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My research focuses primarily on two different aspects of sensory processing: the mechanisms and influences of selective attention, and the way in which the brain integrates information, including unusual occurrences of integration such as Synaesthesia.
My research explores the way in which selective attention works. I am particularly interested in the way the brain maintains the delicate balance between voluntary deployments of attention towards a goal and the involuntary shifts of attention caused by events in the environment. My attention work focuses in three main domains: the cognitive processes underpinning visual search, in both abstract displays and within more applied displays such as medical images; sustained attention and the challenges involved in maintaining vigilance; and the neural underpinnings of attention. I am exploring these aspects of visual attention using psychophysics and neuroimaging. I am also interested in the way in which the brain changes and adapts to injury or modified input.
My second major stream of research focuses on multisensory integration, including research on synaesthesia, an unusual condition in which stimulation in one sensory modality generates an additional experience. For example, in 'sound-colour' synaesthesia, a sound elicits a colour experience; in 'grapheme-colour' synaesthesia, letters, digits and words each generate particular involuntary colours. Although unusual, synaesthesia is not a disorder; it can provide us with a unique view of the integration that underlies perception. We are currently conducting studies on grapheme-colour, sound-colour, and olfactory-colour synaesthesia.
As always, I am happy to hear from people who think they might have synaesthesia - check out our Synaesthesia Research page for more information.
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Projects
CEPET: Centre for Elite Performance Expertise and Training (CEPET) - MQRC 2019
Thompson, B., Wiggins, M., Crane, M., Curby, K., Downey, G., Griffin, B., Kallen, R., Pearlman, K., Reichle, E., Rich, A., Richardson, M., Sutton, J., Taylor, M., Auton, J., Baird, A., Bicknell, K., Carrigan, A., Di Ieva, A., Garrido, W., Kangas, M., Olsen, K., Williams, M. & Yu, L.
1/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Enhancing Lifeguard Performance: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Griffin, B., Wiggins, M., Rich, A., Curby, K., Taylor, M., Olsen, K., Kavakli-Thorne, M. & Giacomelli, L.
31/08/17 → …
Project: Research
Improving inferences from brain imaging to understand selective attention
Woolgar, A., Rich, A., Duncan, J. & MQRES, M.
30/06/17 → …
Project: Research
Why is monitoring for rare events so difficult and what can we do about it?
Rich, A., Wiggins, M., Wolfe, J., Helton, D. & Woolgar, A.
1/01/17 → …
Project: Research
Research Outputs
Late disruption of central visual field disrupts peripheral perception of form and color
Weldon, K. B., Woolgar, A., Rich, A. N. & Williams, M. A., 30 Jan 2020, In : PLoS ONE. 15, 1, 17 p., e0219725.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The structure of illusory conjunctions reveals hierarchical binding of multipart objects
Vul, E., Rieth, C. A., Lew, T. F. & Rich, A. N., 2020, In : Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics. 82, p. 550–563 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Do target detection and target localization always go together? Extracting information from briefly presented displays
Carrigan, A. J., Wardle, S. G. & Rich, A. N., Nov 2019, In : Attention, Perception and Psychophysics. 81, 8, p. 2685–2699 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Exploring the effect of context and expertise on attention: is attention shifted by information in medical images?
Carrigan, A. J., Curby, K. M., Moerel, D. & Rich, A. N., Jul 2019, In : Attention, Perception and Psychophysics. 81, 5, p. 1283–1296 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Limits on visual awareness of object targets in the context of other object category masks: investigating bottlenecks in the continuous flash suppression paradigm with hand and tool stimuli
Zopf, R., Schweinberger, S. R. & Rich, A. N., May 2019, In : Journal of Vision. 19, 5, p. 1-16 16 p., 17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Prizes
2001: Finalist in Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
Anina Rich (Recipient), 2001
Prize: Other distinction
2002: Finalist in Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
Anina Rich (Recipient), 2002
Prize: Other distinction
2005: Australian Psychological Society Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology Award
Anina Rich (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
- 1 Membership of network
Global Young Academy (External organisation)
Anina Rich (Member)2015 → 2020
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Press / Media
When Helen reads a sentence, the words each have their own colour
2/02/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Episode 8: "The smell" with Jo Burzynska & Anina Rich
10/01/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Synesthesia: seeing sounds, hearing colours
6/01/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
2018, Expert comment: Scientific Partner, Culture at Work Art/Science Residency (Jo Burzynska): Sydney Science Festival
9/08/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
2018, Public lecture: The Taste of Purple – The Power Institute (University of Sydney)
13/03/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities