Steven Holloway

My research interests are concerned with the mechanisms involved with information processing and perceptual learning in the lower levels of the visual system. Specifically, I am investigating the relation between processing efficiency in the dorsal stream pathway of the human primary visual system and reading ability in normal readers and the reading disabled. Moreover, I am exploring a new methodology to measure dorsal stream processing with a newly designed and manufactured device that will assess a person's ability to discern apparent motion. Once completed I hope to use this new device to target the magnocellular neural systems and determine the range of perceptual and gross motor functions effected by this region of the brain.