Shumetha Kaur Sidhu | Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Shumetha Sidhu received her PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2020. Her thesis was in the field of human visual perception, specifically investigating the mechanisms of figure-ground segregation of orientation-based texture stimuli. She uses psychophysical paradigms, computational modelling, and eye-tracking techniques in her research to explore early vision in humans. Her current research area has extended to investigate what aspects of visual scenes – particularly nature scenes – can provide cognitive benefits. Shumetha joined the School of Psycology & CLS at the University of Reading Malaysia in 2020, where she has since taught various psychology modules at an undergraduate level.
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Telephone |
+60 7 268 6293 |
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Speciality areas |
Vision Science |
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Highest qualification and awarding body |
PhD in Psychology, University of Nottingham |
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UoRM programmes taught/supervised |
BSc (Hons) Psychology: |
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Research interests |
Texture perception |
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Current projects |
How do we segregate foreground objects from a background purely by textural differences? Assessing age-related changes in second-order texture mechanisms. What aspects of nature scenes improve cognitive abilities? |
