Grants, publications and conference presentations
Grants, scholarships and awards (past four years)
2005
Large ARC grant (3 years)
Principle investigators:
Mattingley & Bradshaw
Attentional biases that underlie free-viewing perceptual asymmetries:
Endogenous and exogenous effects in a behavioural/imaging study.
2002
Large ARC grant (3 years)
Principle investigators:
Nicholls, Mattingley & Bradshaw
Cognitive and neural
mechanisms underlying lateral biases in human vision
2001
ANZ Medical Research &
Technology Grant
Principle investigators:
Nicholls & Mattingley
Lateralisation of Brain Function as Revealed through
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
2000
McDonell-Pew Network Grant
(Oxford, UK)
Large ARC grant (2 years)
Principle investigators:
Castles, Stuart & Nicholls
Visual and auditory
temporal processing in varieties of dyslexia
Small ARC grant (1 year)
Principle investigators:
Nicholls & Clode
The art of self-expression:
facial asymmetries in communicating emotion
1999
Large ARC grant (3 years)
Principle investigators:
Nicholls & Stough
A model of the temporal
processing capacities of the cerebral hemispheres
Small ARC grant (1 year)
Free-viewing perceptual
asymmetries for the judgement of magnitude
Journal articles
Lindell, A.K., Nicholls, M.E.R., Kwantes, P.J., & Castles, A. (2005). Sequential processing in hemispheric word recognition: The impact of initial letter discriminability on the OUP naming effect. Brain & Language 93, 160-172.
Orr, C.A. & Nicholls, M.E.R. (2005). The Nature and Contribution of Space- and Object-Based Attentional Biases to Free-Viewing Perceptual Asymmetries. Experimental Brain Research.162, 384-393
Nicholls, M.E.R., Mattingley, J.B. & Bradshaw, J.L. (2005). The effect of strategy on pseudoneglect for luminance judgements. Cognitive Brain Research 25, 71-77.
Okubo, M. & Nicholls, M.E.R. (2005). Hemispheric asymmetry in temporal resolution: Contribution of the magnocellular pathway. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 12, 755-759.
Okubo, M., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2005). Flexible contrast gain control in the right hemisphere, Brain and Cognition, 59, 69-276.
Nicholls, M.E.R., Smith, A., Mattingley, J.B. & Bradshaw, J.L. (in press). The effect of body and environment-centred coordinates on free-viewing perceptual asymmetries for vertical and horizontal stimuli. Cortex.
Okubo, M. & Nicholls M.E.R. (in press). A stimulus-dependent dissociation between the cerebral hemispheres under free-viewing conditions. Experimental Brain Research.
Nicholls, M.E.R. & Searle, D.A. (In press). Asymmetries for the visual expression and perception of speech. Brain & Language.
Nicholls, M.E.R., Ellis, B.E., Clement, J. & Yoshino, M. (2004). Detecting hemifacial asymmetries in emotional expression with 3D computerised image analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society 271, 663-668.
Nicholls, M.E.R., Mattingley, J.B., Berberovic, N., Smith, A. & Bradshaw, J.L. (2004). An investigation of the relationship between free-viewing perceptual asymmetries for vertical and horizontal stimuli. Cognitive Brain Research 19, 289-301.
Nicholls, M.E.R., Hughes, G., Mattingley, J.B. & Bradshaw, J.L. (2004). Are object and space-based attentional biases both important to free-viewing perceptual asymmetries? Experimental Brain Research. 154, 513-520.
Nicholls, M.E.R., Searle, D & Bradshaw, J.L. (2004). Read my lips: Asymmetries in the visual expression and perception of speech revealed through the McGurk effect. Psychological Science 15, 138-141.
Lim, V.K., Bradshaw, J.L., Nicholls, M.E.R., Kirk, I.J., Hamm, J.P. Grossbach, M. & Altenmüller, E. (2003). Aberrant sensorimotor integration in patients with musicians' cramp. Psychophysiology 17, 195-202.
Lim, V.K., Bradshaw, J.L., Nicholls, M.E.R. & Altenmüller, E. (2003). Perceptual differences in sequential stimuli across patients with musicians and writers' cramp. Movement Disorders 18, 1286-1293.
Mattingley, J.B., Berberovic, N., Corben, L., Slavin, M.J., Nicholls, M.E.R. & Bradshaw, J.L. (2003). The greyscales task: a perceptual measure of attentional bias following right hemisphere damage. Neuropsychologia 42, 387-394
Lindell, A.K., & Nicholls, M.E.R. (2003). Attentional deployment in visual half-field tasks: The effect of cue position on word naming latency. Brain and Cognition 53, 273-277
Nicholls, M.E.R., Mattingley, J.B., Bradshaw, J.L. & Krins, P. (2003). Trunk- and head-centred spatial coordinates do not affect free-viewing perceptual asymmetries. Brain & Cognition 53, 247-252.
Lindell, A.K. & Nicholls, M.E.R. (2003). Cortical representation of the fovea: implications for visual half-filed research. Cortex 39, 111-117
Lindell, A.K., Nicholls, M.E.R. & Castles, A.E. (2003). The effect of orthographic uniqueness and deviation points on lexical decisions: Evidence from unilateral and bilateral redundant presentations. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 56, 287-307
Nicholls, M.E.R. & Roberts, G.R. (2002). Pseudoneglect: a scanning, pre-motor or attentional bias? Cortex 38, 113-136.
Lindell, A.K., Nicholls, M.E.R. & Castles, A.E. (2002). The effect of word length on hemispheric word recognition: Evidence from unilateral and bilateral-redundant presentations. Brain & Cognition 48, 447-452
Nicholls, M.E.R., Clode, D., Lindell, A.K. & Wood, A.G. (2002). Which cheek to turn? The effect of gender and emotional expressivity on posing behaviour. Brain & Cognition 48, 480-484
Nicholls. M.E.R., Wolfgang, B.J., Clode, D. & Lindell, A.K. (2002). The effect of left and right poses on the expression of facial emotion. Neuropsychologia 40, 1662-1665
Nicholls, M.E.R., Gora, J. & Stough C.K.K. (2002). Hemispheric asymmetries for visual and auditory temporal processing: An evoked potential study. International Journal of Psychophysiology 44, 37-55
Nicholls, M.E.R., Bradshaw, J.L. & Mattingley, J.B. (2001). Unilateral hemispheric activation does not affect free-viewing perceptual asymmetries. Brain & Cognition 46, 219-223
Spence, C.J., Nicholls, M.E.R. & Driver, J. (2001). The cost of expecting events in the wrong sensory modality. Perception & Psychophysics 63, 330-336.
Nicholls, M.E.R., Wood, A. and Hayes, L. (2001). Cerebral asymmetries in the level of attention required for word recognition. Laterality 6, 97-110.
Spence, C.J., Lloyd, D., McGlone, F., Nicholls, M.E.R. & Driver, J. (2000). Inhibition of return is supramodal: a demonstration between all possible pairings of vision, touch, and audition. Experimental Brain Research 134, 42-48
Kelso, W.M., Nicholls, M.E.R., Warne, G.L. & Zacharin, M. (2000). Cerebral lateralisation and cognitive function in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Neuropsychology 14, 370-378.
Nicholls, M.E.R. & Lindell, A. (2000). A left hemisphere, but not right hemispace, advantage for tactual simultaneity judgements. Perception & Psychophysics 62, 717-725.
Phillips, J.G., Schiffter, T., Nicholls, M.E.R., Bradshaw, J.L., Iansek, R. & Saling, L.L. (1999). Does old age or Parkinson's disease cause bradyphrenia? Journal of Gerontology 54a, 404-409.
Nicholls, M.E.R., Clode, D., Wood, S.J. and Wood, A, G. (1999). Laterality of expression in portraiture: Putting your best cheek forward. Proceedings of the Royal Society (section B) 266, 1517-1522.
Nicholls, M.E.R., Whelan, R.E. & Brown, S (1999). A left hemisphere temporal processing advantage for auditory and tactile stimuli. Brain & Cognition 40, 202-206.
Kelso, W.M., Nicholls, M.E.R. & Warne, G.L. (1999). Effects of prenatal androgen exposure on cerebral lateralisation in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Brain & Cognition 40, 153-156.
Nicholls, M.E.R., Schier, M., Stough, C.K.K. & Box, A. (1999). Psychophysical and electrophysiological support for a left hemisphere temporal processing advantage. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioural Neurology 12, 11-16.
Nicholls, M.E.R., Bradshaw, J.L. & Mattingley, J.B. (1999). Free-viewing perceptual asymmetries for the judgement of shade, numerosity and size. Neuropsychologia 37, 307-314.
Elkadi, S., Nicholls, M.E.R. & Clode, D. (1999). Handedness in opposite and same-sex dizygotic twins: testing the testosterone hypothesis. Neuroreport 10, 333-336.
Nicholls, M.E.R. & Whelan, R.E. (1998). Hemispheric asymmetries for the temporal resolution of brief tactual stimuli. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 20, 445-456.
Bradshaw, J.L., Nicholls, M.E.R & Rogers, M.A. (1998). An intermanual advantage for tactual matching. Cortex 34, 763-770.
Nicholls, M.E.R. & Wood, A.G. (1998). The contribution of attention to the right visual field advantage for word recognition. Brain & Cognition 38, 339-357.
Spence, C., Nicholls, M.E.R., Gillespie, N. & Driver, J. (1998). Cross-modal links in exogenous covert spatial orienting between touch, audition and vision. Perception and Psychophysics 60, 544-557.
Nicholls, M.E.R. (1998). Seasonal trends in the birth of sinistrals. Laterality 3, 241-254.
Nicholls, M.E.R. (1998). Support for a structural model of aural asymmetry. Cortex 34, 99-110
Ferry, K & Nicholls, M.E.R. (1997). No evidence of hemispheric facilitation following the induction of negative and positive affect. Neuropsychologia 35, 1509-1512.
Brown, S. & Nicholls, M.E.R. (1997). Hemispheric asymmetries for the temporal resolution of brief auditory stimuli. Perception and Psychophysics 59, 442-447.
Nicholls, M.E.R. & Forbes, S. (1996) Handedness and its association with gender-related psychological and physiological characteristics. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 18, 905-910.
Nicholls, M.E.R. (1996). Evidence and implications of a temporal processing dichotomy between the hemispheres. Laterality 1, 97-137.
Nicholls, M.E.R. and Clode, D. (1996). A failure to produce a left hemisphere advantage through verbal priming. Neuropsychologia 34, 893-904.
Nicholls, M.E.R. (1994). Hemispheric asymmetries for temporal resolution: A signal detection analysis of threshold and bias. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 47a, 291-310
Nicholls, M.E.R. (1994). The non-contribution of attentional biases to visual field asymmetries for temporal discrimination. Neuropsychologia 32, 209-220.
Nicholls, M.E.R. and Atkinson, J. (1993). Hemispheric asymmetries for an inspection time task: A general left hemisphere temporal advantage? Neuropsychologia 31, 1181-1190.
Nicholls, M.E.R. and Cooper, C.J. (1991). Hemispheric differences in
the rates of information processing for simple non-verbal stimuli. Neuropsychologia 29, 677-684.
Book chapters
Lim, V.K., Bradshaw, J.L., Nicholls, M.E.R. & Altenmüller, E. (2003). Abnormal sensory processing in pianists with focal dystonia. In: Fahn, S., Hallet, M. & DeLong, M.R. (Eds). Advances in Neurology, Vol 94, Dystonia 4. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins: Philadelphia.
Nicholls, M.E.R. (2000) Asymmetries in portraits: Insights from neuropsychology. In: M.K. Mandal, M.B. Bulman-Fleming & G. Tiwari (Eds). Side-bias: A neuropsychological perspective.. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Amsterdam.
Book reviews
Nicholls, M.E.R. (2003). Laterality, the universe and everything. A review of: Right Hand, Left Hand by I.C. McManus. Laterality 8, 95-98.
Nicholls, M.E.R. (1998). Seeing both sides of the brain. A review of: The Two Sides of Perception, by Ivry & Robertson. Laterality 3, 373-377.
Nicholls, M.E.R. (1997). Review of: Axonal Conduction Time and Human Cerebral Laterality by R. Miller. Neuropsychologia 35, 1317-1318.
Seminars, papers and posters presented (past 5 years)
July, 2005. Montreal. EPS / BBCS meeting. Body and environment-centred coordinates affect free-viewing perceptual asymmetries for vertical and horizontal stimuli. Nicholls, MER., Smith, A., Mattingley, JB & Bradshaw, JL.
July, 2005. Montreal. EPS / BBCS meeting. Asymmetries for the visual expression and perception of speech. Nicholls, M.E.R. & Searle, D.
July, 2005. Psychology Department. University of New Brunswick. Asymmetries in visual communication: Some two-faced research.
July, 2005. Psychology Department. University of Waterloo. Asymmetries in visual communication: Some two-faced research.
June, 2005. Montreal. TENNET conference. Effects of luminance contrast on hemispheric processing of spatial frequency. Okubo, M., & Nicholls, M.E.R.
June, 2005. Montreal. TENNET conference. Left parallel, right sequential? Inferring hemispheric language processing strategy from an analysis of errors. Lindell, A. & Nicholls, M.E.R.
June, 2005. Montreal. TENNET conference. Free-viewing perceptual asymmetries for vertical and horizontal stimuli: The effect of body and environment-centred coordinates. Nicholls, M.E.R., Smith, A., Mattingley, J.B., & Bradshaw, J.L.
May, 2005. Psychology Department, University of Auckland. Asymmetries in visual communication: Some two-faced research.
July, 2004. Brisbane, INS meeting. An investigation of the importance of object- and space-based attentional biases to pseudoneglect. Nicholls, MER., Hughes, G., Mattinlgey, JB. & Bradshaw, JL.
April, 2004. Dunedin, EPC meeting. Body and environment-centred coordinates affect free-viewing perceptual asymmetries for vertical and horizontal stimuli. Nicholls, MER., Smith, A., Mattingley, JB & Bradshaw, JL.
November, 2003. Vancouver, Psychonomics Society Meeting. Asymmetries
between the left and right sides of the mouth for lip-reading. Nicholls,
MER., Searle, D. & Bradshaw, J.L.
July, 2003, Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University. Asymmetries in Visual Communication: Some two-faced research.
April, 2003, Sydney, EPC Meeting. Asymmetries for the expression and perception of negative & positive affect in left and right poses. Lindell, A, Ellis, B., Clement, J. & Nicholls, MER.
April, 2003, Sydney, EPC Meeting. Asymmetries in lip-reading revealed through the McGurk effect. Nicholls, M.E.R., Searle, D. & Bradshaw, J.L.
June, 2002. Montreal, TENNET meeting. Attentional deployment in visual half-field tasks: The effect of cue position on word naming latency. Lindell, A.K., & Nicholls, M.E.R.
June, 2002. Montreal, TENNET meeting. Trunk- and head-centred spatial coordinates do not affect free-viewing perceptual asymmetries. Nicholls, M.E.R., Mattingley, J.B., Bradshaw, J.L. & Krins, P.
April, 2002, Adelaide, EPC Meeting. Free-viewing perceptual asymmetries for horizontally and vertically aligned stimuli. Nicholls, M. E. R., Smith, A., & Mattingley, J. B.
September, 2001. Latrobe University, Psychology Department Seminar Series. A fundamental description of cerebral asymmetry: it's about time.
September, 2001. University of Melbourne, Departmental colloquium. Experimental psychology goes arty: why portraits turn the left cheek.
June, 2001. Montreal, TENNET meeting. Invited presentation in: Sex and hormones symposium. Brain lateralisation in CAH: Support for the testosterone hypothesis? Nicholls, M.E.R., Kelso, W.M. & Warne, G.L.
June, 2001. Montreal, TENNET meeting. The effect of gender and emotional expressivity on posing behaviour. Nicholls, M.E.R., Clode, D., Lindell, A.K. & Wood, A.G.
June, 2001. Montreal, TENNET meeting. The effect of word length on hemispheric word recognition: Evidence from unilateral and bilateral-redundant presentations. Lindell, A.K., Nicholls, M.E.R. & Castles, A.E.
October, 2000. University of York, Departmental seminar. What role does attention play in visual perceptual asymmetries? Nicholls, M.E.R.
October, 2000. University College, London, Departmental seminar. A fundamental description of cerebral asymmetry: it's about time. Nicholls, M.E.R.
October, 2000. Birkbeck College, London, Departmental seminar. What role does attention play in visual perceptual asymmetries? Nicholls, M.E.R.
October, 2000. University of Oxford, Cognitive Science seminar. Experimental Psychology gets arty: The neuropsychological basis of the left cheek bias in portraiture. Nicholls, M.E.R.
September, 2000. University of Bangor, Departmental seminar. What role does attention play in visual perceptual asymmetries? Nicholls, M.E.R.
September, 2000. Yorkshire, Chaos meeting. Free viewing perceptual asymmetries exist: but why? Nicholls, M.E.R.
June, 2000. Montreal, TENNET meeting. Unilateral hemispheric activation does not affect free-viewing perceptual asymmetries. Nicholls, M.E.R., Bradshaw, J.L. & Mattingley, J.B.
April, 2000. Brisbane, EPC meeting. Experimental psychology goes arty: why portraits reveal their left cheek. Nicholls, M.E.R.
Jan, 2000. London, EPS meeting. Asymmetries for tactile temporal resolution: A left hemisphere, not a right hemispace, advantage. Nicholls, M.E.R.
July, 1999. Deakin University, Geelong. Seminar series. A fundamental description of human cerebral asymmetry: it's about time. Nicholls, M.E.R.
July, 1999. BSI, Swinburne University, Hawthorn. Seminar series. A fundamental description of human cerebral asymmetry: it's about time. Nicholls, M.E.R.
April, 1999. Sydney. Experimental Psychology Conference. The role of unilateral activation in free-viewing perceptual asymmetries. Nicholls, M.E.R.