Degrees

MS, August 2005, Michigan State University, Computer Science
BS, May 2003, Michigan State University, Computer Science

Research Interests

My research interests are currently focused on the cognitive mechanisms of perceptual categorization. Specifically, I have been investigating the time course of categorization at different levels of abstraction and how this time course may change with experience. Recently, I have also been involved in investiging the perceptual and decisional sources of holistic processing during face perception.

Publications

Mack, M. L., Gauthier, I., Sadr, J., & Palmeri, T. J. (in press). Object detection and basic-level categorization: Sometimes you know it is there before you know what it is. Psychonomic Bulletin Review.
Richler, J. J., Mack, M. L., Gauthier, I., & Palmeri, T. J. (2007). Perceptual and decisional sources of holism in face recognition: Comparing models and humans. Proceedings of the 29th Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Mack, M. L., Wong, A. C.-N., Gauthier, I., Tanaka, J. W., & Palmeri, T. J. (2007). Unraveling the Timecourse of Perceptual Categorization: Does Fastest Mean First? Proceedings of the 29th Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
Henderson, J.M., Brockmole, J.R., Castelhano, M.S., & Mack, M.L. (2007). Visual saliency does not account for eye movements during visual search in real-world scenes. In Van Gompel, R.P.G., Fischer, M.H., Murray, W.S., & Hill, R.L. (Eds.), Eye movements: A window on mind and brain. Oxford: Elsevier.
Gajewski, D. A., Pearson, A. M., Mack, M. L., Bartlett, F. N., & Henderson, J. M. (2005). Human Gaze Control in Real World Search. In Paletta, L.; Tsotsos, J.K.; Rome, E.; Humphreys, G. (Eds.), Attention and Performance in Computational Vision (pp. 83-99). New York: Springer-Verlag.
Oliva, A., Mack, M. L., Shrestha, M., & Peeper, A. (2004). Identifying the perceptual dimensions of visual complexity of scenes. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Presentations

Richler, J. J., Mack, M. L., Gauthier, I., & Palmeri, T. J. (May 2007). Distinguishing Between Perceptual and Decisional Sources of Holism in Face Processing. Presented at the 7th Vision Sciences Society 2007 Meeting.
Mack, M. L., Wong, A. C.-N., Gauthier, I., & Palmeri, T. J. (May 2006). The Time Course of Visual Object Detection and Categorization. Presented at the 6th Vision Sciences Society 2006 Meeting.
Mack, M. L. & Oliva, A. (November 2004). Computational Estimation of Visual Complexity. Presented at the 12th Annual Object, Perception, Attention, and Memory Conference.
Carlisle, N. B., Mack, M. L., & Oliva, A. (November 2004). The Role of Visual Complexity in Short Term Memory. Presented at the 12th Annual Object, Perception, Attention, and Memory Conference.
Castelhano, M. S., Mack, M. L., & Henderson, J. M. (November 2004). Task Influences on Eye Movement Control in Scenes. Presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
Brockmole, J. R., Mack, M. L., Castelhano, M. S., Oliva, A., & Henderson, J.M. (November 2004). Fixation Duration is Related to Local Image Statistics During Real-World Scene Viewing. Presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
Mack, M. L. & Oliva, A. (May 2004) The Perceptual Dimensions of Visual Simplicity. Presented at 4th Vision Sciences Society 2004 Meeting.
Mack, M. L., Oliva, A., Shrestha, M., & Peeper, A. (May 2004). The Representation of Complexity of Real-World Scenes. Presented at the 4th Vision Sciences Society Meeting.
Mack, M. L., Castelhano, M. S., Henderson, J. M., & Oliva, A. (November 2003). What the Visual System "Sees": The relationship between fixation positions and image properties during a search task in real-world scenes. Presented at the 11th Annual Object, Perception, Attention, and Memory Conference, Vancouver.