
Dr Mark Schier
- School of Health Sciences
- Department of Health and Medical Sciences
- SPW221 Hawthorn campus
Biography
Mark is an adjunct academic staff member with scholarly interests in Sensory Neurosciences, Vision, Attention, and Driving Performance/Simulation. Away from work, he spends time with his family, gardening, keeping fit, and an MGB.
Research interests
cognitive neuroscience; sensory systems; perception; visual sensory science; EEG systems; psychophysiology; faces; eye movements
PhD candidate and honours supervision
Higher degrees by research
Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Principal Supervisor.
Honours
Available to supervise honours students.
Honours topics and outlines
Detection of human thresholds to light perception: In the dark and light adapted huan eye, there are different levels of minimum intensity that is required for perception. The aim of this project is to systematically measure these under varying conditions of illumination and type of light source
Eye movements and detection of attention related changes: Eye movements can be divided into two distinct types: saccades – where gaze jumps from one location to another, and smooth pursuit – where tracking of an object occurs. The scope of the project is to examine the interaction between the two types of eye movements and how these are affected by external attentional changes.
Facial recognition: effects of image size, separation ad position: Facial recognition is a widely used technique in our current community. Largely used for processing of identity documents at border control, immigration and extending more into everyday life. This project aims to investigate matching photographs or on-screen images with other similar images. The variables to be explored are the effect of images size/s, separation and location on screen.
Fields of Research
- Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance - 520406
- Sensory Systems - 320907
- Educational Technology And Computing - 390405
Teaching areas
Biomedical science;Neuroscience;perception;sensory systems
Further information
- https://theconversation.com/profiles/mark-schier-319552/
Publications
Also published as: Schier, Mark; Schier, M.; Schier, Mark A.
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Recent research grants awarded
- 2019: Flash threshold detection at low light levels during dark adaption *; Photometric Solutions International
* Chief Investigator
Recent media
- 2019-06-20: Yawning: Interview with Alan Hickey - Fiveaa Adelaide
- 2018-05-28: Yawning: Interview with Peter Bell (Program titled Breakfast) - ABC 720 Perth
- 2018-05-26: Yawning: Interview with Melanie Pearce (program titled Breakfast) - ABC 549 Orange
- 2018-03-20: Yawning: Why we yawn and why is it contagious (quoted) - New Daily
- 2017-01-05: Brain Freeze: Interview with Mark Fennell (program titled Summer Mornings) - ABC 720 Sydney
- 2017-01-03: Brain Freeze: Interview with Varischetti (program titled Breakfast) - ABC 720 Perth
- 2017-01-02: Brain Freeze: Interview with Clinton Maynard (program titled Healthy Lifestyle) - 2UE 954 Sydney