Dr. Nestor Matthews Affiliation: Faculty Title: Associate Professor Office: Knapp 410-C Email: matthewsn@denison.edu Phone: 740-587-5782 View Nestor's personal page.

Education

Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2001: Columbia University

Ph.D. Experimental Psychology 1997: Brown University

M. Sc. Experimental Psychology 1995: Brown University

B.A. Psychology 1993: Fairleigh Dickinson University

Biography

Dr. Matthews joined the faculty at Denison in 2001 after completing a four-year post-doctoral fellowship in the Center for Neurobiology & Behavior at Columbia University.  He teaches Sensation & Perception, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Research Methods, and Introduction to Psychology. Seminars he has offered include "Perceptual Learning and Brain Plasticity", "The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music", and "Ruining Humor with Science". His research addresses issues in human vision and audition, with an emphasis on how these sensory systems improve with training.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles With Denison Student Co-Authors

6. Reardon K, Kelly J, & Matthews N, 2009. Bilateral Attentional Advantage on Elementary Visual Tasks. Vision Research. 49(7), 692-702. [PubMed]

5. Strong K, Kurosawa K, & Matthews N, 2006. Hastening Orientation Sensitivity. Journal of Vision. 6(5), 661-670. [PubMed]

4. Matthews N, Rojewski A, & Cox J, 2006. The time course of the oblique effect in orientation judgments. Journal of Vision. 5(3), 202-214. [PubMed]

3. Matthews N, & Allen J, 2005. The role of speed lines in subtle direction judgments. Vision Research. 45(12), 1629-1640. [PubMed]

2. Saffell T, & Matthews N, 2003. Task-specific perceptual learning on speed and direction discrimination. Vision Research. 43(12), 1365-1374. [PubMed]

1. Stanley R, & Matthews N, 2003.  Invalid cues impair auditory motion sensitivity. Perception. 32(6), 731-740. [PubMed]