Luc Boutsen

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United Kingdom

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Research Interests

Visual cognition: object and face perception, visual attention, perceptual organisation

Current projects:

1. The effect of facial disfigurements on attention and perception of faces

2. Visual affordances and tool perception

3. Category-specificity in visual object recognition

Methodology:

- eye tracking, EEG, behavioural experiments

Teaching Activity

PY3112 Mind and brain: An introduction to philosophy of mind

Qualifications

Ph.D. Psychology, Universite P. Mendes France, Grenoble, France (1998)
M.Sc. Cognitive Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK (1995)
B.Sc. Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (1993)

PhD Supervision

f you are interested in doing a PhD or a postdoc in cognitive neuroscience, please contact me for an informal discussion of topics and funding opportunities. Currently I am interested in the following topics:

1. The time course of object and face processing using EEG

2. The effect of facial disfigurements on perception and attention to faces

3. Configural and emotional processing in faces

4. Brain mechanisms underlying object-based visual attention

Contact Details

Email: l.boutsen@aston.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 121 204 4069
Fax: +44 (0) 121 204 4090
Office: SW 508 (South Wing)

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14 Article
1 Conference abstract

Do facially disfiguring features influence attention and perception of faces? Evidence from an antisaccade task
Boutsen, L., Pearson, N. & Jüttner, M., 1 May 2022, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 75, 5, p. 830-840
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Differential impact of disfiguring facial features on overt and covert attention
Boutsen, L., Pearson, N. A. & Jüttner, M., 1 Oct 2018, In: Acta Psychologica. 190, p. 122-134 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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The effect of disfiguring features on covert and overt attention to faces
Boutsen, L., Pearson, N. & Jüttner, M., 31 Aug 2015, In: Perception. 44, Suppl.1, p. 17 1 p., 1P1M057.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract › peer-review
Ingroup categorization affects the structural encoding of other-race faces: evidence from the N170 event-related potential
Cassidy, K. D., Boutsen, L., Humphreys, G. W. & Quinn, K. A., 31 Dec 2014, In: Social neuroscience. 9, 3, p. 235-248 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Are faces special? A case of pure prosopagnosia
Riddoch, M. J., Johnston, R. A., Bracewell, R. M., Boutsen, L. & Humphreys, G. W., Feb 2008, In: Cognitive Neuropsychology. 25, 1, p. 3-26 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

7 Participation in conference
6 Publication peer-review
3 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
1 Invited talk

European Conference on Visual Perception 2019
Luc Boutsen (Participant)
25 Aug 2019 → 29 Aug 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Experimental Psychology Society UK meeting
Luc Boutsen (Invited speaker)
10 Jul 2019 → 12 Jul 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting
Luc Boutsen (Speaker)
Nov 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
38th European Conference on Visual Perception
Luc Boutsen (Participant)
24 Aug 2016 → 27 Aug 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Are you looking at me? Attending to facial disfigurements in covert and overt ways
Luc Boutsen (Speaker)
1 Sep 2015
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk