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John M. Henderson

Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis

How does the brain comes to know and understand the visual world? Dr. Henderson studies visual attention, eye movement control, scene perception, and reading using a variety of methods including eyetracking, computational modeling, and neuroimaging (fMRI and ERP).

Experience

  • 2015–present
    Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis
  • 2010–2014
    Professor and Chair, University of South Carolina
  • 2006–2010
    Chair of Visual Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh
  • 1993–2006
    Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University

Education

  • 1988 
    University of Massachusetts, Amherst, PhD

Honours

Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, Fellow of the Psychonomic Society, Fellow of the American Psychological Association