clara, CA. OSA Annual Meeting Technical Digest ,

Vol. 11 of the OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D. C., 1988), 46.

*15. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1989, May). Summation of discrimination cues lying in the same spatial frequency band. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology


*16. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1990, May). When orthogonal gratings are not processed independently. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual

Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 31 , 430.

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*17. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1990, September). When a grid is not two gratings. Paper presented at the 13th European Conference on Visual Perception, Paris, France. September, 1990.

Perception , 19 , Supplement, 343-344.

*18. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1990, November). Information integration across spatially tuned pathways. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. OSA

Annual Meeting Technical Digest , Vol. 15 of the OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America,

Washington, D. C., 1990), 7.

*19. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1991, May) Configural constraints in discriminating 2-D spatial patterns. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual

Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Supp. to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 32 , 1023.

*20. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1991, November). Contrast related nonlinearities do not account for configuration effects in discrimination. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America

Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA. OSA Annual Meeting Technical Digest , Vol. 17 of the OSA Technical

Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D. C., 1991), 167.

*21. Thomas, J. P., Olzak, L. A. and Shimozaki, S. S. (1992, May). Role of Fourier components in discrimination among plaids. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual

Science , 33 , 826.

*22. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1992, May) Linear cue summation subserves some compound discriminations. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology


*23. Thomas, J. P., Olzak, L. A., and Wickens, T. D. (1992, September). The bridge between

Fourier and feature codes: Some inferences from discrimination data. Paper presented at the 15th

European Conference on Visual Perception, Pisa, Italy. Perception , 21 , Supplement 2, pp. 6-7.

*24. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1992, September). What can discrimination tasks tell us about texture perception? Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque,

N. M. OSA Annual Meeting Technical Digest , 1992 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D. C.,1992),

Vol. 23 , 159.

*25. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1993, May). Normalizing and summing pools in complex frequency discriminations. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology


*26. Olzak, L. A., Wickens, T. D., and Thomas, J. P. (1993, September). Why we can't see the forest for the trees: Serial processing of disparate frequency bands. Paper presented at the 16th

European Conference on Visual Perception, Edinburgh, Scotland. Perception , 22 , Supplement, p. 5.

*27. Thomas, J. P., Olzak, L. A., and Wickens, T. D. (1993, September) Spatial pooling properties of contrast-gain control and second-order summing mechanisms. Paper presented at the 16th

European Conference on Visual Perception, Edinburgh, Scotland. Perception , 22 , Supp., p. 40.

*28. Olzak, L. A., Wickens, T. D., and Thomas, J. P. (1993, October) Simultaneously

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Technical Digest , 1993 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D. C., 1993), Vol. 16 , 267-268.

*29. Olzak, L. A., Wickens, T. D., and Thomas, J. P. (1994, May) Psychophysics supports computational edge algorithms. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and

Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual

Science , 35 , 3063.

*30. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1994, May) Is contrast gain control driven by local contrast energy? Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting,

Sarasota, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 35 , 1084.

*31. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (1994, May) Mechanisms of lightness perception. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL.


*32. Olzak, L. A., Thomas, J. P. and Wickens, T. D. (1994, September) Higher-level edge detectors mediate complex orientation discriminations. Paper presented at the 17th European Conference on Visual Perception, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Perception , 23 , Supplement, 2.

*33. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1994, September) What visual mechanisms mediate judgments about textures? Paper presented at the 17th European Conference on Visual Perception,

Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Perception , 23 , Supplement, 36.

*34. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (1994, September) Spatially remote, frequency tuned mechanisms can control apparent lightness. Paper presented at the 17th European Conference on

Visual Perception, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Perception , 23 , Supplement, p. 18.

*35. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1994) Edge or shadow? Boundary cues in human vision.

Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting, Dallas, TX. OSA Annual Meeting Supplement to Optics & Photonics News , 5 (8) , 99.

*36. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1994) Stimulus uncertainty effects help define second order visual mechanisms. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting, Dallas, TX. OSA

Annual Meeting Supplement to Optics & Photonics News , 5 (8) , 48.

*37. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1995) Edge or shadow II? Boundary Cues in human vision.

Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Fort

Lauderdale, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 36 , p. S439.

*38. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (1995) Textural segregation can suppress simultaneous contrast. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting,

Fort Lauderdale, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 36 , p. S466.

*39. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1995) Summing across edges in discrimination: Perceptual influences. Paper presented at the 18th European Conference on Visual Perception, Tubingen, Germany.

Perception , 24 , 40.

*40. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (1995) Differential Textures can suppress lightness contrast.

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Paper presented at the 18th European Conference on Visual Perception, Tubingen, Germany. Perception ,

24 , 24.

*41. Thomas, J. P., Stankiewicz, B. J., and Olzak, L. A. (1995) The mechanism which mediates orientation discrimination is insensitive to phase. Paper presented at the 18th European Conference on

Visual Perception, Tubingen, Germany. Perception , 24 , 40-41.

*42. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1995) Normalizing and summing pools in complex orientation discriminations. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR. OSA Annual

Meeting Supplement to Optics & Photonics News , 6 (7) , 11-12.

*43. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1995) Psychophysical specification of contrast gain control mechanisms. (Invited) Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR. OSA

Annual Meeting Supplement to Optics & Photonics News , 6 (7) , 54.

*44. Stankiewicz, B. J., Thomas, J. P., and Olzak, L. A. (1995) Multiple component orientation discrimination invariant with respect to phase. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting,

Portland, OR. Supplement to Optics & Photonics News , 6 (7) , 139.

*45. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1996) Characteristics of third-stage mechanisms in pattern vision. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Fort

Lauderdale, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 37 , S1148.

*46. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (1996) Second-order mechanisms in perceived form from texture. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting,

Fort Lauderdale, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 37 , S1147.

*47. Olzak, L. A., Thomas, J. P., and Wickens, T. D. (1996) Simultaneously judging contrast in different orientation and frequency bands. Paper presented at the 18th European Conference on Visual

Perception, Strasbourg, France. Perception , 25 , 23.

*48. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (1996) Functional aspects of border-signalling mechanisms.

Paper presented at the 18th European Conference on Visual Perception, Strasbourg, France. Perception ,

25 , 55.

*49. Olzak, L. A. and Laurinen, P. I. (1996) Second-order spatial mechanisms: one route to image segmentation? Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting, Rochester, NY Supplement to

Optics & Photonics News , 7 (7) , 67.

*50. Laack, K. A. and Olzak, L. A. (1996) Isolating second-order mechanisms in a visual search paradigm. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting, Rochester, NY Supplement to Optics

& Photonics News , 7 (7) , 67.

*51. Olzak, L. A. and Wickens, T. D. (1997) Two stimuli. Two judgments. How many mediating mechanisms? Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual

Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 38, S631.

*52. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (1997) Mechanisms underlying perceived form from texture.


Lauderdale, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 38, S639.

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*53. Olzak, L. A. and Wickens, T. D. (1997) Assessing interactions through concurrent-judgment experiments. Invited Paper presented at the 20th European Conference on Visual Perception, ECVP XX

Anniversary Symposium "Progress and Paradigm Shifts in Vision Research during 20 Years of ECVP,

Helsinki, Finland. Perception , 26 , 67.

*54. Olzak, L. A. and Wong, R. (1997) Discrimination between plaids: Do oriented filters combine dichoptically? Paper presented at the 20th European Conference on Visual Perception, Helsinki, Finland.


*55. Wickens, T. D. and Olzak, L. A. (1997) Noise effects in perceptual models. Paper presented at the 20th European Conference on Visual Perception, Helsinki, Finland. Perception , 26 , 23.

*56. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (1997) Summation of contrast in perceived form from texture.

Paper presented at the 20th European Conference on Visual Perception, Helsinki, Finland. Perception , 26 ,

126.

*57. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1997) Models of cortical contrast gain control: A test. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting, Rochester, NY Supplement to Optics & Photonics

News , 8 (8) , 97.

*58. Olzak, L. A., Thomas, J. P., and Wickens, T.D. (1998) Apparent linearity in higher-level summing units. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual


*59. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (1998) Spatial interactions in higher-level gain control pools.



*60. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (1998b) Two processes underlie center-surround contrast suppression? Paper presented at the 21 st

European Conference on Visual Perception, Oxford, England.


*61. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1998) Gain control and integration processes in line- and edge-coding mechanisms. Paper presented at the 21 st

European Conference on Visual Perception,

Oxford, England. Perception , 27 , 54.

*62. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1998) Coding the orientation of lines and edges. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting, Baltimore, Md. Supplement to OPN Optics & Photonics

News , 9 , 55.

*63. Guttman, S. E., Kellman, P. J., and Olzak, L. A. (1998) Distinguishing object motion from observer motion using minimal visual information. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America

Meeting, Baltimore, Md. Supplement to OPN Optics & Photonics News , 9 , 111.

*64. Olzak, L. A. and Thomas, J. P. (1999) Coding object boundaries: pooling in contrast gain control processes. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual


*65. Laack, K. A. and Olzak, L. A. (1999) Higher-level summing circuits mediate orientation-based

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*66. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (1999) Contrast-Contrast: More evidence for two gain control pools. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Fort


*67. Bredfelt, C. E., Olzak, L. A., and Thomas, J. P. (1999). Normalization in orientation summation occurs after binocular summation. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology &

Visual Science , 40, S43.

*68. Olzak, L. A. and Laack, K. A. (1999) Higher-level summing circuits mediate orientationbased visual search tasks II. Paper presented at the 22 st


Trieste, Italy. Perception , 28s , 56.

*69. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (1999) No evidence for lateral contrast gain control among non-Fourier, contrast modulated components. Paper presented at the 22 st

European Conference on

Visual Perception, Trieste, Italy. Perception , 28s , 40.

*70. Olzak, L. A. and Laurinen, P. I. (1999) Multiple normalization processes in contrast-contrast phenomena. Invited Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting, Santa Clara, CA.

Supplement to OPN Optics & Photonics News , p. 62.

*71. Thomas, J. P. and Olzak, L. A. (1999) Bandwidth of orientation coding mechanisms for lateral separation. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting, Santa Clara, CA.

Supplement to OPN Optics & Photonics News , p. 62.

*72. Piehler, O. C., Pantle, A. J., and Olzak, L. A. (1999) Properties of direction-specific contrast gain control. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting, Santa Clara, CA. Supplement to

OPN Optics & Photonics News , p. 56

*73. Olzak, L. A., Wickens, T. D. and Thomas, J. P. (2000) Gain control or neural noise?

Distinguishing between two classes of model .

Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology &

Visual Science , 3795 .

*74. Laurinen, P. I. and Olzak, L. A. (2000) Contrast-contrast between contrast-modulated patterns can be explained by Fourier energy alone. Paper presented at the Association for Research in

Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology

& Visual Science , 41, 4245 .

* 75. Olzak, L. A., Wickens, T. D. and Thomas, J. P. (2000) An early-noise model of complex pattern discrimination. Invited paper presented at the 23 rd


Groningen, The Netherlands Perception , 29s , 120.

*76. Laurinen, P. I., Saarela T. and Olzak, L.. A. (2000) Contextual modulation of lateral interactions in contrast gain control. Paper presented at the 23 rd


Groningen, The Netherlands. Perception , 29s , 41.

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*77. Olzak, L. A., Wickens, T. D. and Thomas, J. P. and (2000) An alternative to pooled gain control models. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Meeting, Providence, RI. Supplement to OPN Optics & Photonics News , p. 53.

*78. Olzak, L. A., High, J. L., and Laurinen, P. I. (2001) Lateral gain control in contrast discrimination judgments. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 42, 853 .

*79. Laurinen, P. I., Saarela, T., and Olzak, L. A. (2001) Contrast-contrast is spatially asymmetric.


Lauderdale, FL. Supplement to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science , 42, 852 .

*80. Olzak, L. A. (2001) Contextual modulation effects in apparent contrast, contrast discriminations, and spatial frequency discriminations. Paper presented at Optical Society of America/UCI

Color and Vision Meeting, Irvine, CA. Optical Society of America, "Vision and Color Meeting: Vision

Sessions, http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-9-8-0 .

* 81. Olzak, L. A. (2002) Contextual modulation affects orientation discriminations differently than spatial frequency or contrast discriminations. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL .. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ,

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*82. Olzak, L. A. (2002) Models of Lateral Interaction: A failure to generalize. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Journal of Vision, 2(7), 203a, http://journalofvision.org/2/7/203/, DOI 10.1167/2.7.203.

*83. Olzak, L. A.., Clark, A.. M., and Laurinen, P. I. (2002) Properties of mechanisms underlying contextual effects in fine discrimination tasks. Paper presented at the 25 th


Perception, Glasgow, Scotland. Perception , 31s , 64.

*84 Laurinen, P. I., Saarela, T., & Olzak, L. A.. (2002) Contrast-Contrast: Brightness Induction or

Lateral Gain Control? Paper presented at the 25 th

European Conference on Visual Perception, Glasgow,

Scotland. Perception , 31s , 50.

*85 Saarela, T.. P, Laurinen, P. I., and Olzak, L. A. (2002) Spatial pooling of contrast and luminance signals in contrast gain control. Paper presented at the 25 th


Perception, Glasgow, Scotland. Perception , 31s , 63.

*86. Olzak, L. A., Clark, A. M., & Laurinen, P. I. (2002). The role of a gap in contextual effects on discrimination performance. Paper presented at the Fall Vision Meeting. Journal of Vision , 2(10), 104a, http://journalofvision.org/2/10/104/, DOI 10.1167/2.10.104.

*87. Olzak , L. A., Saylor, S. A., Gabree, S. H, and Laurinen, P. I. (2003) Lateral Interactions on

Discriminations Performance by Simple and Complex Surrounds. Paper presented at the Association for

Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.

2003 44: E-Abstract 4317.

*88. Olzak, L. A. and Gabree, S. H. (2003) .Relative effects of superimposed and lateral masks

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[Abstract]. Journal of Vision , 3 (9), 650a, http://journalofvision.org/3/9/650/, doi:10.1167/3.9.650.

*89. Saylor, S. A. and Olzak, L. A. (2003) Do lateral influences cross segmentation boundaries?

Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL. [Abstract]. Journal of

Vision , 3 (9), 651a, http://journalofvision.org/3/9/651/, doi:10.1167/3.9.651.

*90. Laurinen, P. I., Olzak, L. A., and Saarela, T. (2003) Complex contextual effects on apparent contrast. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL. [Abstract].

Journal of Vision , 3 (9), 348a, http://journalofvision.org/3/9/348/, doi:10.1167/3.9.348.

*91. Olzak L. A., Saylor S. A. and Laurinen, P. I. (2003) What stops lateral interactions in discrimination tasks? Paper presented at the 26 th

European Conference on Visual Perception, Paris,

France. Perception , 32s , , http://www.perceptionweb.com/perception/ecvp03/0751.html

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*92. Laurinen, P. I., Olzak, L. A. and Saarela, T. P. (2003) Exploring alternatives in contrastcontrast phenomena. Paper presented at the 26 th

European Conference on Visual Perception, Paris

France. Perception , 32s, http://www.perceptionweb.com/perception/ecvp03/0991.html

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*93. Saarela, T. P., Olzak, L. A., Laurinen, P. I. (2003) Orientation-dependent spatial asymmetry of surround suppression in contrast perception. Paper presented at the 26 th

European Conference on

Visual Perception, Paris, France. Perception , 32s , http://www.perceptionweb.com/perception/ecvp03/0976.html

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*94. Olzak, L. A., Saylor, S. A., and Gabree, S. H. (2003) Scene segments, surrounds, and superimposed masks: Complex interactions among pattern masks on discrimination performance. Paper presented at Optical Society of America Fall Vision Meeting. Optical Society of America, Tucson, AZ


*95. Olzak, L. A. and Gabree, S. H. (2004) Orientation Bandwidths of Lateral Interactions in

Orientation Discriminations. Paper presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2004 45: E-Abstract 4660.

* 96. Olzak, L. A., Gabree, S. H., & Laurinen, P. I. (2004). Lateral interactions in orientation discrimination: Spatial frequency bandwidths [Abstract]. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Annual

Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Journal of Vision , 4 (8), 776a, http://journalofvision.org/4/8/776/, doi:10.1167/4.8.776.

*97.

Laurinen, P. I., Olzak, L. A., & Saarela, T. P. (2004). Testing a neural model of centersurround interaction psychophysically [Abstract]. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Annual Meeting,

Sarasota, FL. Journal of Vision , 4 (8), 780a, http://journalofvision.org/4/8/780/, doi:10.1167/4.8.780.

*98.

Olzak, L. A., Gabree, S. H., and Laurinen, P. I. (2004) Lateral Interactions: Orientation and

Spatial Frequency Bandwidths in Fine Spatial Discriminations. Paper presented at the 27 th

European

Conference on Visual Perception, Budapest, Hungary. Perception , 33s , 177.

*99. Laurinen, P. I., Olzak, L. A., and Saarela, T. P. (2004) Nonlinear interactions between gaps and contrast determine apparent contrast. Paper presented at the 27 th


Perception, Budapest, Hungary. Perception , 33s , 173.

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*100. Olzak, L. A., Gabree, S, H., and Laurinen, P. I (2004) Center-surround interactions are not reciprocal. Paper presented at Optical Society of America Fall Vision Meeting. Optical Society of

America, Rochester, N. Y. Journal of Vision , 4 (11), 74a, http://journalofvision.org/4/11/74/, doi:10.1167/4.11.74.

*101 Olzak, L. A., Gabree, S. H., and Laurinen, P. I. (2005) Modeling lateral interaction in fine spatial discriminations: The plot thickens. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting,

Sarasota, FL. [Abstract].


*102. Laurinen, P. I., Olzak, L. A., and Saarela, T. P. (2005) Summation processes in contrastcontrast. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL. [Abstract].


*103. Olzak, L. A., Laurinen, P. I., and Saarela, T. P.(2005) For better or worse: Reconciling differences across lateral interaction tasks. Paper presented at the 28 th


Perception, A Coruna, Spain. Perception , 34s , http://perceptionweb.com/ecvp05, doi10.1068/ecvp05 hyperlink.

*104. Laurinen P. I., Olzak L. A., Nurminen, L. O. and Pihlaja, M. E. (2005) Does surround size matter in contrast gain control? Paper presented at the 28 th

European Conference on Visual Perception, A.

Coruna, Spain. Perception , 34s , http://perceptionweb.com/ecvp05, doi10.1068/ecvp05 hyperlink.

*105 Saarela, T. P., Olzak, L. A., and Laurinen, P. I. (2005) Spatial summation and inhibition in human visual contrast processing. Paper presented at the 28 th


Perception, ,A Coruna, Spain. Perception , 34s , http://perceptionweb.com/ecvp05, doi10.1068/ecvp05 hyperlink.

*106 Olzak, L. A. and Laurinen, P. I. (2005) A framework for understanding center-surround interactions in apparent contrast and fine spatial discriminations. Paper presented at Optical Society of

America Fall Vision Meeting. Optical Society of America, Tucson, AZ. Journal of Vision , 5 (12), 79a, http://journalofvision.org/5/12/79/, doi:10.1167/5.12.79.

*107 Wagge, J. R. and Olzak, L. A.. (2005) Visual integration in center/surround stimuli: Cortical mechanisms. Paper presented at Optical Society of America Fall Vision Meeting. Optical Society of

America, Tucson, AZ. Journal of Vision , 5 (12), 92a, http://journalofvision.org/5/12/92/, doi:10.1167/5.12.92.s

*108 Olzak, L. A., Wagge, J. R. and Thomas, R. D. (2006) Signal detection analysis of an uncertainty discrimination paradigm. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting,

Sarasota, FL. Journal of Vision , 6 (6), 193a, http://journalofvision.org/6/6/193/, doi:10.1167/6.6.193.

*109 Kramer, M. L., & Olzak, L. A. (2006). Collinearity and surround size effects on spatial discrimination tasks. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL..


*110 Olzak, L. A., Wagge, J. R. and Thomas, R. D. (2006) Decision models in an uncertainty paradigm. Paper presented at the 29 th

European Conference on Visual Perception, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Perception , 35s, p89.

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*111 Shussler, E. and Olzak, L. A. (2006) It’s not easy being green: Addressing plant blindness when teaching. Paper presented at the 91 st

Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN.

In press.

*112. Olzak, L. A., Wagge, J. R., and Thomas, R. D. (2006) Signal detection rating models underlying the uncertainty paradigm. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Annual Fall

Vision Meeting. Optical Society of America, Rochester, N.Y. Journal of Vision , 6 (13):58, 58a, http://journalofvision.org/6/13/58/, doi:10.1167/6.13.58.

*113. Wagge, J. R. and Olzak, L. A. (2006) Assessment of mechanisms of visual integration in center/surround stimuli using an uncertainty paradigm. Paper presented at the Optical Society of America

Annual Fall Vision Meeting. Optical Society of America, Rochester, N.Y. Journal of Vision , 6 (13):64, 64a, http://journalofvision.org/6/13/64/, doi:10.1167/6.13.64.

*114 Olzak, L. A. and Kramer, M. L. (2007) Cross-orientation interactions in second-order mechanisms. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Journal of

Vision , 7 (9):253, 253a, http://journalofvision.org/7/9/253/, doi:10.1167/7.9.253.

*115. Kramer, M. L. and Olzak, L. A. (2007) The effects of collinearity on contrast discrimination tasks. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL. Journal of Vision ,

6 (6):199, 199a, http://journalofvision.org/6/6/199/, doi:10.1167/6.6.199.

*116. Olzak, L. A. and Kramer, M. L. (2007) Higher-level processes in the second-order system.

Paper presented at the 30 th

European Conference on Visual Perception, Arrezzo, Italy. Perception , 36s,

41-42.

*117. Olzak, L. A. and Kramer, M. L. (2007) How do second-order mechanisms interact? Paper presented at the Optical Society of America Fall Vision Meeting, Berkeley, CA. Journal of Vision ,

7 (15):91, 91a, http://journalofvision.org/7/15/91/, doi:10.1167/7.15.91.

*118. Olzak, L. A., & Hibbeler, P. J. (2008). Second-order mechanisms do not process contrastmodulated orientation information optimally. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Annual Meeting,

Naples, FL. Journal of Vision , 8 (6):279, 279a, http://journalofvision.org/8/6/279/, doi:10.1167/8.6.279.

*119 Hibbeler, P. J. and Olzak, L. A. (2008) Psychophysically defined gain control pool and summing circuit bandwidths for orientation selective pathways. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences

Annual Meeting, Naples, FL. Journal of Vision , 8 (6):943, 943a, http://journalofvision.org/8/6/943/, doi:10.1167/8.6.943.

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