Liana E. Brown
Assistant Professor

Research interests:

My research is focused on discovering how perception (vision, touch, and proprioception) and movement interact.

I focus on the following questions. How does our body position influence our perception of nearby space and objects?

Does motor learning change the way we see objects and the world? How are proprioception and vision used to guide

reaching movements? My goals are to improve our understanding of how sensory information is used to plan and execute

useful actions, and to reveal how motor learning and control can influence how we see our surroundings.

Teaching

PSYC 2400H-A FA PTBO:                 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

PSYC 3460H-A FA PTBO:                 Sensation and Perception

PSYC/BIOL 3220H-A WI PTBO:        Neuropsychology

PSYC 4225H-A WI PTBO:                 How the Body Shapes the Mind

Selected publications

Brown, L. E., Wilson, E. T., Goodale, M. A., and Gribble, P. L. (in press). Motor force field learning influences

   perception of target motion. Journal of Neuroscience.

Brown, L. E., Halpert, B. A., and Goodale, M. A. (2005). Perception and action in the visual periphery.

   Experimental Brain Research, 165, 97-106.

Brown, L. E., Rosenbaum, D. A., and Sainburg, R. L. (2003). Limb position drift: Implications for control of limb

   position and movement. Journal of Neurophysiology, 90, 3105-3118.

Brown, L. E., Moore, C. M., and Rosenbaum, D. A. (2002). Feature-specific processing dissociates action from

   recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 28, 1330-1344.