Publications:

    Durant, S., Wall, M. B., Zanker, J. M. (2011) Manipulating the content of dynamic natural scenes to characterize response in human MT/MST . Journal of Vision In press

    Yarrow, K., Jahn, N., Durant, S. & Arnold, D. (2011) Shifts of criteria or neural timing? The assumptions underlying timing perception studies. Consciousness and Cognition In press

    Durant, S., Zanker, J. M. (2009) The movement of motion-defined contours can bias perceived position. Biology Letters 5(2):270-273

    Durant, S., Zanker, J. M. (2009) Characterizing motion contour detection mechanisms and equivalent mechanisms in the luminance domain . Journal of Vision 9(1):36.1-16

    Durant, S., Zanker, J. M. (2008) Combining direction and speed for the localisation of visual motion defined contours. Vision Research 48:1053-1064

    Durant, S., Clifford, C. W. G., Crowder, N. A., Price, N. S. C. and Ibbotson, M. R. (2007) Characterizing contrast adaptation in a population of cat primary visual cortical neurons using Fisher information. Journal of the Optical Society of America A 24:1529-1537 (also selected for the May 15, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research)

    Durant, S., Clifford, C. W. G. (2006) Dynamics of the influence of segmentation cues on orientation perception. Vision Research 46(18):2934-2940

    Durant, S., Donoso-Barrera, A., Tan, S., Johnston, A. (2006) Moving from segregated to transparent motion: a modelling approach. Biology Letters 2(1):101-105

     Durant, S., Johnston, A. (2004) Temporal dependence of local motion induced shifts in perceived position.  Vision Research 44(4):357-66

     Arnold, D.H., Durant, S., Johnston, A. (2003) Latency differences and the flash-lag effect.  Vision Research 43(17):1829-35.

   Peer-reviewed conference abstracts:

    Durant, S., Zanker, J. M.(2010) Human MT+ response saturates rapidly as a function of sampling density in natural dynamic scenes. Journal of Vision 10(7): 842

   (2009) Comparing image structure with local motion structure in real life optic flow. Journal of Vision 9(8):1043

    Durant, S., Zanker, J. M. (2008) Analysing the information about scene structure embedded in optic flow fields. Perception 37:40

    Durant, S., Zanker, J. M. (2008) The movement of motion-defined contours can bias perceived position. Applied Vision Association

    Durant, S., Zanker, J. M. (2007) Within modality cue combination: Localising contours defined by speed and direction. Perception36 Supp. Page 88

    Durant, S., Zanker, J. M. (2007) The spatial tuning of visual motion contour detection in humans. Journal of Vision7(9), 404

    Durant, S., Zanker, J. M. (2006) On the role of speed and direction in localizing motion defined contours. European Conference on Visual Perception. Perception 35 Supp. Page 220

    Clifford, C. W. G. , Durant, S., Crowder, N. A., Price, N. S.C., Ibbotson, M. R.(2006) Characterizing contrast adaptation in a population of cat primary visual cortical neurons using Fisher information. Computational and Systems Neuroscience, Salt Lake City, USA

    Durant, S., Clifford, C. W. G. , Crowder, N. A., Price, N. S.C., Ibbotson, M. R.(2006) Informational basis of visual contrast adaptation. Australian Neuroscience Society, Sydney

    Durant, S., Clifford, C. W. G. (2005) Dynamics of centre-surround interactions in orientation perception. Vision Sciences Society, Journal of Vision, 5(8), page 231(a)

    Durant, S, Clifford, C (2005) The effect of spatial and temporal context in orientation perception. Conference: 32^nd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference

    Durant, S., Johnston, A. (2004) Modelling the influence of visual motion on perceived position, European Conference on Visual Perception.  Perception  33 Supp., page 163a

    Johnston, A., Durant, S., Dale, J. (2003) A labile representation of spatial information in the visual cortex, Vision Sciences Society. Journal of Vision, 3(9), page 224(a)

    Durant, S., Johnston, A. (2002) Temporally offset motion-induced spatial misalignment. Vision Sciences Society Journal of Vision 2(7), page 647a

    Durant, S., Johnston, A. (2002) Temporal dependence of motion-induced spatial misalignment. Conference: Visual Localization in Space-Time, University of Sussex, UK

    Durant, S., Savage, H., Johnston, A. (2002) Speed dependence of motion-induced spatial misalignment, European Conference on Visual Perception.  Perception  31 Supp., page 40b

   Book review:

   “Mental mappers work in a world turned upside down” a review of Michael Morgan: The Space Between our Ears in the Times Higher Education Supplemement 1/10/04