Dr Zahra Hussain
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Dr Zahra Hussain

Lecturer in Psychology

School of Psychology (Faculty of Health)

Biography

Biography

Lecturer: School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK

Assistant Professor: Department of Psychology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Postdoc: School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK

PhD: McMaster University, Canada

BA: Sophia College, Mumbai University, India 

Teaching

Teaching

Teaching interests

Perception, signal detection theory, statistics

Research

Research

Research interests

Perceptual learning, visual system plasticity, abnormal visual development, visual expertise

Publications

Publications

Key publications

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
Hussain Z & McGraw PV (2022) 'Disruption of Positional Encoding at Small Separations in the Amblyopic Periphery' Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science 63, (4) , DOI Open access
Hussain Z (2020) 'An expert advantage in detecting unfamiliar visual signals in noise' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, (41) 25935-25941 , DOI Open access
Hussain Z & Bennett PJ (2020) 'Perceptual learning of detection of textures in noise' Journal of Vision 20, (7) 22-22 , DOI Open access
Hussain Z, Astle AT, Webb BS & McGraw PV (2018) 'Position matching between the visual fields in strabismus' Journal of Vision 18, (1) 9-9 , DOI Open access
Hussain Z, Svensson C-M, Besle J, Webb BS, Barrett BT & McGraw PV (2015) 'Estimation of cortical magnification from positional error in normally sighted and amblyopic subjects' Journal of Vision 15, (2) 25-25 , DOI
Hussain Z, Astle AT, Webb BS & McGraw PV (2014) 'The challenges of developing a contrast-based video game for treatment of amblyopia' Frontiers in Psychology 5, , DOI
Besle J, Hussain Z, Giard M-H & Bertrand O (2013) 'The Representation of Audiovisual Regularities in the Human Brain' Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 25, (3) 365-373 , DOI
Hussain Z, Bennett PJ & Sekuler AB (2012) 'Versatile perceptual learning of textures after variable exposures' Vision Research 61, 89-94 , DOI
Hussain Z, Webb BS, Astle AT & McGraw PV (2012) 'Perceptual Learning Reduces Crowding in Amblyopia and in the Normal Periphery' The Journal of Neuroscience 32, (2) 474-480 , DOI
Hussain Z, McGraw PV, Sekuler AB & Bennett PJ (2012) 'The Rapid Emergence of Stimulus Specific Perceptual Learning' Frontiers in Psychology 3, , DOI
Hussain Z, Sekuler AB & Bennett PJ (2011) 'Superior Identification of Familiar Visual Patterns a Year After Learning' Psychological Science 22, (6) 724-730 , DOI
Hussain Z, Sekuler AB & Bennett PJ (2010) 'Task-specific perceptual learning of texture identification' Journal of Vision 10, (7) 1148-1148 , DOI
Hussain Z, Sekuler AB & Bennett PJ (2009) 'How much practice is needed to produce perceptual learning?' Vision Research 49, (21) 2624-2634 , DOI
Hussain Z, Sekuler AB & Bennett PJ (2009) 'Perceptual learning modifies inversion effects for faces and textures' Vision Research 49, (18) 2273-2284 , DOI
Hussain Z, Sekuler AB & Bennett PJ (2009) 'Contrast-reversal abolishes perceptual learning' Journal of Vision 9, (4) 20-20 , DOI
Hussain Z, Sekuler AB & Bennett PJ (2008) 'Robust perceptual learning of faces in the absence of sleep' Vision Research 48, (28) 2785-2792 , DOI
Park NW, Conrod B, Hussain Z, Murphy KJ, Rewilak D & Black SE (2003) 'A Treatment Program for Individuals With Deficient Evaluative Processing and Consequent Impaired Social and Risk Judgement' Neurocase 9, (1) 51-62 , DOI
Naveh-Benjamin M, Hussain Z, Guez J & Bar-On M (2003) 'Adult age differences in episodic memory: Further support for an associative-deficit hypothesis' Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 29, (5) 826-837 , DOI