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Laura Cacciamani

Assistant Professor at California Polytechnic State University

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Assistant Professor at California Polytechnic State University

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Laura Cacciamani @ CalPoly

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Journal Articles

Transfer of Learning in People Who Are Blind: Enhancement of Spatial-Cognitive Abilities through Drawing. (2018). Transfer of Learning in People Who Are Blind: Enhancement of Spatial-Cognitive Abilities through Drawing. Journal Of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 4(112). Retrieved from https://www.afb.org/jvib/Newjvibabstract.asp?articleid=jvib120406

Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. (2017). Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. Neurobiology Of Learning And Memory, 141. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2017.03.013 PMID: 28347878 PMCID: PMC 5488874

The Cortical Network for Braille Writing in the Blind. (2016). The Cortical Network for Braille Writing in the Blind. Electronic Imaging, 2016, 1–6. http://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.16.HVEI-095 PMID: 28890944 PMCID: PMC5589194

Tactile object familiarity in the blind brain reveals the supramodal perceptual-mnemonic nature of the perirhinal cortex. (Apr 12 2016). Tactile object familiarity in the blind brain reveals the supramodal perceptual-mnemonic nature of the perirhinal cortex. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience, 10, 92. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00092 PMID: 27148002 PMCID: PMC4828456

The role of the perirhinal cortex in tactile perception and memory in the blind. (2016). The role of the perirhinal cortex in tactile perception and memory in the blind. Journal Of Vision, 16(12).

Effect of familiarity on Braille writing and reading in the blind: From graphemes to comprehension. (2015). Effect of familiarity on Braille writing and reading in the blind: From graphemes to comprehension. Journal Of Vision, 15, 920–920. http://doi.org/10.1167/15.12.920

Beyond Conscious Object Perception: Processing and Inhibition of the Groundside of a Figure. (2014). Beyond Conscious Object Perception: Processing and Inhibition of the Groundside of a Figure.

Semantic access occurs outside of awareness for the ground side of a figure. (2014). Semantic access occurs outside of awareness for the ground side of a figure. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 76, 2531–2547.

Spatially rearranged object parts can facilitate perception of intact whole objects. (2014). Spatially rearranged object parts can facilitate perception of intact whole objects. Frontiers In Psychology, 5.

Competition-strength-dependent ground suppression in figure–ground perception. (2012). Competition-strength-dependent ground suppression in figure–ground perception. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 74, 964–978.

Meaning can be accessed for the ground side of a figure. (2012). Meaning can be accessed for the ground side of a figure. Gestalt Theory, 34.

The perirhinal cortex modulates V2 activity in response to the agreement between part familiarity and configuration familiarity. (2012). The perirhinal cortex modulates V2 activity in response to the agreement between part familiarity and configuration familiarity. Hippocampus, 22, 1965–1977.

Presentations/Posters

Top-down working memory reorganization of the primary visual cortex: Granger Causality analysis. (2017). Top-down working memory reorganization of the primary visual cortex: Granger Causality analysis. http://doi.org/10.1167/17.10.594

Dissociable brain networks revealed to single-repetition learning in Braille reading and Braille writing-fromm. (2016). Dissociable brain networks revealed to single-repetition learning in Braille reading and Braille writing-fromm. Retrieved from ECVP 2016 Perception 45, 164-165

High-order multisensory mechanisms: Insights from Braille writing and reading. (2016). High-order multisensory mechanisms: Insights from Braille writing and reading. Retrieved from IS&T Int Symp Electron Imaging

Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. (2016). Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. Retrieved from SfN. San Diego Ca, USA

Other Publications

Top-down working memory reorganization of the primary visual cortex: Granger Causality analysis. (2017). Top-down working memory reorganization of the primary visual cortex: Granger Causality analysis. Retrieved from Jurnal of Vision

Toward a dynamical view of object perception. (2013). Toward a dynamical view of object perception. In Shape Perception in Human and Computer Vision (pp. 443–457). Springer London.

Mentorship Period

January 2014 - June 2016

Mentors

Lora Likova