Miellet, Sebastien R.

Overview

Prior to coming to UoW in 2017, I was Senior-Lecturer at Bournemouth University and Head of the CCNRC (Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Centre) from 2015 to 2017. Before that, I was Lecturer at the iBMlab (Eye and Brain Mapping lab), University of Fribourg, Switzerland (2011-2015) and held post-doc positions at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi) and Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Glasgow, UK (2005-2011). I received my Ph.D. in Psychology in 2004 from the University of Lille (France) at URECA (Cognition and Action Research Unit).

Top Publications

Year	Title
2019	Developing attentional control in naturalistic dynamic road crossing situations Published in Scientific Reports
2016	iMap4: An open source toolbox for the statistical fixation mapping of eye movement data with linear mixed modeling Published in Behavior Research Methods
2020	In pursuit of visual attention: SSVEP frequency-tagging moving targets Published in PLoS One
2020	Differences in Encoding Strategy as a Potential Explanation for Age-Related Decline in Place Recognition Ability Published in Frontiers in Psychology

Research Areas

Research Overview

My research focuses on active vision. Characterizing oculomotor strategies and the factors modulating them is a crucial step to specify the information available to the brain and, in turn, what type of representations or processing can occur and how decisions and actions are made.

Currently, I am interested in modulations in the visual sampling strategies depending on individual and task factors. This line of research has special emphases on dynamic scene perception (pedestrian safety) and face processing.

I develop and use innovative gaze-contingent techniques to precisely isolate visual diagnostic information during a wide range of tasks from the lab to more realistic situations. I also develop novel analysis techniques and reconstruction methods for a precise delineation of perception-action coordination.

Overall this approach provides a fine-grained characterisation of the dynamics of active vision abilities underlying critical tasks for human beings.

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Bournemouth University, UK Visiting Fellow 2017 - 2023

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Are age-related deficits in route learning related to control of visual attention? Published In Psychological Research: an international journal of perception, attention, memory and action
2020	Developing attentional control in naturalistic dynamic road crossing situations Published In Scientific Reports
2020	The drivers of antibiotic use and misuse: the development and investigation of a theory driven community measure Published In BMC Public Health
2020	Differences in Encoding Strategy as a Potential Explanation for Age-Related Decline in Place Recognition Ability Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2020	In pursuit of visual attention: SSVEP frequency-tagging moving targets Published In PLoS One
2020	The paradoxical decline and growth of trust as a function of borderline personality disorder trait count: Using discontinuous growth modelling to examine trust dynamics in response to violation and repair Published In PLoS One
2020	“Understanding Our Peers”: A Naturalistic Program to Facilitate Social Inclusion for Children with Autism in Mainstream Early Childhood Services Published In International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
2019	Are age-related deficits in route learning related to control of visual attention? Published In Psychological Research: an international journal of perception, attention, memory and action
2019	Developing attentional control in naturalistic dynamic road crossing situations Published In Scientific Reports
2019	The drivers of antibiotic use and misuse: the development and investigation of a theory driven community measure Published In BMC Public Health
2017	The Facespan-the perceptual span for face recognition Published In Journal of Vision
2016	Super-memorizers are not super-recognizers Published In PLoS One
2016	iMap4: An open source toolbox for the statistical fixation mapping of eye movement data with linear mixed modeling Published In Behavior Research Methods
2014	An appropriate use of iMap produces correct statistical results: A reply to McManus (2013) "iMAP and iMAP2 produce erroneous statistical maps of eye-movement differences" Published In Perception
2014	Disinhibited reactive attachment disorder symptoms impair social judgements from faces Published In Psychiatry Research
2013	Mapping face recognition information use across cultures Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2013	Perceiving conspecifics as integrated body-gestalts is an embodied process Published In Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
2012	What Checkers Actually Check: An Eye Tracking Study of Inhibitory Control and Working Memory Published In PLoS One
2012	When East meets West: Gaze-contingent Blindspots abolish cultural diversity in eye movements for faces Published In Journal of Eye Movement Research
2011	Developing cultural differences in face processing Published In Developmental Science
2011	Eyes like it, brain likes it: Tracking the neural tuning of cultural diversity in eye movements for faces Published In Journal of Vision
2011	Local Jekyll and global Hyde: The dual identity of face identification Published In Psychological Science
2011	Social experience does not abolish cultural diversity in eye movements Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2011	iMap: A novel method for statistical fixation mapping of eye movement data Published In Behavior Research Methods
2010	Culture shapes eye movements for visually homogeneous objects Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2010	Investigating cultural diversity for extrafoveal information use in visual scenes Published In Journal of Vision
2010	Putting culture under the 'Spotlight' reveals universal information use for face recognition Published In PLoS One
2010	The frequency-predictability interaction in reading: It depends where you're coming from Published In Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
2009	Parafoveal magnification: Visual acuity does not modulate the perceptual span in reading Published In Psychological Science
2007	Word frequency and predictability effects in reading French: An evaluation of the E-Z Reader model Published In Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2016	Development of visual information sampling in road traffic situations Published In 39th European Conference on Visual Perception
2015	The Facespan - the perceptual span for face recognition Published In 18th European Conference on Eye Movements
2015	iMap 4: An open source toolbox for the statistical fixation mapping of eye movement data with linear mixed modelling Published In 18th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM2015)

Other Publications

Year	Title
2017	The Facespan—the perceptual span for face recognition
2011	Local Jekyll and global Hyde: the dual identity of face identification
2004	Phonological codes are assembled before word fixation: Evidence from boundary paradigm in sentence reading
2003	The effects of frequency and predictability on eye fixations in reading: An evaluation of the EZ Reader model

Principal Investigator On

Year	Title
2016 - 2020	Visual attention, cognitive aging and road safety in older pedestrians Awarded by: Bournemouth University, UK
2015 - 2019	Developmental changes in visual information sampling for road traffic situations Awarded by: Swiss National Science Foundation
2006 - 2007	Parafoveal magnification: A new paradigm for reading research Awarded by: Economic and Social Research Council (ERSC), UK

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020 - 2021	Information use in superior face identification Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2020 - 2021	Facial Verification Explainability Measures Awarded by: Defence Innovation Network (DIN) Funding Scheme: Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making Initiative

Other Research Activities

Antimicrobial Resistance Global Challenges: the evolving threat and impact to the Illawarra Shoalhaven population – a service utilisation perspective Co-I 2018 - 2019

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

In the past I supervised international PhD and Masters students on the following topics:

- Lidija Balaz (2017-2022): Implementing the "Understanding Our Peers program in a preschool environment. UOW, NSW
- Victoria Nicholls (2016-2020): Visual attention, cognitive aging and road safety in older pedestrians. Bournemouth University, UK
- Juan Camilo Avendaño Diaz (2016-2020): Interpersonal influences in human visual attention: from behaviour to EEG. Bournemouth University, UK
- Christopher Hilton (2016-2019): The role of attention in spatial (dis)orientation in people with early signs of dementia. Bournemouth University, UK
- Christopher Ramsey (2014-2018): Using virtual reality and eye tracking to investigate the effects of a naturalistic field of view on eye movements in the study of visual search. Bournemouth University, UK
- Samantha Ledden (2016-2017): Individual Strategies in Face Recognition. Bournemouth University, UK
- Guillaume Peugniez (2014-2017): Oculomotor strategies for road-crossing. University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Michaël Papinutto (2013-2015): Measuring the Facespan. University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Adrienne Giroud (2011-2013): Effect of spatial frequencies sensitisation on visual strategies during face identification. University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Eye movements
Face processing
Scene processing
Pedestrian safety
I am happy to supervise potential PhD and Masters students on a variety of topics related to visual attention:
Visual attention; Eye movements; Computational modeling; face processing; scene processing; pedestrian safety; Explainable AI

My lab is equipped with state-of-the-art eye-tracking and VR capabilities.
I use lab and real-life experimental approaches, computational modelling and questionnaire based surveys.
Visual attention; Eye movements; Computational modeling; face processing; scene processing; pedestrian safety; Explainable AI

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)	Social cognition deficits associated with interpersonal trust in borderline personality disorder.	Abramov, Gamze
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)	Understanding Our Peers: Early Education Development and Implementation of an Early Intervention Program for the Enhancement of Inclusion and Reduction of Bullying Behaviour by Peers Towards Children with ASD	Balaz, Lidija
Doctor of Philosophy	The Effects of Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation in HMD Cybersickness and Vection.	Teixeira, Joel

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Lille, France, Department of Psychology, Thesis title: "Phonological mediation, lexical access and eye movement control in reading" 2000 - 2004

Teaching Overview

I have an extensive teaching experience in Australia, UK, Switzerland and France at Undergraduate and Graduate levels
◦ Undergraduate level: Cognitive Neuroscience; Neuropsychology; Biological psychology; Statistics; Mathematics; Methods; Data processing; Perception & Cognition; Eye Movements; Psychometrics
◦ Postgraduate level: Research Methods; Programming; MEG data processing; Active Vision; Eye-movements data processing; Psychtoolbox and Matlab; Embodied Cognition & Mirror Systems; Scientific Reading and Writing

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3519-033X (confirmed)

Scopus Id

6507548784

Top Publications

Year	Title
2019	Developing attentional control in naturalistic dynamic road crossing situations Published in Scientific Reports
2016	iMap4: An open source toolbox for the statistical fixation mapping of eye movement data with linear mixed modeling Published in Behavior Research Methods
2020	In pursuit of visual attention: SSVEP frequency-tagging moving targets Published in PLoS One
2020	Differences in Encoding Strategy as a Potential Explanation for Age-Related Decline in Place Recognition Ability Published in Frontiers in Psychology

Research Areas

Research Overview

My research focuses on active vision. Characterizing oculomotor strategies and the factors modulating them is a crucial step to specify the information available to the brain and, in turn, what type of representations or processing can occur and how decisions and actions are made.

Currently, I am interested in modulations in the visual sampling strategies depending on individual and task factors. This line of research has special emphases on dynamic scene perception (pedestrian safety) and face processing.

I develop and use innovative gaze-contingent techniques to precisely isolate visual diagnostic information during a wide range of tasks from the lab to more realistic situations. I also develop novel analysis techniques and reconstruction methods for a precise delineation of perception-action coordination.

Overall this approach provides a fine-grained characterisation of the dynamics of active vision abilities underlying critical tasks for human beings.

Member Of

Bournemouth University, UK Visiting Fellow 2017 - 2023

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Are age-related deficits in route learning related to control of visual attention? Published In Psychological Research: an international journal of perception, attention, memory and action
2020	Developing attentional control in naturalistic dynamic road crossing situations Published In Scientific Reports
2020	The drivers of antibiotic use and misuse: the development and investigation of a theory driven community measure Published In BMC Public Health
2020	Differences in Encoding Strategy as a Potential Explanation for Age-Related Decline in Place Recognition Ability Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2020	In pursuit of visual attention: SSVEP frequency-tagging moving targets Published In PLoS One
2020	The paradoxical decline and growth of trust as a function of borderline personality disorder trait count: Using discontinuous growth modelling to examine trust dynamics in response to violation and repair Published In PLoS One
2020	“Understanding Our Peers”: A Naturalistic Program to Facilitate Social Inclusion for Children with Autism in Mainstream Early Childhood Services Published In International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
2019	Are age-related deficits in route learning related to control of visual attention? Published In Psychological Research: an international journal of perception, attention, memory and action
2019	Developing attentional control in naturalistic dynamic road crossing situations Published In Scientific Reports
2019	The drivers of antibiotic use and misuse: the development and investigation of a theory driven community measure Published In BMC Public Health
2017	The Facespan-the perceptual span for face recognition Published In Journal of Vision
2016	Super-memorizers are not super-recognizers Published In PLoS One
2016	iMap4: An open source toolbox for the statistical fixation mapping of eye movement data with linear mixed modeling Published In Behavior Research Methods
2014	An appropriate use of iMap produces correct statistical results: A reply to McManus (2013) "iMAP and iMAP2 produce erroneous statistical maps of eye-movement differences" Published In Perception
2014	Disinhibited reactive attachment disorder symptoms impair social judgements from faces Published In Psychiatry Research
2013	Mapping face recognition information use across cultures Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2013	Perceiving conspecifics as integrated body-gestalts is an embodied process Published In Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
2012	What Checkers Actually Check: An Eye Tracking Study of Inhibitory Control and Working Memory Published In PLoS One
2012	When East meets West: Gaze-contingent Blindspots abolish cultural diversity in eye movements for faces Published In Journal of Eye Movement Research
2011	Developing cultural differences in face processing Published In Developmental Science
2011	Eyes like it, brain likes it: Tracking the neural tuning of cultural diversity in eye movements for faces Published In Journal of Vision
2011	Local Jekyll and global Hyde: The dual identity of face identification Published In Psychological Science
2011	Social experience does not abolish cultural diversity in eye movements Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2011	iMap: A novel method for statistical fixation mapping of eye movement data Published In Behavior Research Methods
2010	Culture shapes eye movements for visually homogeneous objects Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2010	Investigating cultural diversity for extrafoveal information use in visual scenes Published In Journal of Vision
2010	Putting culture under the 'Spotlight' reveals universal information use for face recognition Published In PLoS One
2010	The frequency-predictability interaction in reading: It depends where you're coming from Published In Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
2009	Parafoveal magnification: Visual acuity does not modulate the perceptual span in reading Published In Psychological Science
2007	Word frequency and predictability effects in reading French: An evaluation of the E-Z Reader model Published In Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2016	Development of visual information sampling in road traffic situations Published In 39th European Conference on Visual Perception
2015	The Facespan - the perceptual span for face recognition Published In 18th European Conference on Eye Movements
2015	iMap 4: An open source toolbox for the statistical fixation mapping of eye movement data with linear mixed modelling Published In 18th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM2015)

Other Publications

Year	Title
2017	The Facespan—the perceptual span for face recognition
2011	Local Jekyll and global Hyde: the dual identity of face identification
2004	Phonological codes are assembled before word fixation: Evidence from boundary paradigm in sentence reading
2003	The effects of frequency and predictability on eye fixations in reading: An evaluation of the EZ Reader model

Principal Investigator On

Year	Title
2016 - 2020	Visual attention, cognitive aging and road safety in older pedestrians Awarded by: Bournemouth University, UK
2015 - 2019	Developmental changes in visual information sampling for road traffic situations Awarded by: Swiss National Science Foundation
2006 - 2007	Parafoveal magnification: A new paradigm for reading research Awarded by: Economic and Social Research Council (ERSC), UK

Investigator On

Year	Title
2020 - 2021	Information use in superior face identification Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2020 - 2021	Facial Verification Explainability Measures Awarded by: Defence Innovation Network (DIN) Funding Scheme: Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making Initiative

Other Research Activities

Antimicrobial Resistance Global Challenges: the evolving threat and impact to the Illawarra Shoalhaven population – a service utilisation perspective Co-I 2018 - 2019

Potential Supervision Topics

In the past I supervised international PhD and Masters students on the following topics:

- Lidija Balaz (2017-2022): Implementing the "Understanding Our Peers program in a preschool environment. UOW, NSW
- Victoria Nicholls (2016-2020): Visual attention, cognitive aging and road safety in older pedestrians. Bournemouth University, UK
- Juan Camilo Avendaño Diaz (2016-2020): Interpersonal influences in human visual attention: from behaviour to EEG. Bournemouth University, UK
- Christopher Hilton (2016-2019): The role of attention in spatial (dis)orientation in people with early signs of dementia. Bournemouth University, UK
- Christopher Ramsey (2014-2018): Using virtual reality and eye tracking to investigate the effects of a naturalistic field of view on eye movements in the study of visual search. Bournemouth University, UK
- Samantha Ledden (2016-2017): Individual Strategies in Face Recognition. Bournemouth University, UK
- Guillaume Peugniez (2014-2017): Oculomotor strategies for road-crossing. University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Michaël Papinutto (2013-2015): Measuring the Facespan. University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Adrienne Giroud (2011-2013): Effect of spatial frequencies sensitisation on visual strategies during face identification. University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Eye movements
Face processing
Scene processing
Pedestrian safety
I am happy to supervise potential PhD and Masters students on a variety of topics related to visual attention:
Visual attention; Eye movements; Computational modeling; face processing; scene processing; pedestrian safety; Explainable AI

My lab is equipped with state-of-the-art eye-tracking and VR capabilities.
I use lab and real-life experimental approaches, computational modelling and questionnaire based surveys.
Visual attention; Eye movements; Computational modeling; face processing; scene processing; pedestrian safety; Explainable AI

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)	Social cognition deficits associated with interpersonal trust in borderline personality disorder.	Abramov, Gamze
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)	Understanding Our Peers: Early Education Development and Implementation of an Early Intervention Program for the Enhancement of Inclusion and Reduction of Bullying Behaviour by Peers Towards Children with ASD	Balaz, Lidija
Doctor of Philosophy	The Effects of Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation in HMD Cybersickness and Vection.	Teixeira, Joel

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Lille, France, Department of Psychology, Thesis title: "Phonological mediation, lexical access and eye movement control in reading" 2000 - 2004

Teaching Overview

I have an extensive teaching experience in Australia, UK, Switzerland and France at Undergraduate and Graduate levels
◦ Undergraduate level: Cognitive Neuroscience; Neuropsychology; Biological psychology; Statistics; Mathematics; Methods; Data processing; Perception & Cognition; Eye Movements; Psychometrics
◦ Postgraduate level: Research Methods; Programming; MEG data processing; Active Vision; Eye-movements data processing; Psychtoolbox and Matlab; Embodied Cognition & Mirror Systems; Scientific Reading and Writing

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3519-033X (confirmed)

Scopus Id

6507548784

Overview

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Available as Research Supervisor

Affiliation

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Other Publications

Funding

Principal Investigator On

Investigator On

Other Research Activities

Supervision

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Education And Training

Teaching Overview

Identity

Orcid Id

Scopus Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Other Publications

Funding

Principal Investigator On

Investigator On

Other Research Activities

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Education And Training

Teaching Overview

Identity

Orcid Id

Scopus Id

Visualisations

Research Areas