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Department of Cognitive Science

Associate Professor Mark Williams

BSc Monash, PhD Monash.

Associate Professor Mark Williams

Queen Elizabeth II (ARC) Research Fellow

Contact Details

Office : 3.511
Phone : +61 2 9850 4438
Fax : +61 2 9850 6059
email : mark.williams@mq.edu.au
Homepage : https://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/members/profile.html?memberID=192

External Address

Department of Cognitive Science
Australian Hearing Hub
16 University Avenue
Macquarie University NSW 2109

Profile

I am interested in the way the brain generates the perceptual reality we ‘see’. I use both novel objects and more familiar stimuli such as faces and scenes to examine the areas of the brain involved in perception. I also use novel analysis techniques such as multi-voxel pattern analysis to 'read-out' how the brain perceives the world.

Following my PhD, I worked at the University of Melbourne as a Postdoctoral Scientist supervised by Professor Jason Mattingley for 2.5 years. Subsequently, I was awarded an NHMRC CJ Martin Traveling Postdoctoral Fellowship to go to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) supervised by Professor Nancy Kanwisher for two years, beginning in August 2005. I returned to Australia in September 2007 to complete the NHMRC Fellowship, taking up a Senior Lecturer position at Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science (MACCS), Macquarie University. In 2009, I was awarded an ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship for five years and was promoted to Associate Professor at Macquarie University.

I have access to excellent research facilities, including fully-equipped behavioural testing laboratories, the Macquarie University Hospital 3T Siemens Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner (with eyetracking facilities), and the KIT-Macquarie Brain Imaging laboratory (Magnetoencephalography, electroencephalography). Our group also has an Action Laboratory and a Transcranial Magnetc Stimulation (TMS) Laboratory.


External Appointments

  • Academic Editor, PLoS-One. (2008 continuing)
  • Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales. (2009 continuing)
  • Academic Editor, Frontiers in Vision Science. (2009 continuing)
  • Visiting Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Wales, UK. (2008)

External Memberships

  • Australasian Experimental Psychology Society
  • Australian Neuroscience Society
  • Cognitive Neuroscience Society (USA)
  • European Vision Society
  • Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neuroscience (Australia)
  • Society for Neuroscience (USA)
  • Vision Sciences Society (USA)

Grants Awarded

  • NHMRC Project Grant [1028578] (2012 - 2014) "Seeing clearly: Examining the consequences of glaucoma for the human brain." Williams, M., Rich, A., & Graham, S. ($426,175)
  • ARC Discovery Project Grant [DP120102835] (2012 - 2014) "Making sense of the world: how does the brain process task-relevant information?" Woolgar, A., Rich, A.N., Williams, M.A., & Duncan, J. ($246,000)
  • Macquarie University Research Development Grant (2012 - 2014) "Towards understanding body representations and their influences on perception, cognition and behaviour: The role of visual information and awareness." Zopf, R., & Williams, M. ($40,532)
  • Macquarie University Research Infrastructure Block Grant (2011) "Eye monitoring & tactile stimulators for a magnetic resonance imaging environment". Rich, A.N., Graham, S., Williams, M.A., Morgan, M., Savage, G., Burianova, H., Magnussen, J., Finkbeiner, M., Marsh, P., & Rowe, D. ($50,000)
  • Macquarie University Research Infrastructure Block Grant Scheme (2010) "A virtual reality setup for studying hand movements." Williams, M.A., Friedman, J., Finkbeiner, M., Thompson, W., Johnson, B., Brooks, K., Sowman, P. ($70,000)
  • APEX Foundation (2010) "Genes, Brains, Cognition: A Systematic Examination of the Links with Williams Syndrome." Porter, M.A., Rae, C., Webster, R., Tassabehji, M., Williams, M.A. ($17,930)
  • Macquarie University Research Infrastructure Block Grant Scheme (2010) "MEG-compatible eyetracker." Brock, J., Crain, S., Williams, M., Savage, G., Rich, A., McArthur, G., Sharma, M., Langdon, R., Tesan, G. ($40,000)
  • Macquarie University Safety Net Grant (2010) "Processing the world around us: How is task-relevant information represented in the brain?" Rich, A.N. & Williams, M.A. ($19,956)
  • ARC Discovery Project Grant (2009 - 2011) "The human face as an evolved signalling system." Burke, D., Palermo, R., Williams, M.A., & Favelle, S. ($185,000)
  • ARC Discovery Project Grant (2009 - 2013) "How does the brain process facial expressions?" Williams, M.A. ($609,610)
  • NHMRC Project Grant (2009 - 2011) "Neurocognitive studies of brain plasticity associated with surgical treatment of arteriovenous malformations" Savage, G., Morgan, M.K., Williams, M.A., Rich, A., Maruff, P.T., & Baker, C.I. ($674,500)
  • Macquarie University Research Infrastructure Block Grant Scheme (2009) "Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation." Williams, M.A, Thompson, W., Savage, G., Barnier, A., Johnson, B., & Finkbeiner, M. ($73,870)
  • Macquarie University Strategic Infrastructure Scheme Research Infrastructure Fund (2009) "MEG-compatible polygraphic equipment for measuring electromyography and other peripheral signals." Johnson, B., Coltheart, M., Crain, S., Thompson, B., Savage, G., Mannell, R., Cox, R., Williams, M.A., Rich, A., Finkbeiner, M., & Palermo, R. ($40,039)
  • NHMRC Project Grant (2008 - 2010) "Selective attention and the processing of observed actions". Cunnington, R., Mattingley, J., & Williams, M.A. ($326,000)
  • Macquarie University Research Infrastructure Block Grant Scheme (2008) "Acquisition of a Storage Area Network (SAN)." Coltheart, M., Crain, S., Williams, M.A., Rich, A., Johnson, B., Barnier, A., Nickels, L., McArthur, G., Castles, A., Langdon, R., Palermo, R., Kinoshita, S., & Coltheart, V. ($63,000)
  • Macquarie University Research Infrastructure Block Grant Scheme (2008) "64-Channel EEG acquire and analysis system and special MEG-compatable electrode caps and cable system." Rich, A., Williams, M.A., Johnson, B., Finkbeiner, M., Savage, G., & Crain, S. ($80,000)
  • Macquarie University Safety Net Grant (2008) "An investigation of the neural network involved in the perception of facial expressions." Williams, M.A. ($19,840)
  • Macquarie University Strategic Research Infrastructure Fund (2008) "Psychology/MACCS Motion Capture Group" Thompson, W., Shores, A., Stevenson, R., Case, T., Williams, M.A., McIlwain, D., Sutton, J., & Palermo, R. ($88,734)
  • Macquarie University New Staff Grant (2008) "An fMRI adaptation study of face perception in developmental prosopagnosia." Williams, M.A. ($19,990)
  • Macquarie University Research Development Scheme (2007 - 2008) "An examination of the spatial pattern of response in cortex used during object perception." Williams, M.A. ($50,000)
  • ANZ Trustees: Medical Research & Technology in Victoria (2006) "A functional brain imaging study of prism adaptation treatment for spatial inattention following stroke" Mattingley, J.B., Chapman, H., Carey, L., & Williams, M.A. ($20,000)
  • University of Melbourne (2006) "A neuropsychological and functional brain imaging investigation of action recognition" Mattingley, J.B., Cunnington, R., & Williams, M.A. ($30,000)
  • NHMRC CJ Martin Travelling Postdoctoral Fellowship (2005 - 2009) "Perceptual and neural mechanisms of scene perception: high-field strength magnetic resonance imaging and magnetoencephalography of human vision." Williams, M.A. ($303,762)
  • Melbourne Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme (2004) "Neuroimaging of functional recovery and rehabilitation of spatial neglect post-stroke" Williams, M.A. ($24,000)

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

  • Schmalzl, L., & Williams, M. (In Press). Prosopagnosia. In R. van der Zwan & A. Brooks (Eds.), Case Studies in Neuroscience. Melbourne: Palgrave.

Periodicals

  • Quah-Smith, I., Suo, C., Williams, M.A., & Sachdev, P. (In Press). The antidepressant effect of laser acupuncture: a comparison of the resting brain's Default Mode Network in healthy and depressed subjects during functional magnetic resonance imaging. Medical Acupuncture.
  • Burianova, H., Marstaller, L., Sowman, P., Tesan, G., Rich, A.N., Williams, M., Savage, G., & Johnson, B.W. (2013). Multimodal functional imaging of motor imagery using a novel paradigm. Neuroimage, 71, 50-58.
  • Zopf, R., & Williams, M.A. (2013). Preference for orientations commonly viewed for one's own hand in the anterior intraparietal cortex. PLoS One, 8(1), e53812. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053812
  • Awasthi, B., Sowman, P.F., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2013). Distinct spatial scale sensitivities for early categorisation of faces and places: Neuromagnetic and behavioural findings. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(91. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00091
  • Rivolta, D., Palermo, R., Schmalzl, L., & Williams, M.A. (2012). An early category-specific neural response for the perception of both places and faces. Cognitive Neuroscience, 3, 45-51.
  • Rivolta, D., Palermo, R., Schmalzl, L., & Williams, M.A. (2012). Investigating the features of the M170 in congenital prosopagnosia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12, 1-13.
  • Quah-Smith, I., Wen, W., Chen, X., Williams, M.A., & Sachdev, P.S. (2012). The brain effects of laser acupuncture in depressed individuals: An fMRI investigation. Medical Acupuncture, 24(3), 161-171. doi:10.1089/acu.2011.0870
  • Chambers, C.D., Allen, C.P.G., Maizey, L., & Williams, M.A. (In Press). Is delayed foveal feedback critical for extra-foveal perception? Cortex.
  • Schmalzl, L., Zopf, R., & Williams, M. (2012). From head to toe: Evidence for response selectivity to whole individuals in human extrastriate cortex. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6, 108.
  • Awasthi, B., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2012). Reach trajectories reveal delayed processing of low spatial frequency faces in developmental prosopagnosia. Cognitive Neuroscience, 3(2), 120–130. doi: 10.1080/17588928.2012.673482
  • Zopf, R., Savage, G., & Williams, M.A (In Press). The crossmodal congruency task as a means to obtain an objective behavioural measure in the rubber hand illusion paradigm. Journal of Visualized Experiments.
  • McCarrey, A.C., Henry, J.D., von Hippel, W., Weidemann, G., Sachdev, P., & Williams, M.A. (2012). Age differences in neural activity during slot machine gambling: An fMRI study. PLoS One, 7(11), e49787. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049787
  • Baggott, S., Palermo, R., & Williams, M.A. (2011). Involuntary facial expression processing: Extracting information from two simultaneously presented faces. PLoS One, 6, e22287. doi: 2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0022287
  • Zopf, R., Truong, S., Finkbeiner, M., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2011). Viewing and feeling touch modulates hand position for reaching. Neuropsychologia, 49(5), 1287-1293.
  • Zopf, R., Harris, J.A., & Williams, M.A. (2011). The influence of body-ownership cues on tactile sensitivity. Cognitive Neuroscience, 2(3-4), 147-154.
  • Awasthi, B., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2011). Processing of low spatial frequency faces at periphery in choice reaching tasks. Neuropsychologia, 49(7), 2136-2141. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.03.003
  • Awasthi, B., Friedman, J., & Williams, M. (2011). Faster, stronger, lateralized: Low spatial frequency information supports face processing. Neuropsychologia, 49(13), 3583-3590. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.08.027
  • Wilmer, J.B., Germine, L., Chabris, C.F., Chatterjee, G., Nakayama, K., Williams, M.A., Loken, E. & Duchaine, B. (2010). Human face recognition ability is highly heritable. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 5238-5241. doi:10.1073/pnas.0913053107
  • Williams, M.A., & Sachdev, P.S. (2010). Magnetoencephalography in Neuropsychiatry: ready for application? Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 23, 273-277. doi:10.1097/YCO.0b013e328338621d
  • Zopf, R., Savage, G., & Williams, M. (2010). Crossmodal congruency measures of lateral distance effects on the rubber hand illusion. Neuropsychologia, 48, 713-725.
  • Quah-Smith, I., Sachdev, P.S., Wen, W., Chen, X., & Williams, M. (2010). The Brain Effects Of Laser Acupuncture In Healthy Individuals: An fMRI Investigation. PLoS One, 5 (9)( e12619). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012619
  • Wilmer, J.B., Germine, L., Loken, E., Guo, X.M., Chatterjee, G., Nakayama, K., Williams, M.A., Chabris, C.F., & Duchaine, B. (2010). Response to Thomas: Is human face recognition ability entirely genetic? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(24), E101. doi:10.1073/pnas.1004299107
  • Wallis, T.S.A., Williams, M.A. & Arnold, D.H. (2009). Pre-exposure to moving form enhances static form sensitivity. PLoS One, Dec 17(4, Suppl. 12), e8324.
  • Chong, T., Cunnington, R., Williams, M.A., & Mattingley, J.B. (2009). The role of selective attention in matching observed and executed actions. Neuropsychologia, 47(4), 786-795.
  • Chong, T., Williams, M.A., Cunnington, R., & Mattingley, J.B. (2008). Selective attention modulates inferior frontal gyrus activity during action observation. NeuroImage, 40, 298-307.
  • Williams, M.A., Baker, C.I., Op de Beeck, H.P., Shim, W.M., Dang, S., Triantafyllou, C. & Kanwisher, N.G. (2008). Feedback of visual object information to foveal retinotopic cortex. Nature Neuroscience, 11, 1439-1445.
  • Williams, M.A., Visser, T., Cunnington, R., & Mattingley, J.B. (2008). Attenuation of neural responses in primary visual cortex during the attentional blink. Journal of Neuroscience, 28, 9890-9894.
  • Chong, T., Cunnington, R., Williams, M.A., Kanwisher, N.G., & Mattingley, J.B. (2008). fMRI Adaptation Reveals Mirror Neurons in Human Inferior Parietal Cortex. Current Biology, 18, 1576-1580.
  • Williams, M.A., McGlone, F., Abbott, D.F., & Mattingley, J.B. (2008). Stimulus-driven and strategic neural responses to fearful and happy facial expressions during visual search. European Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 3074-3082.
  • Williams, M.A., Berberovic, N. & Mattingley, J.B. (2007). Abnormal fMRI adaptation to unfamiliar faces in a case of developmental prosopamnesia. Current Biology, 17, 1259-1264.
  • Williams, M.A., Dang, S. & Kanwisher, N.G. (2007). Only some spatial patterns of fMRI response are read out in task performance. Nature Neuroscience, 10, 685-686.
  • Rich, A.N., Williams, M.A., Puce, A., Syngeniotis, A., Howard, M.A., McGlone, F., Mattingley, J.B. (2006). Neural correlates of imagined and synaesthetic colours. Neuropsychologia, 44, 2918-2925.
  • Williams, M.A., & Mattingley, J.B. (2006). Do angry men get noticed? Current Biology, 16(11), R402-404.
  • Williams, M.A., Savage, G., & Halmagyi, M. (2006). Abnormal configural face perception in a patient with right anterior temporal lobe atrophy. Neurocase, 12, 286-291.
  • Williams, M.A., McGlone, F., Abbott, D.F., & Mattingley, J.B. (2005). Differential amygdala response to happy and fearful facial expressions depends on selective attention. NeuroImage, 24, 417-425.
  • Williams, M.A., Moss, S.A., Bradshaw, J.L., & Mattingley, JB. (2005). Look at me, I'm smiling: Searching for threatening and non-threatening facial expressions. Visual Cognition, 12(1), 29-50.
  • Williams, M.A., Morris, A.P., McGlone, F., Abbott, D.F., & Mattingley, J.B. (2004). Amygdala responses to fearful and happy facial expressions under conditions of binocular suppression. Journal of Neuroscience, 24(12), 2898-2904.
  • Williams, M.A., & Mattingley, J.B. (2004). Unconscious perception of facial emotion in parietal extinction. Experimental Brain Research, 154(4), 403-406.
  • Williams, M.A., Moss, S.A., & Bradshaw, J.L. (2004). A unique look at face processing: The impact of masked faces on the processing of facial features. Cognition, 91(2), 155-172.
  • Williams, M.A., Moss, S.A., Bradshaw, J.L., & Rinehart, N.J. (2004). Processi di generazione casuale di numeri nell' Autismo. The Italian Journal of Disabilities, 4(2), 53-60.
  • Williams, M.A., Stuart, G.W. & Castles, A. (2003). Contrast sensitivity in subgroups of developmental dyslexia. Vision Research, 43, 467-477.
  • Williams, M.A., Moss, S.A., Bradshaw, J.L., & Rinehart, N.J. (2002). Random number generation in low functioning individuals with autism: A case for a compromised lateral orbito-frontal circuit. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 32(1), 43-47.

Published Abstracts

  • Awasthi, B., Sowman, P.F., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2012). Behavioural and MEG studies of perception of low spatial frequency faces [Abstract]. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 43(3), 215-250. doi:10.1177/1550059412444821
  • Charmet-Mougey, L., Rich, A., & Williams, M. (2012). Mud sticks: How biographical knowledge influences facial expression perception [Abstract]. Perception, 41, 107.
  • Smith, F., Rich, A.N., Graham, S., de Lissa, P., Brooks, K., & Williams, M.A. (2012). ‘Filling-in’ of stimuli at the physiological blind spot reflects lateral connection rather than feedback [Abstract]. EEG and Clinical Neuroscience, 43(3), 246.
  • Woolgar, A., Walther, A., Williams, M.A., Rich, A.N., & Kriegeskorte, N. (2012). Distinct reinstatement of multi-voxel patterns predicts memory for complex audio-visual stimuli [Abstract]. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Conference Abstract: ACNS-2012 Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2012.208.00161
  • Woolgar, A., Rich, A.N., & Williams, M.A. (2012). Attention enhances multi-voxel representation of objects in frontal, parietal and visual cortices [Abstract]. Combined Abstracts of 2012 Australian Psychology Conferences, CDROM.
  • Zopf, R., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2012). Using a virtual hand to investigate body representations [Abstract]. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience [Conference Abstract] ACNS-2012 Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference.
  • Burianova, H., Morgan, M., Rich, A.N., Williams, M., & Savage, G. (2012). Brain reorganization of somatosensory function in a patient with deficient finger proprioception [Abstract]. Human Brain Mapping.
  • Rich, A.N., Graham, S.L., Klistorner, A., & Williams, M.A. (2012). Neural ‘filling-in’? Increased response in deprived visual cortex when regions adjacent to a glaucomatous scotoma are stimulated [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology.
  • Burianova, H., Sowman, P., Marstaller, L., Tesan, G., Rich, A.N., Williams, M.A., Savage, G., & Johnson, B. (2012). Functional role of primary motor cortex in motor imagery measured with fMRI and MEG [Abstract]. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
  • Williams, M.A., Finkbeiner, M.S., & Rich, A.N. (2012). Frontiers in human neuroscience [Abstract]. ACNS-2012 Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference.
  • Williams, M.A., Awasthi, B., Sowman, P.F., Finkbeiner, M.S., & Rich, A.N. (2012). Atypical neural response to high and low spatial frequency stimuli in a rare case of visual perseveration [Abstract]. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi:10.3389/conf.fnhum.2012.208.00163
  • Graham, S.L., Rich, A.N., Klistorner, A., & Williams, M.A. (2011). Functional MRI reveals activation of visual cortex by adjacent stimuli in glaucomatous scotoma regions - perceptual fill-in? [Abstract]. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 52, E1647.
  • Williams, M.A., Rich, A.N., Klistorner, A., & Graham, S. (2011). Neural filling-in? Increased response in deprived visual cortex when regions adjacent to a glucomatous scotoma are stimulated [Abstract]. Perception, 40(Suppl. ECVP Abst), 50.
  • Rivolta, D., Schmalzl, L., Palermo, R. & Williams, M.A. (2011). Multi-voxel patter analysis of fMRI data reveals abnormal anterior temporal lobe activity in congenital prosopagnosia [Abstract]. Perception, 40, 163.
  • Woolgar, A., Rich, A.N., & Williams, M.A. (2011). Top-down attention modulates multi-voxel representation of novel objects [Abstract]. Society for Neurosciences Annual Meeting.
  • Woolgar, A., Rich, A.N., & Williams, M.A. (2011). Multi-voxel coding in frontal, parietal and visual cortices: the effect of top-down attention on the representation of novel objects [Abstract]. Australasian Cognitive Neurosciences Conference, Clinical EEG and Neuroscience.
  • Rivolta, D., Williams, M. A., Schmalzl, L., & Palermo, R. (2010). Faces and Places in the Brain: An MEG Investigation [Abstract]. Journal of Vision. doi:10.1167/10.7.1266
  • Baggott, S., Palermo, R., & Williams, M. A. (2010). Task demands and capacity limits in the processing of emotional facial expressions [Abstract]. Perception, 39, 30.
  • Zopf, R., Harris, J.A., & Williams, M.A. (2010). Body Ownership modulates the influence of noninformative vision on touch [Abstract]. Australiasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), Melbourne, Australia.
  • Zopf, R., Harris, J.A., & Williams, M.A. (2010). The influence of body-ownership cues on tactile sensitivity [Abstract]. Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience (SFN), San Diego, USA.
  • Awasthi, B., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2010). Low spatial frequency faces affect reaching behaviour [Abstract]. Combined Abstracts of the 2010 Australian Psychology Conferences [CDROM].
  • Awasthi, B., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2010). Reach trajectories reveal early processing of low spatial frequency faces [Abstract]. Neuroscience 2010: Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, CA, USA.
  • Harry, B., Williams, M.A., Davis, C., & Kim, J. (2010). Brain activity related to within and between category object perception [Abstract]. Perception 39 ECVP Abstract Supplement.
  • Truong, S., Zopf, R., Finkbeiner, M., Friedman, J., & Williams, M. (2010). Perceptual Body Illusion Affects Action [Abstract]. Vision Science Society/Journal of Vision. doi: 10.1167/10.7.1052
  • Wallis, T.S.A., Williams, M.A. & Arnold, D.H. (2009). Pre-exposure to moving forms transiently improves objective sensitivity to static forms [Abstract]. Perception, 38 ECVP, 134.
  • Baggott, S., Williams, M., & Palermo, R. (2009). The lion, the face, and the processing of distractors [Abstract]. Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences (CDROM).
  • Williams, M.A., & Schmalzl, L. (2008). An examination of the neural markers of face perception using magnetoencephalography (MEG) [Abstract]. Perception, 37(1), 160.
  • Williams, M.A., & Schmalzl, L. (2008). An examination of the neural markers of face perception using magnetoencephalography (MEG) [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 60(1), 104.
  • Savage, G. & Williams, M. (2004). Implicit processing of faces in progressive prosopagnosia [Abstract]. Brain Impairment, 5(Suppl. 1), 118-119.
  • Stuart, G., Williams, M., & Castles, A. (2000). Magnocellular function in subtypes of developmental dyslexia [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 52, 51.

Published Conference Proceedings

  • Williams, M.A. & Rich, A.N. (2010). Cognitive Neuroscience: spanning the void between cognitive science and neuroscience. In Christensen, W., Schier, E., & Sutton, J. (Eds.), ASCS09: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science (pp. 362-365). Sydney: Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science.

Conference Presentations, Colloquia, and other presentations

  • Woolgar, A., Walther, A., Williams, M.A., Rich, A.N., & Kriegeskorte, N. (2012, December). Distinct reinstatement of multi-voxel patterns predicts memory for complex audio-visual stimuli. Paper presented at the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference (ACNS), Brisbane.
  • Williams, M., Awasthi, B., Sowman, P., Finkbeiner, M., & Rich, A. (2012, December). Atypical neural response to high and low spatial frequency stimuli in a rare case of visual perseveration. Paper presented at the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference (ACNS), Brisbane.
  • Contini, E., Lagopoulos, J., Cockayne, N., Hickie, I., Williams, M., & Naismith, S.L. (2012, November). A pilot study assessing white matter tract integrity in those with mild cognitive impairment: Comparisons with neuropsychological test performance. Poster session presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, .
  • Burianova, H., Morgan, M., Rich, A., Williams, M., & Savage, G. (2012, June). Brain reorganization of somatosensory function in a patient with deficient finger proprioception. Poster session presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Beijing, China.
  • Burianova, H., Savage, G., Sowman, P., Williams, M., Rich, A., Marstaller, L., & Johnson, B.W. (2012, April). Functional role of primary motor cortex in motor imagery measured with fMRI and MEG. Poster session presented at the 19th Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting, Chicago, USA.
  • Rich, A.N., Graham, S.L., Klistorner, A., & Williams, M.A. (2012, April). Neural ‘filling-in’? Increased response in deprived visual cortex when regions adjacent to a glaucomatous scotoma are stimulated. Paper presented at the 39th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), Sydney.
  • Woolgar, A., Rich, A.N., & Williams, M.A. (2012, April). Attention enhances multi-voxel representation of objects in frontal, parietal and visual cortices. Paper presented at the 39th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), Sydney.
  • Awasthi, B., Sowman, P.F., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2011, December). Behavioural and MEG studies of perception of low spatial frequency faces. Poster session presented at the Australasian Cognitive Neurosciences Conference (ACNC), Sydney.
  • Sista, U., Friedman, J., & Williams, M. (2011, December). Movement interference in imitative rhythmic arm movements. Colloquium at the 21st Meeting of the Australasian Society of Psychophysiology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Awasthi, B., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2011, November). Delayed processing of low spatial frequency faces in developmental prosopagnosia. Poster session presented at the Centre for Cognition and its Disorders (CCD) Annual Workshop, Macquarie University, Sydney.
  • Woolgar, A., Rich, A., & Williams, M. (2011, November). Top-down attention modulates multi-voxel representation of novel objects. Poster session presented at the Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
  • Rivolta, D., Schmalzl, L., Palermo, R., & Williams, M.A. (2011, August). Multi-voxel pattern analysis of fMRI data reveals abnormal anterior temporal lobe activity in congenital prosopagnosia. Paper presented at the 34th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Toulouse, France.
  • Sista, U., Friedman, J., & Williams, M. (2011, April). Movement interference in rhythmic arm movements. Colloquium at the 38th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Zopf, R., & Williams, M.A. (2011, January). Representation of visual information with respect to body parts in the human brain: An fMRI study. Poster session presented at the Australian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference (ACNC), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Harris, J., Zopf, R., Williams, M., & Arabzadeh, E. (2010, December). Visual information changes tactile sensitivity. Paper presented at the UWS Sensory Neuroscience Symposium, Sydney, Australia.
  • Awasthi, B., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2010, November). Reach trajectories reveal early processing of low spatial frequency faces. Poster session presented at the Neuroscience 2010: 40th Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, CA, USA.
  • Zopf, R., Harris, J. A., & Williams, M. A. (2010, November). The influence of body-ownership cues on tactile sensitivity. Paper presented at the HDR Showcase (e-presentation), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Awasthi, B., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2010, November). Reach trajectories reveal early processing of low spatial frequency faces. Paper presented at the E-presentation at the Faculty of Human Sciences Higher Degree Research Showcase, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Baggott, S., Palermo, R., & Williams, M. A. (2010, August). Task demands and capacity limits in the processing of emotional facial expressions. Poster session presented at the 33rd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Rivolta, D., Williams, M. A., Schmalzl, L., & Palermo, R. (2010, May). Faces and Places in the Brain: An MEG Investigation. Paper presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Visual Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, Florida.
  • Awasthi, B., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2010, April). Low spatial frequency faces affect reaching behaviour. Paper presented at the 37th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Sista, U.S. Friedman, J. & Williams, M. (2010, April). Interference effect in rhythmic arm movements. Paper presented at the 38th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Baggott, S., Williams, M., & Palermo, R. (2009, December). One fact at a time? Processing irrelevant but emotional faces. Poster session presented at the HCSNet SummerFest, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia..
  • Awasthi, B., Friedman, J., & Williams, M.A. (2009, November). Reaching to Faces. Presentation given at the Higher Degree Research Showcase, Macquarie University, Australia.
  • Zopf, R., Truong, S., Finkbeiner, M., Friedman, J., & Williams, M. (2009, September). The Effect of the Rubber Hand Illusion on Action. Paper presented at the HCSNet Workshop on Movement and Motion Capture, Macquarie University, Australia.
  • Baggott, S., Williams, M., & Palermo, R. (2009, April). The lion, the face, and the processing of distractors. Presentation given at the 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology, University of Wollongong, Australia.
  • Rivolta, D., Williams, M., Schmalzl, L., & Palermo, R. (2009, April). Faces and Places in the Brain: An MEG Investigation. Presentation given at the High Degree Research Showcase, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Rivolta, D., Palermo, R., Williams, M., & Coltheart, M. (2008, December). Covert recognition in congenital prosopagnosia. Presentation given at the Postgraduate Research Festival, Macquarie University, Australia.
  • Zopf, R., Savage, G., Coltheart, M., & Williams, M. (2008, December). Where is my hand? ? Challenging Spatial Limits of the Rubber Hand Illusion. Paper presented at the Postgraduate Research Festival, Macquarie University, Sydney.
  • Awasthi, B., Schmalzl, L., Duchaine, B., & Williams, M.A. (2008, December). Prosopamnesia: towards addressing the heterogeneity in face processing deficits. Presentation given at the Postgraduate Research Festival, Macquarie University, Australia.
  • Zopf, R., Savage, G., Coltheart, M., & Williams, M. (2008, October). Where is my hand? ? Challenging the Spatial Limits of the Rubber Hand Illusion. Paper presented at the Sydney Postgraduate Psychology Conference, Sydney, Australia.
  • Williams, M., & Schmalzl, L. (2008, August). An examination of the neural markers of face perception using magnetoencephalography (MEG). Poster session presented at the 31st European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Schmalzl, L., Zopf, R., & Williams, M. (2008, June). Neural correlates of face and body processing: MEG and fMRI investigations. Paper presented at the international cognitive neuroscience summer school "The Sense of Body", Bologna, Italy.
  • Williams, M., & Schmalzl, L. (2008, April). An examination of the neural markers of face perception using magnetoencephalography (MEG). Paper presented at the 35th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Fremantle, Australia.