Biography
I am a Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, with research interests in visual cognition, attention and decision making. In collaboration with other group members, I have recently focussed on two topics: innovative approaches to measurement of attention and (proto)social influences in visual search. Grant-funded work has developed search techniques for x-ray security screening and detection of imminent crowd violence.
Publications
Recent:
Muhl-Richardson, A., Parker, M.G., Davis, G. (2025). An evaluation of image enhancements in three-dimensional computed tomography baggage screening. Applied Ergonomics,122,104394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104394.
Davis, G. (2024). ATLAS: Mapping ATtention’s Location And Size to probe five modes of serial and parallel search. Atten Percept Psychophys 86, 1938–1962 https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-024-02921-7.
Parker, M. G., Muhl-Richardson, A., & Davis, G. (2022). Enhanced threat detection in three dimensions: An image-matched comparison of computed tomography and dual-view X-ray baggage screening. Applied ergonomics, 105, 103834.
Ramamoorthy, N., Jamieson, O., Imaan, N.... Davis, G. (2021). Enhanced detection of gaze toward an object: Sociocognitive influences on visual search. Psychon Bull Rev 28, 494–502 https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-020-01841-5.
Muhl-Richardson, A., Parker, M.G., Recio, S.A.... Davis, G. (2021). Improved X-ray baggage screening sensitivity with ‘targetless’ search training. Cogn. Research 6, 33 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00295-0.
JL Daffron, G Davis (2016). Target templates specify visual, not semantic, features to guide search: A marked asymmetry between seeking and ignoring Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 78 (7), 2049-2065.
Teufel C, Fletcher PC, Davis G (2010), Seeing other minds: attributed mental states influence perception. Trends Cogn Sci 14(8):376-82.
Teufel C, Alexis DM, Todd H, Lawrance-Owen AJ, Clayton NS, Davis G (2009), Social cognition modulates the sensory coding of observed gaze direction. Curr Biol 19(15):1274-7.
Csibra, G., Davis, G., Spratling, M. W., & Johnson, M. H. (2000). Gamma oscillations and object processing in the infant brain. Science, 290(5496), 1582-1585.
Mattingley, J.B., Davis, G, & Driver, J. (1997). Preattentive filling-in of visual surfaces in Parietal Extinction. Science, 275, 671-673.
Davis, G. & Driver, J. (1994). Parallel detection of Kanizsa subjective figures in the human visual system. Nature, 371(6500), 791-793.
