Contact Information

Martinos Center at MGH
Harvard Medical School
149 Thirteenth Street
Rm 2301
Charlestown, MA 02129

olivia@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

Curriculum Vitae


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Education


Ph.D. in Psychology, 2010
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Dissertation: The interactions between visual appearance and conceptual knowledge in the acquisition of perceptual expertise
Graduate Advisor: Isabel Gauthier, Ph.D.

B.S.Sc., major in Psychology, minor in Modern Language and Cultural Studies, 2002
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Thesis Advisor: William G. Hayward, Ph.D.


Appointments

Academic Appointment
Research Fellow in Radiology, 2010-present
Harvard Medical School

Hospital Appointment
Research Fellow, 2010-present
Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Radiology, Charlestown, Massachusetts

Postdoctoral Advisor: Moshe Bar, Ph.D.


Publications


Cheung, O.S., & Bar, M. (2012). Visual prediction and perceptual expertise. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 83(2), 156-163.

Richler, J.J., Cheung, O.S., & Gauthier, I. (2011). Beliefs alone alter holistic processing... If response bias is not taken into account. Journal of Vision, 11(13):17, 1-13.

Cheung, O.S., Richler, J.J., Phillips, W.S., & Gauthier, I. (2011). Does temporal integration of face parts reflect holistic processing? Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 18(3), 476-483.

Richler, J.J., Cheung, O.S., & Gauthier, I. (2011). Holistic processing predicts face recognition. Psychological Science, 22(4), 464-471.

Cheung, O.S., & Gauthier, I. (2010). Selective interference on the holistic processing of faces in working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 36(2), 448-461.

Cheung, O.S., & Gauthier, I. (2009). The locus of holistic processing. In I. Gauthier, D. Bub., & M.J. Tarr (Eds.), Perceptual Expertise: Bridging Brain and Behavior (pp.271-303). Oxford University Press.

Cheung, O.S., Hayward, W.G., & Gauthier, I. (2009). Dissociating the effects of angular disparity and image similarity in mental rotation and object recognition. Cognition, 113(1), 128-133.

Richler, J.J., Cheung, O.S., Wong, A.C.-N., & Gauthier, I. (2009). Does response interference contribute to face composite effects? Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16(2), 258-263.

Cheung, O.S., Richler, J.J., Palmeri, T.J., & Gauthier, I. (2008). Revisiting the role of spatial frequencies in the holistic processing of faces. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34(6), 1327-1336.

Gauthier, I., Wong, A.C.-N., Hayward, W.G., & Cheung, O.S. (2006). Font tuning associated with expertise in letter perception. Perception, 35(4), 541-559.


Manuscripts in Progress

Cheung, O.S., & Bar, M. (submitted). Making predictions at a glimpse: Low spatial frequencies produce priming across viewpoints and exemplars.

Cheung, O.S.
, & Gauthier, I. (under revision). Interactions between visual appearance and conceptual knowledge in the acquisition of perceptual expertise.

Cheung, O.S., & Gauthier, I. (in preparation). Neural correlates of interactions between visual appearance and conceptual knowledge in object recognition.

Cheung, O.S., Hayward, W.G., & Gauthier, I. (in preparation). The dorsal visual stream supports both image similarity and viewpoint disparity during mental rotation and object recognition.

Zhao, M., Hayward, W.G., Rhodes, G., & Cheung, O.S. (submitted). An own-race disadvantage for the processing of face features.


Teaching Experience

Teaching assistant, 2004-2006
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Principles of Experimental Design (Instructor: Dr. Thomas Palmeri), 2006 Spring
Principles of Experimental Design (Instructor: Dr. Adriane Seiffert), 2005 Fall
Principles of Experimental Design (Instructor: Dr. Adriane Seiffert), 2005 Spring 
General Psychology (Instructor: Dr. Isabel Gauthier), 2004 Fall


Fellowships and Awards

Trainee Research Grant, Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center, 2010 ($2500)
Golden Greeble Research Grant, Perceptual Expertise Network, 2009 ($3000)
Trainee Research Grant, Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center, 2009 ($1000)
Graduate School International Travel Grant, Vanderbilt University, 2008
Graduate School Domestic Travel Grants, Vanderbilt University, 2005-2007
University Tuition Scholarship, Vanderbilt University, 2003-2010    
University Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, 2003-2010


Other Research Experience

Undergraduate advising
Yoseph A. Beki, Honors program, Vanderbilt University (2010, co-advised with Dr. Isabel Gauthier)

Kara B. Grubb, Honors program, Vanderbilt University (
2007-2009, co-advised with Dr. Isabel Gauthier)
            - Kara received the Jum C. Nunnally Research Award (2009) for the most outstanding                                  undergraduate honors project in the Department of Psychology

Research assistant and lab manager, 2002-2003
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Advisor: William G. Hayward, Ph.D.


Public Relations

Scienceblogs.com, 2009 January


Professional Membership and Affiliations

Vision Sciences Society, member, 2005-present
Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center, student trainee, 2007-2010
Perceptual Expertise Network, student trainee, 2003-2010



Conference Presentations

Cheung, O.S., Gagnon, S.A., Panichello, M.F., & Bar, M. (2012, May). Dissociating contextual and semantic priming in object recognition. Poster to be presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida.

Cheung, O.S., & Bar, M. (2011, May). Viewpoint and exemplar generalization in visual prediction. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida.

Gauthier, I., Richler, J.J., & Cheung, O.S. (2010, November). When the measure is valid, holistic processing predicts face expertise. Talk presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, Missouri.

Gauthier, I., Richler, J.J., & Cheung, O.S. (2010, May). Beliefs alone alter holistic face processing... If response bias is not taken into account. Poster presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida.

Cheung, O.S., Richler, J.J., Phillips, W.S., & Gauthier, I. (2009, May). Does temporal integration of face parts reflect holistic processing? Paper presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida.

Hayward, W.G., Zhao, M., Cheung, O.S., Rhodes, G., & Gauthier, I. (2009, May). Dissociating contributions of configural and component information to the own-race advantage in face recognition. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida.

Richler, J.J., Cheung, O.S., Wong, A.C.-N., & Gauthier, I. (2008, November). Does response interference contribute to face composite effects? Poster presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, Illinois.

Cheung, O.S.
, Hayward, W.G., & Gauthier, I. (2008, June). Dissociating the effects of viewpoint disparity and image similarity in mental rotation and object recognition. Paper presented at the 6th Chinese Psychologist Conference, Hong Kong, China.   

Cheung, O.S., Hayward, W.G., & Gauthier, I. (2008, May). Dissociating the effects of viewpoint disparity and image similarity in mental rotation and object recognition. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida.   

Cheung, O.S., Richler, J.J., Palmeri, T.J., & Gauthier, I. (2007, May). Revisiting the role of spatial frequencies in the holistic processing of faces. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida.

Cheung, O. S., & Gauthier, I. (2006, May). Contextually evoked interference on the holistic processing of faces. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida.

Cheung, O.S.-C., & Gauthier, I. (2005, May). How holistic processing is affected by perceptual load. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida.

Gauthier, I., & Cheung, O.S.-C. (2005, May). How holistic processing is affected by working memory load. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, Florida.

Hayward, W.G., Cheung, S.-C., & Tarr, M.J. (2003, November). Use of view-based and structure-based cues in object recognition. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver.

Cheung, S. -C.
, & Hayward, W. G. (2002, June). Exploring the expertise effects in letter recognition. Paper presented at the Experimental Psychology Session, Annual meeting of Hong Kong Psychological Society, Hong Kong.

Hayward, W. G., Gauthier, I., Cheung, S.-C., & Wong, C.-N. (2001, December). Recognizing letters: Similarities to and differences from faces. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Australian Ophthalmic and Visual Science Meeting, Sydney, Australia.

Gauthier, I., Hayward, W. G., Wong, C. -N., & Cheung, S.-C. (2001, November). The role of font in letter recognition. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando, Florida.


Professional Service

Ad-hoc reviewer for 
Journals
Attention, Perception & Psychophysics; Cerebral Cortex; Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance; Journal of Neuroscience; Journal of Vision; PLoS One; Psychonomic Bulletin & Review; Visual Cognition

Funding agencies:
Israel Science Foundation

Organizer, Martinos Brain and Cognition Talks, 2010 October-2011 December