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Dr Erin Goddard

Dr Erin Goddard

Senior Lecturer
Science
School of Psychology

I received my PhD in 2011 from the University of Sydney, before completing postdoctoral positions at the University of Sydney and Macquarie University in Sydney, and at McGill University in Montréal, Canada. I joined UNSW in 2020.ÌýMy research aims to understand the workings of human visual system and its interaction with related brain systems (e.g the influences of task, attention and memory on visual processes). I use behavioural methods (psychophysics) as well as neuroimaging (fMRI and MEG). I am currently funded by the Australian Research Council, working on projects to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying two phenomena in visual perception: feature binding and colour constancy, and in resolving visual ambiguity. For further details of my research, see 
Phone
+61-2-9585 2347
E-mail
erin.goddard@unsw.edu.au
Location
Mathews Building F23, 10.14
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Hsieh JYJ; Boyce WP; Goddard E; Clifford CWG, 2023, 'Colour information biases facial age estimation and reduces inter-observer variability', Scientific Reports, 13,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Barnes L; Goddard E; Woolgar A, 2022, 'Neural Coding of Visual Objects Rapidly Reconfigures to Reflect Subtrial Shifts in Attentional Focus', Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34, pp. 806 - 822,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Goddard E; Carlson TA; Woolgar A, 2022, 'Spatial and Feature-selective Attention Have Distinct, Interacting Effects on Population-level Tuning', Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34, pp. 290 - 312,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Goddard E; Contini EW; Irish M, 2022, 'Exploring information flow from posteromedial cortex during visuospatial working memory - a magnetoencephalography study', Journal of Neuroscience, 42, pp. 5944 - 5955,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Goddard E; Shooner C; Mullen KT, 2022, 'Magnetoencephalography contrast adaptation reflects perceptual adaptation', Journal of Vision, 22, pp. 16,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Palmer CJ; Goddard E; Clifford CWG, 2022, 'Face detection from patterns of shading and shadows: The role of overhead illumination in generating the familiar appearance of the human face', Cognition, 225, pp. 105172,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Contini EW; Goddard E; Wardle SG, 2021, 'Reaction times predict dynamic brain representations measured with MEG for only some object categorisation tasks', Neuropsychologia, 151, pp. 107687,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Contini EW; Goddard E; Grootswagers T; Williams M; Carlson T, 2020, 'A humanness dimension to visual object coding in the brain', NeuroImage, 221, pp. 1 - 11,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Goddard E; Mullen KT, 2020, 'fMRI representational similarity analysis reveals graded preferences for chromatic and achromatic stimulus contrast across human visual cortex', NeuroImage, 215, pp. 116780,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Cohen D; Goddard E; Mullen KT, 2019, 'Reevaluating hMT+ hV4 functional specialization for motion and static contrast using fMRI-guided repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation', Journal of Vision, 19, pp. 11 - 11,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Goddard E; Chang DHF; Hess RF; Mullen KT, 2019, 'Color contrast adaptation: fMRI fails to predict behavioral adaptation', NeuroImage, 201, pp. 116032,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Thompson B; Maehara G; Goddard E; Farivar R; Mansouri B; Hess RF, 2019, 'Long-range interocular suppression in adults with strabismic amblyopia: A pilot fmri study', Vision (Switzerland), 3, pp. 2,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Carlson T; Goddard E; Kaplan DM; Klein C; Ritchie JB, 2018, 'Ghosts in machine learning for cognitive neuroscience: Moving from data to theory', NeuroImage, 180, pp. 88 - 100,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Goddard E; Klein C; Solomon SG; Hogendoorn H; Carlson TA, 2018, 'Interpreting the dimensions of neural feature representations revealed by dimensionality reduction', NeuroImage, 180, pp. 41 - 67,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Goddard E; Mullen KT, 2018, 'Attention selectively enhances stimulus information for surround over foveal stimulus representations in occipital cortex', Journal of Vision, 21, pp. 1 - 19,
    Journal articles | 2017
    , 2017, 'A step toward understanding the human ventral visual pathway', Journal of neurophysiology, 117, pp. 872 - 875,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Goddard E; Solomon SG; Carlson TA, 2017, 'Dynamic population codes of multiplexed stimulus features in primate area MT', Journal of Neurophysiology, 118, pp. 203 - 218,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Goddard E; Carlson TA; Dermody N; Woolgar A, 2016, 'Representational dynamics of object recognition: Feedforward and feedback information flows', NeuroImage, 128, pp. 385 - 397,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Goddard E; Clifford CWG, 2013, 'A new type of change blindness: Smooth, isoluminant color changes are monitored on a coarse spatial scale', Journal of Vision, 13,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Goddard E; Mannion DJ; Mcdonald JS; Solomon SG; Clifford CW, 2011, 'Color responsiveness argues against a dorsal component of human V4', Journal of Vision, 11,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Goddard E; Mannion DJ; Mcdonald JS; Solomon SG; Clifford CW, 2010, 'Combination of subcortical color channels in human visual cortex', Journal of Vision, 10, pp. 25 - 25,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Goddard E; Solomon S; Clifford C, 2010, 'Adaptable mechanisms sensitive to surface color in human vision', Journal of Vision, 10,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Mcdonald JS; Mannion DJ; Goddard E; Clifford CW, 2010, 'Orientation-selective chromatic mechanisms in human visual cortex', Journal of Vision, 10, pp. 34,
    Journal articles | 2008
    Goddard E; Clifford CWG; Solomon SG, 2008, 'Centre-surround effects on perceived orientation in complex images', Vision Research, 48, pp. 1374 - 1382,
    Journal articles | 2005
    Clifford CWG; Weston E, 2005, 'Aftereffect of adaptation to Glass patterns', Vision Research, 45, pp. 1355 - 1363,
  • Conference Presentations | 2023
    Goddard E; Paul Remician K, 2023, 'Perceiving Surface Color Requires Attention', presented at Vision Sciences Society,
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Hsieh JYJ; Boyce WP; Goddard E; Clifford CWG, 2023, 'Colour information biases facial age estimation and reduces inter-observer variability',
    Preprints | 2022
    Hsieh JYJ; Boyce WP; Goddard E; Clifford CWG, 2022, Colour information biases facial age estimation and reduces inter-observer variability,
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    Palmer CJ; Goddard E; Clifford CG, 2021, 'Face detection from patterns of shading and shadows',
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    , 2019, '42nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP) 2019 Leuven',
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Barnes L; Goddard E; Woolgar A, 2019, 'Decoding Rules and Attended Features Over Multiple Task Phases', Vol. 48, pp. 73 - 73,
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Goddard E; Hess R; Mullen K, 2019, 'Colour and achromatic contrast adaptation: different adaptation effects at detection threshold and suprathreshold contrasts',
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Goddard E; Mullen KT, 2019, 'fMRI responses to foveal versus peripheral chromatic and achromatic stimuli',
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Goddard E; Hess R; Mullen K, 2018, 'fMRI adaptation reveals interactions between responses to achromatic and S-cone isolating stimuli across visual cortex',
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    , 2016, 'AVA Christmas Meeting, Queen Mary University of London, December 21, 2015',
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Contini E; Williams M; Grootswagers T; Goddard E; Carlson T, 2016, 'Dichotomy Versus Continuum: Evidence for a More Complex Agency Model of Visual Object Categorisation',
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Goddard E; Solomon S; Carlson T, 2016, 'Dynamic Encoding of Motion and Form in Population Response of Primate Area Middle-Temporal', Vol. 45, pp. 702 - 703,
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Goddard E; Clifford CWG, 2014, 'Cortical processing of surface colour and translucency', Vol. 5, pp. 422 - 422,
    Conference Presentations | 2010
    , 2010, 'ECVP 2010 Abstracts',
    Conference Presentations | 2010
    Alais D; Weston E, 2010, 'Temporal ventriloquism: Perceptual shifts in temporal position and improved audiovisual precision predicted by maximum likelihood estimation',
    Conference Presentations | 2010
    Clifford CWG; Weston E, 2010, 'Aftereffect of adaptation to glass patterns',
    Conference Presentations | 2010
    Goddard E; Mannion DM; McDonald JS; Solomon SG; Clifford CWG, 2010, 'Colour preference argues against a dorsal component of human V4', Vol. 39, pp. 88 - 89,
    Conference Presentations | 2008
    Goddard E; Mannion DJ; Mcdonald JS; Solomon SG; Clifford CWG, 2008, 'Decoding higher order colour signals in human visual cortex', Vol. 37, pp. 146 - 146,
    Conference Presentations |
    Erin G; Colin C, 'Neural correlates of transparency perception',
    Conference Presentations |
    Goddard E; Shooner C; Mullen KT, 'Temporal evolution of colour representation measured with magnetoencephalography (MEG).',

ARC Discovery Project, 2022-2026.ÌýMaking sense of ambiguity: brain system interactions and visual uncertainty. $554,463 (Goddard, E & Woolgar, A)

ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, 2020-2023.ÌýUnderstanding the neural dynamics of colour constancy and feature binding. $426,979 (Goddard, E)

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  • 2015: Consultant expert for New Scientist Magazine:    This article was subsequently quoted and reposted by global media, including Fox News, The Scotsman and the Beacon Review.Ìý
  • 2012: Coauthored article published on The Conversation:
  • 2010: Mainstream media reported on our paper 'Color responsiveness argues against a dorsal component of human V4'.Ìýe.g. .

My Teaching

  • PSYC2071 Perception and Cognition
  • PSYC3361 Research Internship
  • PSYC3221 Vision and Brain
  • NEUR4411 Behavioural Perspectives in Neuroscience