Ph.d. passed with distinction at the Université Lumière Lyon2, France
Doctoral dissertation: "Perceptual classification images for surface and contours"
Research activities and teaching experience
Since 2006
Post-doctoral research fellow at the department of psychology, Justus-Liebig-Giessen universität, Germany.
2003-2005
Post-doctoral research fellow at the visual psychophysics laboratory, University of California, Davis, USA.
2002-2003
Temporary research and teaching assistant (ATER) at the laboratory of cognitive psychology, université Lumière Lyon2, France.
1999-2002
Lecture in cognitive neuroscience, statistics, research methods, and computer science applied to psychology.
Research interests
color assimilation, color filling-in, contour and surface integration, rod-cone interactions
Publications
Journal articles
Devinck, F., Delahunt, P.B., Hardy, J.L., Spillmann, L., & Werner, J.S. (2005). The watercolor effect: Quantitative evidence for luminance-dependent mechanisms of long-range color assimilation. Vision Research, 45, 1413-1424.
Devinck, F., Delahunt, P.B., Hardy, J.L., Spillmann, L., & Werner, J.S. (2006). Spatial dependence of color assimilation by the watercolor effect. Perception, 35, 461-468.
Delord, S., Ducato, M.G., Pins, D., Devinck, F., Thomas, P., Boucart, M., & Knoblauch, K. (2006). Psychophysical assessment of magno- and parvocellular function in schizophrenia. Visual Neuroscience, 23, 645-650.
Devinck, F., Spillmann, L., & Werner, J.S. (2006). Spatial profile of contours inducing long-range color assimilation. Visual Neuroscience, 23, 573-577.
Devinck, F., Delord, S., & Knoblauch, K. (submitted). Surface has the edge in detection.
Published abstracts
Devinck, F., Bedoin, N., & Boyer, P. (2000). Typicality evaluated by specicality can predict performances in categorisation tasks. International Journal of Psychology, 35, 288.
Devinck, F., Delord, S., & Knoblauch, K. (2001). Edge and surface contributions to detection. Perception, 30, 85-86.
Devinck, F., Delord, S., & Knoblauch, K. (2001). Surface, contour and long-range influences in detection. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 42, S158.
Devinck, F., Delord, S., & Knoblauch, K. (2002). Visual cues used by human and ideal observers in the detection of luminance patches. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 43.
Devinck, F., Delahunt, P.B., Hardy, J.L., Spillmann, L., & Werner, J.S. (2004). Watercolor spreading quantified by matching and cancellation. Journal of Vision, 4(8), 333a.
Delord, S., Devinck, F., & Knoblauch, K. (2004). Surface and edge in visual detection: is filling-in necessary. Journal of Vision, 4(8), 68a.
Devinck, F., Delahunt, P.B., Hardy, J.L., Spillmann, L., & Werner, J.S. (2005). Color assimilation: dependence of watercolor spreading on contour luminance contrast and stimulus width. Journal of Vision, 5(8), 719a.
Devinck, F., Hardy, J.L., Delahunt, P.B., Spillmann, L., & Werner, J.S. (2006). Optimising the strength of the watercolour effect by varying the chromatic arrangement of the inducing contours. Perception, 35, 192.