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Carol Walthew B.A. (Hons.) B.Sc. (Hons.) Ph.D. (Bristol)

 

Carol Walthew designed, published, & maintains eyemovementresearch.com: a non-profit web-based portal for eye movement information, research, and resources. Launched: 2 September 2008.

 

Current Post

Gallery Enabler, Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, England, U.K., 2 November 2009 to present.

 

Academic Posts

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship: Target location probability effects in visual search: simple-shape arrays vs. real-world scenes. Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, March 2008 - February 2009. Award holder: Dr. Carol Walthew. Mentor: Dr. James Brockmole.

 

Teaching, Demonstrating, & Tutoring

2008/9: Tutor for a 3rd Year Psychology group project. Project title: Contextual cueing in visual search: testing the limits of association learning. Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, U.K.

2004/5: Demonstrator for 2nd Year Statistics & Methods SPSS tutorials. Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, U.K.

 

Journal Publications

Walthew, C., & Gilchrist, I. D. (2006). Target location probability effects in visual search: An effect of sequential dependencies. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32(5), 1294-1301.

 

Conference Presentations (published abstracts, oral, & poster)

Published Abstracts

Walthew, C. E., & Gilchrist, I. D. (2006). Target location probability effects in visual search are an effect of sequential dependencies [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 6(6), 842a, http://journalofvision.org/6/6/842/, doi:10.1167/6.6.842.

Walthew, C., & Gilchrist, I. D. (2005). Target location probability affects saccade accuracy in search: A role for sequential dependencies and implicit learning. In M. Groner, R. Groner, R. Müri, K. Koga, S. Raess, & P, Sury (Eds.). Thirteenth European Conference on Eye Movements ECEM13.

Mennie, N. R., Hayhoe, M. M., Sullivan, B. T., & Walthew, C. (2003). Look ahead fixations and visuo-motor planning [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 3(9), 123a, http://journalofvision.org/3/9/123/, doi:10.1167/3.9.123.

Oral Presentations

Walthew, C., & Gilchrist, I. D. (2006). Target location probability effects in visual search: Sequential dependencies or implicit learning of spatial probabilities? Experimental Psychology Society, Birmingham, U.K., 10-12 April.

Walthew, C., & Gilchrist, I. D. (2005). Target location probability affects saccade accuracy in visual search: An effect of sequential dependencies. Active Vision 7, Reading, U.K., 12 September.

Walthew, C., & Gilchrist, I. D. (2004). Implicit sensitivity to statistical probabilities of target location during a visual search task: an eye movement study. Active Vision 6, Exeter, U.K., 20 September.

Mennie, N. R., Hayhoe, M. M., Sullivan, B. T., & Walthew, C. (2003). Look ahead fixations and visuo-motor planning. Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A., May. [see published abstracts]

Poster Presentations

Walthew, C., & Gilchrist, I. D. (2008). Target colour probability effects in visual search. Rovereto Attention Workshop, Rovereto, Italy, 23-25 October.

Walthew, C. E., & Gilchrist, I. D. (2006). Target location probability effects in visual search are an effect of sequential dependencies. Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A., 5-10 May. [see published abstracts]

Walthew, C., & Gilchrist, I. D. (2005). Target location probability affects saccade accuracy in search: A role for sequential dependencies and implicit learning. European Conference on Eye Movements 13, Bern, Switzerland, 14-18 August. [see published abstracts]

 

Invited Talks

Probability effects in visual search. University of Tampere, Finland, 21 August 2008.
Probability effects in visual search. University of Edinburgh, U.K., 23 February 2008.

 

Workshops, Summer Schools, & Training

Summer School on Gaze, Communication, and Interaction Technology, University of Tampere, Finland, August 18-22, 2008.

 

Ph.D. Thesis

Walthew, C. (2008). Target location and colour probability effects in visual search. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Bristol. (Supervisor: Prof. Iain Gilchrist; Assessors: Dr. Trevor Crawford, Lancaster University and Professor Tom Troscianko, University of Bristol).

 

Research Funding

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, March 2008 - February 2009. Award holder: Dr. Carol Walthew (Mentor: Dr. James Brockmole).

EPSRC Ph.D. Studentship, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, U.K., October 2003 - September 2006. Award holder: Carol Walthew (Supervisor: Professor Iain Gilchrist).

Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program in Vision Science, Center of Visual Sciences, University of Rochester, U.S.A., June - September 2002. Award holder: Carol Walthew (Mentor: Professor Mary Hayhoe).

 

Travel Awards

Brain: A Journal of Neurology, Travel grant, £650, for attendance at Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A., 5-10 May 2006.

Alumni Foundation, University of Bristol, U.K., Postgraduate travel grant, £350, for attendance at Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A., 5-10 May 2006.

Experimental Psychology Society, U.K., Grindley Grant (EPS meeting), £104, for attendance at EPS Birmingham, U.K., 10-12 April 2006.

Experimental Psychology Society, U.K., Grindley Grant (non EPS meeting), £373.82, for attendance at the European Conference on Eye Movements, Bern, Switzerland, 14-18 August 2005.

 

Public Engagement of Science

In her role as a STEM Ambassador, Carol Walthew was a volunteer in the Interactive Arena at the Bang Goes the Theory Roadshow, Weymouth, U.K., 28-29 August 2010.

In her role as a STEM Ambassador, Carol Walthew was a volunteer Science Busker at the Manchester Science Festival, Manchester, U.K., 20-30 October 2009. [MSF Volunteer Profile]

Carol Walthew was a Press Centre volunteer at the British Science Association's British Science Festival, Guildford, U.K., 5-10 September 2009. Carol also contributed to the Festival News [Peer review: revise and resubmit].

Carol Walthew was an employed Science Communicator at the Edinburgh International Science Festival, Edinburgh, U.K., 4-18 April 2009. Carol worked on the BBC 'Nina and the Neurons' event communicating basic science concepts to children via make-and-do workshops.

Carol Walthew was a volunteer at the Explore-At-Bristol and Bristol Neuroscience event held at At-Bristol (hands-on science centre), Bristol, U.K. as part of National Science Week and National Brain Awareness Week, 12-18 March 2007.

Carol Walthew was a volunteer at the University of Bristol’s Science Alive! event held in the Broadmead Mall Galleries Shopping Centre, Bristol, U.K. as part of National Science Week, 17-18 March 2006.

 

Memberships

British Interactive Group, Member, 2010 to present
STEMNET, STEM Ambassador, 2009 to present
British Science Association, Ordinary Member, 2009 to present
Applied Vision Association, life member (from 2005)
Vision Sciences Society, 2006

 

Stuff I'd like to share

To attend the 2008 Rovereto Attention Workshop I cycled the last leg of my journey, from Verona to Rovereto. On the way I took some photos, one of which was selected for publication by the BBC on their World News website [BBC, picture 4; 25 November 2008].