Professor Simon K Rushton

School of Psychology

: rushtonsk@cardiff.ac.uk
: +44 (0)29 2087 0086
: Tower Building, 70 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT

: Available for postgraduate supervision

I am particularly interested in the visual perception during, and for, action. Most of my research is behavioural and laboratory based, but occasionally it involves brain imaging, computer vision, robotics, or clinical populations. My research is, or has been funded by ESRC, EPSRC, Wellcome, MRC, Nissan and others.

I teach on the undergraduate degrees and I supervise PhD students.

I am a member of the undergraduate placement team.

I first did an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Computer Science at Wolverhampton Polytechnic. During the course of the degree I spent a placement year at a human factors research laboratory (LUTCHI) at Loughborough University. It was at LUTCHI that I was first introduced to the study of human vision by Ronnie Luo (colour vision) and Steve Scrivener (human inspired computer vision).

After my undergrauate degree I went to Edinburgh University to work as a postgraduate research assistant on a grant on perception and action in Virtual Reality (VR) with John Wann. While I was there I did a part-time PhD with Hamish Macleod as my supervisor. My PhD focused on visually guided walking and interceptive timing. After obtaining a small project (1 year) grant from the MRC, I spent a year between Edinburgh University and Astley Ainslie hospital working with patients with unilateral visual neglect. During that time I did work with David Johnson, Madeliene Greally and others on the use of VR and exercise as an intervention following brain injury.

After a short period of consultancy at Hewlett Packard's European research laboratory in Bristol, I interupted my PhD for a year. During that time I worked with a UK-US team at HP on a "skunkworks" project building a head-mounted display (the idea was for something that might be mid-way between the later Google Glass and Microsoft Hololens).

After writing up my PhD I obtained a job in the US. While I was waiting for my visa to be processed I had the fortune to spend 6-7 months in Surrey working with Mark Bradshaw. The job in the US was at Cambridge Basic Research (CBR), in Cambridge, MA. CBR was funded by Nissan and under the scientific direction of Ken Nakayama, Whitman Richards, Sandy Pentland and Warren Seering, profs from Harvard and MIT. While I was at CBR I also jointly held an EPSRC grant in the UK with Tricia Riddell to look at the potential impact of VR displays on developing visual systems. Fortunately Tricia and John Bullinaria did all the hard work while I was on the other side of the pond!

CBR closed but Nissan sent me on my way with a cheque to support myself for a year or two at the Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto. I had a couple of enjoyable years there before returning to the UK

At the end of 2003 I started as a lecturer at Cardiff University and I've remained at Cardiff since.

2022

Powell, G., Penacchio, O., Derry-Sumner, H., Rushton, S. K., Rajenderkumar, D. and Sumner, P. 2022. Visual stress responses to static images are associated with symptoms of Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD). Journal of Vestibular Research 32(1), pp. 69-78. (10.3233/VES-190578)

2021

Crowe, E. M., Bossard, M., Karimpur, H., Rushton, S. K., Fiehler, K. and Brenner, E. 2021. Further evidence that people rely on egocentric information to guide a cursor to a visible target. Perception 50(10), pp. 904-907. (10.1177/03010066211048758)

2020

Evans, L., Champion, R. A., Rushton, S. K., Montaldi, D. and Warren, P. A. 2020. Detection of scene-relative object movement and optic flow parsing across the adult lifespan. Journal of Vision 20(9), article number: 12. (10.1167/jov.20.9.12)
Powell, G., Derry-Sumner, H., Shelton, K., Rushton, S., Hedge, C., Rajenderkuma, D. and Sumner, P. 2020. Visually-induced dizziness is associated with sensitivity and avoidance across all senses. Journal of Neurology 267, pp. 2260-2271. (10.1007/s00415-020-09817-0)
Powell, G., Derry-Sumner, H., Rajenderkumar, D., Rushton, S. K. and Sumner, P. 2020. Persistent postural perceptual dizziness is on a spectrum in the general population. Neurology 94(18), pp. e1929-e1938. (10.1212/WNL.0000000000009373)
Morgan, P., Macken, W., Toet, A., Bompas, A., Bray, M., Rushton, S. and Jones, D. 2020. Distraction for the eye and ear. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science 21(6), pp. 633-657. (10.1080/1463922X.2020.1712493)

2019

Fereday, R., Buehner, M. J. and Rushton, S. K. 2019. The role of time perception in temporal binding: Impaired temporal resolution in causal sequences. Cognition 193, article number: 104005. (10.1016/j.cognition.2019.06.017)
de la Malla, C., Rushton, S., Clark, K., Smeets, J. B. J. and Brenner, E. 2019. The predictability of a target’s motion influences gaze, head and hand movements when trying to intercept it. Journal of Neurophysiology 121(6), pp. 2416-2427. (10.1152/jn.00917.2017)
Wells, M., Rushton, S., Redmond, T., Clatworthy, P. and Dunn, M. 2019. Residual visual function in cortical vision loss. Optometry Today 59(3), pp. 62-65.

2012

Warren, P. A., Rushton, S. K. and Foulkes, A. J. 2012. Does optic flow parsing depend on prior estimation of heading?. Journal of Vision 12(11), article number: 8. (10.1167/12.11.8)
Jarvstad, A., Rushton, S. K., Warren, P. A. and Hahn, U. 2012. Knowing when to move on: cognitive and perceptual decisions in time. Psychological Science 23(6), pp. 585-597. (10.1177/0956797611426579)
Duke, P. A. and Rushton, S. K. 2012. How we perceive the trajectory of an approaching object. Journal of Vision 12(3), article number: 9. (10.1167/12.3.9)
Herlihey, T. A. and Rushton, S. K. 2012. The role of discrepant retinal motion during walking in the realignment of egocentric space. Journal of Vision 12(3), article number: 4. (10.1167/12.3.4)
Rogers, C., Rushton, S. K. and Warren, P. A. 2012. The role of peripheral vision in flow-parsing [Abstract]. Perception 41(12), pp. 1524-1524.

2010

Rushton, S. K. and Duke, P. A. 2010. Erratum to 'The use of direction and distance information in the perception of trajectory' [Vision Res. 47 (7) (2007) 899-912]. Vision Research 50(9), pp. 927. (10.1016/j.visres.2010.02.016)

2009

Warren, P. A. and Rushton, S. K. 2009. Optic flow processing for the assessment of object movement during ego movement. Current Biology 19(18), pp. 1555-1560. (10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.057)
Kennedy, J. S., Buehner, M. J. and Rushton, S. K. 2009. Adaptation to sensory-motor temporal misalignment: Instrumental or perceptual learning?. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 62(3), pp. 453-469. (10.1080/17470210801985235)
Rushton, S. K. and Duke, P. A. 2009. Observers cannot accurately estimate the speed of an approaching object in flight. Vision Research 49(15), pp. 1919-1928. (10.1016/j.visres.2008.12.012)
Warren, P. A. and Rushton, S. K. 2009. Perception of scene-relative object movement: Optic flow parsing and the contribution of monocular depth cues. Vision Research 49(11), pp. 1406-1419. (10.1016/j.visres.2009.01.016)

2008

Brandwood, T. A., Rushton, S. K. and Charron, C. 2008. Proprioceptive adaptation while walking does not require attention. Perception 37, pp. 7-8.
Duke, P. A. and Rushton, S. K. 2008. Perception of trajectory of an approaching object in flight. Perception 37, pp. 71-71.
Rushton, S. K. 2008. Perceptually guided action: A step in the right direction. Current Biology 18(1), pp. R36-R37. (10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.064)
Rushton, S. K. and Ludwig, C. J. H. 2008. Capture of attention by scene-relative object movement during self-movement. Perception 37(Supp.), pp. 90-91.
Warren, P. A. and Rushton, S. K. 2008. Evidence for flow-parsing in radial flow displays. Vision Research 48(5), pp. 655-663. (10.1016/j.visres.2007.10.023)

2007

Rushton, S. K., Bradshaw, M. F. and Warren, P. A. 2007. The pop out of scene relative object movement against retinal motion due to self-movement. Cognition 105(1), pp. 237-245. (10.1016/j.cognition.2006.09.004)
Warren, P. A. and Rushton, S. K. 2007. Perception of object trajectory: parsing retinal motion into self and object movement components. Journal of Vision 7(11), pp. 1-11., article number: 2. (10.1167/7.11.2)

2006

Rushton, S. K. and Duke, P. A. 2006. The use of direction and distance information in the perception of approach trajectory. Vision Research 47(7), pp. 899-912. (10.1016/j.visres.2006.11.019)
Rushton, S. K. and Gray, R. 2006. Hoyle's observations were right on the ball [Letter]. Nature 443(7111), pp. 506. (10.1038/443506d)

2005

Cosker, D. P., Paddock, S., Marshall, A. D., Rosin, P. L. and Rushton, S. K. 2005. Toward Perceptually Realistic Talking Heads: Models, Methods, and McGurk. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception 2(3), pp. 270-285. (10.1145/1077399.1077405)
Rushton, S. K. and Warren, P. A. 2005. Moving observers, relative retinal motion and the perception of object movement. Current Biology 15(14), pp. R542-R543. (10.1016/j.cub.2005.07.020)
Rushton, S. K. and Warren, P. A. 2005. Perception of object movement during self-movement. Presented at: Human Vision and Electronic Imaging X, San Jose, CA, USA, 17 January 2005Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5666. pp. 473., (10.1117/12.610859)

2004

Rushton, S. K. 2004. Interception of projectiles, from when & where to where once. In: Benjamin, A. S. et al. eds. Human Learning: Biology, Brain, and Neuroscience. Advances in Psychology Vol. 135. Elsevier, pp. 327-353., (10.1016/S0166-4115(04)80016-5)
Rushton, S. K. 2004. Egocentric direction and locomotion. In: Vaina, L. M., Beardsley, S. A. and Rushton, S. K. eds. Optic Flow and Beyond. Synthese library Vol. 324. London: Kluwer Academic Press, pp. 339-362.
Rushton, S. K. and Harris, J. M. 2004. The utility of not changing direction and the visual guidance of locomotion. In: Vaina, L. M., Beardsley, S. A. and Rushton, S. K. eds. Optic Flow and Beyond. Synthese Library Vol. 324. London: Kluwer Academic Press, pp. 363-381.
Vaina, L. M., Beardsley, S. A. and Rushton, S. K. eds. 2004. Optic flow and beyond. Synthese Library Vol. 324. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Press.

2003

Harris, J. M. and Rushton, S. K. 2003. Poor visibility of motion in depth is due to early motion averaging. Vision Research 43(4), pp. 385-392. (10.1016/S0042-6989(02)00570-9)

2002

Rushton, S. K. 2002. Perception of egocentric direction: retinal and extra-retinal influences. Journal of Vision 2(7), article number: 714. (10.1167/2.7.714)
Rushton, S. K., Wen, J. and Allison, R. S. 2002. Egocentric direction and the visual guidance of robot locomotion: background, theory and implementation. Presented at: Biologically Motivated Computer Vision (BMCV 2002), Tübingen, Germany, 22-24 November 2002 Presented at Bülthoff, H. H. ed.Biologically motivated computer vision: second international workshop, BMCV 2002, Tübingen, Germany, November 22-24, 2002 : proceedings. Lecture notes in computer science Vol. 2525. Berlin: Springer pp. 576-591.

2001

Rushton, S. K. and Salvucci, D. D. 2001. An egocentric account of the visual guidance of locomotion. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 5(1), pp. 6-7. (10.1016/S1364-6613(00)01562-X)

2000

Wann, J. P., Swapp, D. and Rushton, S. K. 2000. Heading perception and the allocation of attention. Vision Research 40(18), pp. 2533-2543. (10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00115-2)
Watt, S. J., Bradshaw, M. F. and Rushton, S. K. 2000. Field of view affects reaching, not grasping. Experimental Brain Research 135(3), pp. 411-416. (10.1007/s002210000545)

1999

Grealy, M. A., Johnson, D. A. and Rushton, S. K. 1999. Improving cognitive function after brain injury: The use of exercise and virtual reality. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 80(6), pp. 661-667. (10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90169-7)
Rushton, S. K. and Wann, J. P. 1999. Weighted combination of size and disparity: a computational model for timing a ball catch. Nature Neuroscience 2(2), pp. 186-190. (10.1038/5750)
Rushton, S. K. and Riddell, P. M. 1999. Developing visual systems and exposure to virtual reality and stereo displays: some concerns and speculations about the demands on accommodation and vergence. Applied Ergonomics 30(1), pp. 69-78. (10.1016/S0003-6870(98)00044-1)
Rushton, S. K., Harris, J. M. and Wann, J. P. 1999. Steering, optic flow, and the respective importance of depth and retinal motion distribution. Perception 28(2), pp. 255-266. (10.1068/p2780)
Vaina, L. M. and Rushton, S. K. 1999. What neurological patients tell us about the use of optic flow. In: Lappe, M. ed. Neuronal Processing of Optic Flow. International Review of Neurobiology Vol. 44. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, pp. 293-313., (10.1016/S0074-7742(08)60747-3)
Bradshaw, M. F., Leach, R., Hibbard, P. B., van der Willigen, R. and Rushton, S. K. 1999. The walker's direction affects the perception of biological motion. Presented at: Tenth International Conference on Perception and Action, Edinburgh, Scotland, 8-13 August 1999 Presented at Grealy, M. A. and Thomson, J. A. eds.Studies in Perception and Action V: Tenth international Conference on Perception and Action. Studies in Perception and Action Vol. 5. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum pp. 3-6.
Riddell, P. . M., Bullinaria, J. A. and Rushton, S. K. 1999. Modelling adaptation in the human oculomotor system. Presented at: 5th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, Birmingham, UK, 8-10 September 1998 Presented at Heinke, D., Humphreys, G. W. and Olson, A. eds.Connectionist models in cognitive neuroscience: the 5th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, Birmingham, 8-10 September 1998. Perspectives in neural computing London: Springer pp. 206-217.

1998

Rushton, S. K., Harris, J. M., Lloyd, M. R. and Wann, J. P. 1998. Guidance of locomotion on foot uses perceived target location rather than optic flow. Current Biology 8(21), pp. 1191-1194. (10.1016/S0960-9822(07)00492-7)
Rushton, S. K. 1998. Stereo depth and the control of locomotive heading. Presented at: Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems V, San Jose, CA, 26 January 1998Proc. SPIE, Vol. 3295. pp. 247., (10.1117/12.307171)
Johnson, D. A., Rose, D. F., Rushton, S. K., Pentland, B. and Atree, E. A. 1998. Virtual Reality: A new prosthesis for brain injury rehabilitation. Scottish Medical Journal 43(3), pp. 81-83.
Wann, J. P., Plooy, A. and Rushton, S. K. 1998. Weighting time: combining looming and disparity information in judging arrival. Presented at: Fifth European Workshop on Ecological Psychology (EWEP 5), Pont-à-Mousson, France, 7-10 July 1998 Presented at Blandine, B. ed.Advances in perception-action coupling. Paris: Éditions EDK pp. 50-52.

1997

Wann, J. P., Rushton, S. K., Smyth, M. and Jones, D. 1997. Rehabilitative environments for attention and movement disorders. Communications of the ACM 40(8), pp. 49-52. (10.1145/257874.257885)
Wann, J. P., Rushton, S. K., Smyth, M. and Jones, D. M. 1997. Virtual environments for the rehabilitation of disorders of attention and movement. In: Riva, G. ed. Virtual Reality in Neuro-Psycho-Physiology: Cognitive, Clinical and Methodological Issues in Assessment and Treatment. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Vol. 44. Amsterdam: IOS Press, pp. 157-164.

1996

Johnson, D. A., Rushton, S. K. and Shaw, J. 1996. Virtual Reality enriched environments, physical exercise and neuropsychological rehabilitation. Presented at: ECDVRAT 1996 - The First European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, Maidenhead, UK, 8-10 July 1996Proceedings: ECDVRAT 1996 - The First European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies. Highland Park, NJ: International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation pp. 247-251.
Rushton, S. K., Coles, K. L. and Wann, J. P. 1996. Virtual reality technology in the assessment and rehabilitation of unilateral visual neglect. Presented at: ECDVRAT 1996 - The First European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, Maidenhead, UK, 8-10 July 1996Proceedings: ECDVRAT 1996 - The First European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies. Highland Park, NJ: International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation pp. 227-231.

1995

Wann, J. P., Rushton, S. K. and Mon-Williams, M. 1995. Natural problems for stereoscopic depth perception in virtual environments. Vision Research 35(19), pp. 2731-2736. (10.1016/0042-6989(95)00018-U)
Hawkes, R., Rushton, S. K. and Smyth, M. 1995. Update rates and fidelity in virtual environments. Virtual Reality 1(2), pp. 99-108. (10.1007/BF02009726)
Wann, J. P. and Rushton, S. K. 1995. Chapter 13: The use of virtual environments in perception action research: Grasping the impossible and controlling the improbable. In: Glencross, D. J. and Piek, J. P. eds. Motor control and sensory motor integration: Issues and directions. Advances in Psychology Vol. 111. Elsevier, pp. 341-360., (10.1016/S0166-4115(06)80016-6)

1994

Rushton, S. K., Mon-Williams, M. and Wann, J. P. 1994. Binocular vision in a bi-ocular world: new-generation head-mounted displays avoid causing visual deficit. Displays 15(4), pp. 255-260. (10.1016/0141-9382(94)90073-6)
Wann, J. and Rushton, S. K. 1994. The illusion of self-motion in virtual reality environments. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 17(2), pp. 338-340. (10.1017/S0140525X00034932)

1993

Mon-Williams, M., Warm, J. P. and Rushton, S. K. 1993. Binocular vision in a virtual world: visual deficits following the wearing of a head-mounted display. Ophthalmic And Physiological Optics 13(4), pp. 387-391. (10.1111/j.1475-1313.1993.tb00496.x)

Lecturing
I am the module coordinator for the first year module, "Psychological Research". I also lecture on the final year vision module, now named, "Sensational Problems in Perception and Action", with Tom Freeman.

Tutorials and project supervision
I take second year tutorials and supervise final year projects.

Postgraduate
I supervise a number of PhD students. Typically it is joint supervision with a colleague in Psychology, but sometimes beyond, such as in Optometry.

I am involved in the 1in5 project.

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