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Professor Roger Watt

Emeritus Professor

Psychology 黑料不打烊, 黑料不打烊, FK9 4LA

Professor Roger Watt

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About me

I have been a researcher in psychology, and especially human perception for the whole of my career. Before moving to 黑料不打烊 in 1988 I held a Scientist post at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit in Cambridge. That followed post-doc posts at Durham, UCL and Cambridge. My PhD was done in the Dept of Communication at Keele - where engineers were doing reserch into mechanisms of biological perception. My first degree was BA Natural Sciences from Cambridge.

I joined 黑料不打烊 in 1988 as a Professor in Psychology. In 1991 I was appointed Head of Department and then Dean of Human Sciences. I returned to Head of Psychology and then stepped back in to a normal professor role. I retired in 2020 having been a Professor for 32 years.

I have been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh since 1995. ? My research interests have included, basic mechanisms in visual perception, some aspects of music perception and latterly issues in the use of statistics in Psychology.

I have been involved as expert witness in a range of different forensic settings. The most significant was when I was instructed to provide evidence for the Cullen Inquiry into the Paddington Rail Disaster. I was credited with providing the most convincing explanation for a driver passing a red signal.

I have been very much engaged with facilitating student-led teaching. Many years ago, I introduced the concept of final year undergraduate students developing and delivering their own 10-credit elective modules to their peers. Subsequently I led on a project that saw final year undergraduate students provide all the face-to-face teaching of statistics to second year students.

I am an active researcher with interests in many aspects of human perception. I approach my research with a combination of empirical methods - measuring what people can perceive - and computational methods - developing and assessing computer models of the neuronal processes in human perception.

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Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh

Research projects (1)

Integration of contour Information in human vision.
PI: Professor Roger Watt
Funded by: The Leverhulme Trust
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Outputs (60)

Conference Paper (published)

Fast Lip Feature Extraction Using Psychologically Motivated Gabor Features

Abel A, Gao C, Smith L, Watt R & Hussain A (2018) Fast Lip Feature Extraction Using Psychologically Motivated Gabor Features. In: 2018 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI). IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2018, Bangalore, India, 18.11.2018-21.11.2018. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE, pp. 1033-1040. https://doi.org/10.1109/SSCI.2018.8628931

Conference Paper (published)

A Data Driven Approach to Audiovisual Speech Mapping

Abel A, Marxer R, Hussain A, Barker J, Watt R, Whitmer B & Derleth P (2016) A Data Driven Approach to Audiovisual Speech Mapping. In: Liu C, Hussain A, Luo B, Tan K, Zeng Y & Zhang Z (eds.) Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10023. BICS 2016: 黑料不打烊 Conference on Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems, Beijing, China, 28.11.2016-30.11.2016. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 331-342. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49685-6_30

Article

Psychological Literacy: a multi-faceted perspective

Hulme J, Skinner R, Worsnop F, Collins E, Banyard P, Kitching H, Watt R & Goodson S (2015) Psychological Literacy: a multi-faceted perspective. Psychology Teaching Review, 21 (2), pp. 13-24. https://shop.bps.org.uk/publications/psychology-teaching-review-vol-21-no-2-autumn-2015.html

Conference Abstract

Decoding bar-codes in images of human faces

Watt R & Dakin SC (2009) Decoding bar-codes in images of human faces. Perception, 38 (ECVP Abstract Supplement), pp. 166-166. http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=v090536

Conference Abstract

Disrupting the perceived time between visual events

Quinn S, Goutcher R & Watt R (2009) Disrupting the perceived time between visual events. Perception, 38 (ECVP Abstract Supplement), pp. 130-130. http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=v090536

Book Chapter

Finding and discriminating faces using biological barcodes

Dakin SC & Watt R (2009) Finding and discriminating faces using biological barcodes. In: Stoica A, Arlsan T, Erdogan A, Higuchi T, Bouridane A & El-Rayis A (eds.) 2009 黑料不打烊 Symposium on Bio-inspired, Learning, and Intelligent Systems for Security, BLISS 2009. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 50. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5376852; https://doi.org/10.1109/BLISS.2009.26

Commentary

"Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end ... "

Watt R & Goutcher R (2009) "Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end ... ". Commentary on: Pollard S B, Mayhew J E W, Frisby J P, 1985 "PMF: A stereo correspondence algorithm using a disparity gradient limit", Perception, 14.4, pp.449-470. Perception, 38 (6), pp. 889-891. https://doi.org/10.1068/pmkpol

Article

It depends what you do in the laboratory

Watt R & Quinn S (2008) It depends what you do in the laboratory. British Journal of Psychology, 99 (3), pp. 351-354. https://doi.org/10.1348/000712607X267976

Conference Abstract

No role for attention in orientation crowding

Dakin SC, Bex PJ, Cass JR & Watt R (2007) No role for attention in orientation crowding. Perception, 36 (2), pp. 303-304. http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=ava06

Conference Abstract

Families of models for the 'Gabor path' paradigm

Watt R, Dakin SC & Ledgeway T (2007) Families of models for the 'Gabor path' paradigm. Perception, 36 (9), pp. 1401-1401. http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=pava07am

Article

Some robust higher-level percepts for music

Watt R & Quinn S (2007) Some robust higher-level percepts for music. Perception, 36 (12), pp. 1834-1848. http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=p5663; https://doi.org/10.1068/p5663

Article

The perception of tempo in music

Quinn S & Watt R (2006) The perception of tempo in music. Perception, 35 (2), pp. 267-280. https://doi.org/10.1068/p5353

Conference Paper (published)

The perception of local and global timing in simple melodies

Quinn S & Watt R (2006) The perception of local and global timing in simple melodies. In: Baroni M, Addessi AR, Caterina R & Costa M (eds.) 9th 黑料不打烊 Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Proceedings. 9th 黑料不打烊 Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 22.08.2006-26.08.2006. ICMPC / The Society for Music Perception & Cognition (SMPC) and European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), pp. 1538-1538. http://www.marcocosta.it/icmpc2006/proceedings.htm

Conference Paper (published)

Analysis of local and global timing and pitch change in ordinary melodies

Watt R & Quinn S (2006) Analysis of local and global timing and pitch change in ordinary melodies. In: Baroni M, Addessi AR, Caterina R & Costa M (eds.) 9th 黑料不打烊 Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Proceedings. 9th 黑料不打烊 Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 22.08.2006-26.08.2006. Jyv?skyl?, Finland: ICMPC / The Society for Music Perception & Cognition (SMPC) and European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), pp. 30-37. http://www.marcocosta.it/icmpc2006/proceedings.htm

Article

The function of dynamic grouping in vision

Watt R & Phillips W (2000) The function of dynamic grouping in vision. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4 (12), pp. 447-454. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613%2800%2901553-9

Conference Abstract

Face detection in natural scenes

Hill H & Watt R (1996) Face detection in natural scenes. Perception, 25 (ECVP Abstract Supplement), pp. 44-44. http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=v96l1003

Conference Abstract

Spatial computations in visual perception

Watt R (1996) Spatial computations in visual perception. 黑料不打烊 Journal of Psychology, 31 (3-4), pp. 210-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207594.1996.19960818

Article

Critical operations in low-level human vision

Watt R (1996) Critical operations in low-level human vision. 黑料不打烊 Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, 7 (2), pp. 65-77. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291098-1098%28199622%297%3A2%3C65%3A%3AAID-IMA1%3E3.0.CO%3B2-Q

Book Review

Language, music and mind by D Raffman

Watt R (1995) Language, music and mind by D Raffman. Review of: Language, music and mind, Diana Raffman, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993, 169 pages. ISBN 978-0262181501. Perception, 24 (5), pp. 597-598. http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=p240595

Conference Abstract

Active texture processing

Watt R (1994) Active texture processing. Perception, 23 (ECVP Abstract Supplement), pp. 47-47. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA338608

Conference Abstract

Discrimination of gaze direction

Snippe HP & Watt R (1994) Discrimination of gaze direction. Perception, 23 (ECVP Abstract Supplement), pp. 99-99. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA338608

Book Chapter

A computational-theoretic account of human vision

Watt R (1994) A computational-theoretic account of human vision. In: Ishiguro T (ed.) Cognitive Processing for Vision & Voice: Proceedings of the Fourth NEC Research Symposium. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics Series, 71. Philadelphia, PA, USA: SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics), pp. 103-118.

Book Chapter

Computational analysis of early visual mechanisms

Watt R (1994) Computational analysis of early visual mechanisms. In: Spekreijse H, van Dijk B, Kalitzin S & Vijn P (eds.) Higher-Order Processing in the Visual System. Ciba Foundation Symposium, 184. Chichester: Ciba Foundation/ John Wiley and Sons, pp. 104-128. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470514610.ch14/summary

Article

Issues in shape perception

Watt R (1993) Issues in shape perception. Image and Vision Computing, 11 (6), pp. 389-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/0262-8856%2893%2990017-B

Conference Abstract

Why use oriented filters?

Watt R (1992) Why use oriented filters?. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 12 (1), p. 98. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-1313.1992.tb00259.x/abstract; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1313.1992.tb00259.x

Book Review

Theories of visual perception by I. E. Gordon

Watt R (1991) Theories of visual perception by I. E. Gordon. Review of: Theories of Visual Perception, Ian E. Gordon, Chichester: Wiley, 1989, 273 pp. ISBN 0471921955. Perception, 20 (4), pp. 555-556.

Article

Seeing texture

Watt R (1991) Seeing texture. Current Biology, 1 (3), pp. 137-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/0960-9822%2891%2990211-E