Cecile Vullings

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Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Lille, France
M.S. in Psychology: Experimental and Applied Behavior Analysis, University of Lille, France

I am a postdoctoral fellow working under the supervision of Dr. Preeti Verghese. My work at Smith-Kettlewell, funded by the Franco-American Fulbright commission, will aim at improving visual search in age-related macular degeneration patients by increasing scotoma awareness and optimizing their eye movement strategies. Previously, I completed my Ph.D. at University of Lille (France), in which I investigated oculomotor learning and the temporal plasticity of the saccadic system through behavioral (psychophysical and eye-tracking) methods and reinforcement techniques.

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Publications

Journal Articles

Vullings, C., Lively, Z., & Verghese, P. (2022). Saccades during visual search in macular degeneration. Vision Research, 201. 10.1016/j.visres.2022.108113 (Original work published 12/2022 C.E.)
Vullings, C., & Verghese, P. (2021). Mapping the binocular scotoma in macular degeneration. Journal Of Vision, 21(3), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.21.3.9 (Original work published 03/2021 C.E.)
Verghese, P., Vullings, C., & Shanidze, N. (2020). Eye Movements in Macular Degeneration. Annual Reviews Of Vision Science, 7. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-vision-100119-125555 (Original work published 09/2021 C.E.)
López-Moliner, J., Vullings, C., Madelain, L., & van Beers, R. J. (2019). Prediction and final temporal errors are used for trial-to-trial motor corrections. Scientific Reports, 9(19230), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55560-6 (Original work published 12/2019 C.E.)
Vullings, C., & Madelain, L. (2019). Discriminative control of saccade latencies. Journal Of Vision, 19(16), 1-15. doi.org/10.1167/19.3.16 (Original work published 03/2019 C.E.)
Vullings, C., & Madelain, L. (2018). Control of saccadic latency in a dynamic environment: allocation of saccades in time follows the matching law. Journal Of Neurophysiology, 119, 413-421. 10.1152/jn.00634.2017
Vullings, C., Harwood, M. R., & Madelain, L. (2019). Reinforcement reduces the size–latency phenomenon: A cost– benefit evaluation of saccade triggering. Journal Of Vision, 19(16), 1-9. doi.org/10.1167/19.4.16 (Original work published 04/2019 C.E.)

Presentations/Posters

Lively, Z., Vullings, C., & Verghese, P. (2020). Do saccade characteristics in macular degeneration adapt to compensate for the binocular scotoma?. Online: Bay Area Vision Research Day. (Original work published 09/2020 C.E.)
Davison, M., Cowie, S., Vullings, C., & Madelain, L. (2020). Modeling the effects of location on choice: Saccadic latencies. Online: New Zealand Association for Behaviour Analysis. (Original work published 08/2020 C.E.)
Vullings, C., & Verghese, P. (2019). Mapping the binocular scotoma in macular degeneration. Bay Area Vision Research Day. (Original work published 09/2019 C.E.)
Vullings, C., & Verghese, P. (2019). Binocular scotoma mapping and eye movement patterns in central field loss. Gordon Research Conference On Eye Movements. Lewiston, USA. (Original work published 07/2019 C.E.)
Vullings, C., & Madelain, L. (2016). Reinforcement contingencies affect the allocation of saccades in time. Forum Annuel Du Groupement De Recherche Vision. Toulouse, France. (Original work published 11/2016 C.E.)
Vullings, C., Harwood, M. R., & Madelain, L. (2017). Reinforcement can reduce the size- latency phenomenon. Forum Annuel Du Groupement De Recherche Vision. Lille, France. (Original work published 10/2017 C.E.)
Vullings, C., & Madelain, L. (2017). Control of saccadic latencies in a concurrent interval reinforcement schedule. Association For Behavior Analysis International. Paris, France. (Original work published 11/2017 C.E.)
Vullings, C., & Madelain, L. (2018). One can choose one’s own saccadic reaction times. Association For Behavior Analysis International. San Diego, USA. (Original work published 05/2018 C.E.)
Vullings, C., & Madelain, L. (2018). Classical conditioning of saccadic latencies using gap and overlap paradigms. Vision Sciences Society. St. Pete Beach, USA. (Original work published 05/2018 C.E.)
Vullings, C., & Madelain, L. (2015). Choice and saccadic latency in a concurrent random interval reinforcement program. Forum Annuel Du Groupement De Recherche Vision. Grenoble, France. (Original work published 12/2015 C.E.)

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