B Science, B Science (Honours), GDip Education, PhD

Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology

Contact details for Dr Mark Chappell

Research expertise

• Psychophysical investigation of the human visual system, via the study of illusions
• Perception of the position of moving objects
• Perception of light and dark
• Effects of attention
• Application of the above to road safety

Current teaching areas

• Undergraduate Program Convenor for Mt Gravatt Psychology
• Assist students with their course selection for the Psychology program
• Part of a team which continuously monitors and seeks to improve the program

Publications

• Chappell, M. (2007). Mapping a field of suppression surrounding visual stimuli. Journal of Vision, 7, 1-14. Online version, doi:10.1167/7.10.8.
• Sarich, D., Chappell, M., and Burgess, C. (2007). Dividing attention in the flash-lag illusion. Vision Research, 47, 544-547.
• Chappell, M., Hine, T. J., Acworth, C., and Hardwick, D. (2006). Attention capture by the flash-lag flash. Vision Research, 46, 3205-3213.
• Chappell, M. and Hine, T. J. (2004). Events before the flash Do influence the flash-lag magnitude. Vision Research, 44, 235-239.
• McClelland, J.L., and Chappell, M. (1998). Familiarity breeds differentiation: A subjective-likelihood approach to the effects of experience in recognition memory. Psychological Review, 105, 724-760.