afchapman
Postdoc studying neural mechanisms of attention.
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Boston University
Welcome!
I am currently a Postdoctoral Associate working in Rachel Denison’s lab at Boston University. I received my PhD from UC San Diego in 2022, where I worked in the labs of John Serences and Viola Störmer. Broadly, I am interested in the neural mechanisms underlying visual perception and attention, as well as exploring theoretical and computational aspects of attention.
Before moving to the US for grad school, I received my BSc and BSc (Hons) in psychology, statistics, and mathematics from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. My early research experience came from working with Gina Grimshaw and Tirta Susilo.
news
| Sep 02, 2025 | I have a new preprint online, coauthored with Melissa (now at EPFL in Switzerland) and Rachel. You can view it on bioRxiv: Attention reshapes the representational geometry of a perceptual feature space Data and analysis code are also posted on the project Github repo |
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| Jun 11, 2025 | A new paper with Mert and Viola is out in JNeuro, investigating the flexibility of feature-based attention using SSVEPs. Zooming In and Out: Selective Attention Modulates Color Signals in Early Visual Cortex for Narrow and Broad Ranges of Task-Relevant Features |
| Mar 10, 2025 | My first preprint from my Postdoc is online! Check it out on biorXiv: A dynamic spatiotemporal normalization model for continuous vision |
| May 07, 2024 | Super excited that my review paper “Representational structures as a unifying framework for attention” with Viola is now published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions or thoughts! |
| Dec 10, 2022 | I recently defended my PhD and am getting ready to move to across the country to Boston to work in Rachel Denison’s lab at BU. |
