Professor Arash Sahraie | The School of Psychology

Professor Arash Sahraie

Chair in Psychology

About

Email Address: a.sahraie@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number: +44 (0)1224 272387
Office Address: School of Psychology, William Guild Building, Room T02/T07, Kings College, Old Aberdeen AB24 3FX
School/Department: School of Psychology

Research

Current Research

Non-invasive assessment of visual system
Blindsight research: study of conscious and unconscious visual processing after brain injury
Development and assessment of vision rehabilitation strategies.
Parameters affecting orienting behaviour: eye movements and visual attention.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Level 2: Perception
Level 4: Visual awareness
MRes: Induction; Funding sources and grant application; Writing 9-month report

Publications

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How COVID lockdowns distorted our sense of time – new research
2023 - Published
Sahraie, A.
Contributions to Specialist Publications
- [ONLINE] https://theconversation.com/how-covid-lockdowns-distorted-our-sense-of-time-new-research-206617
Lost time: perception of events timeline affected by the COVID pandemic
2023 - Published
Pawlak, D. A., Sahraie, A.
PloS ONE, vol. 18, no. 5, 0278250
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278250
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21442/1/Pawlak_etSahraie_PLoSO_Lost_Time_VOR.pdf
Phasic alertness and multisensory integration contribute to visual awareness of weak visual targets in audio-visual stimulation under Continuous Flash Suppression
2022 - Published
Cederblad, M., Äijälä, J., Andersen, S., Macleod, M. J., Sahraie, A.
Vision, vol. 6, 31
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/vision6020031
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/18687/1/Cederblad_etal_Phasic_alertness_and_VOR.pdf
More or Less of Me and You: Self-Relevance Augments the Effects of Item Probability on Stimulus Prioritization
2022 - Published
Svensson, S., Golubickis, M., Maclean, H., Falben, J. K., Persson, L. M., Tsamadi, D., Caughey, S., Sahraie, A., Macrae, C. N.
Psychological Research, vol. 86, pp. 1145–1164
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01562-x
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/20087/1/Svensson_etal_PR_More_Or_Less_VoR.pdf
The expanding backlog of mental health patients and the continued toll of zero-COVID policy on healthcare settings
2022 - Published
Cardno, S. J., Sahraie, A.
Medical Research Archives , vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 1-9
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v10i4.2748
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/18784/1/Cardno_etal_MRA_The_Expanding_Backlog_VoR.pdf
Increased visual sensitivity and occipital activity in patients with hemianopia following vision rehabilitation
2021 - Published
Ajina, S., Jünemann, K., Sahraie, A., Bridge, H.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 41, no. 28, pp. 5994-6005
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2790-20.2021
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17167/1/Ajina_etal_JN_Increased_visual_sensitivity_VOR.pdf
Conscious awareness modulates processing speed in the Redundant Signal Effect
2021 - Published
Cederblad, A. M. H., Visokomogilski, A., Andersen, S. K., Macleod, M., Sahraie, A.
Experimental Brain Research, vol. 239, pp. 1877–1893
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-020-06008-1
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17162/1/Cederblad_etal_EBR_conscious_awareness_modulates_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Self-relevance enhances evidence gathering during decision-making
2020 - Published
Falben, J. K., Golubickis, M., Tamulaitis, S., Caughey, S., Tsamadi, D., Persson, L. M., Svensson, S., Sahraie, A., Macrae, C. N.
Acta Psychologica, vol. 209, pp. 103122
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103122
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17775/1/Falben_et_al_AP_SelfRelevanceEnhances_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Efficacy and predictors of recovery of function after eye movement training in 296 hemianopic patients
2020 - Published
Sahraie, A., Cederblad, M., Kenkel, S., Romano, J. G.
Cortex, vol. 125, pp. 149-160
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.12.005
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14259/3/Sahraie_etal_Efficacy_and_predictors_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Practice-related changes in eye movement strategy in healthy adults with simulated hemianopia
2019 - Published
Nowakowska, A., Clarke, A. D. F., Sahraie, A., Hunt, A. R.
Neuropsychologia, vol. 128, pp. 232-240
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.01.020
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13442/1/TrainingStudyAccepted.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
The visual influence of ostracism
2018 - Published
Golubickis, M., Sahraie, A., Hunt, A. R., Visokomogilski, A., Topalidis, P., MacRae, C. N.
European Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 182-188
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2305
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11406/1/Cyberball_REV.pdf
Self-relevance enhances the benefits of attention on perception
2018 - Published
MacRae, N., Visokomogilski, A., Golubickis, M., Sahraie, A.
Visual Cognition, vol. 26, pp. 475-481
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2018.1498421
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12576/1/Self_VisCog_Rev_Two.pdf
Self-prioritization and perceptual matching: The effects of temporal construal
2017 - Published
Golubickis, M., Falben, J. K., Sahraie, A., Visokomogilski, A., Cunningham, W. A., Sui, J., Macrae, C. N.
Memory & Cognition, vol. 45, no. 7, pp. 1223-1239
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-017-0722-3
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8807/3/Self_prioritization_and_perceptual_matching_The_effects_of_temporal_construal.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Self-Relevance Prioritizes Access to Visual Awareness
2017 - Published
Macrae, C. N., Visokomogilski, A., Golubickis, M., Cunningham, W. A., Sahraie, A.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 438-443
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000361
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7731/1/Self_Revision_2JEP.docx
Inefficient search strategies in simulated hemianopia
2016 - Published
Nowakowska, A., Clarke, A. D. F., Sahraie, A., Hunt, A. R.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 1858-1872
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000250.supp
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7716/2/Nowakowska_etal_JEP_Inefficient_search_strategies_AAM.pdf
Use of NeuroEyeCoach™ to Improve Eye Movement Efficacy in Patients with Homonymous Visual Field Loss
2016 - Published
Sahraie, A., Smania, N., Zihl, J.
BioMed Research International , vol. 2016, pp. 1-9
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/5186461
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7526/1/5186461.pdf
Search strategies in simulated hemianopia
2016 - Published
Nowakowska, A., Clarke, A. D. F., Sahraie, A., Hunt, A. R.
i-Perception, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 4-4
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669515593223
Simulated hemianopia: the effect of partial information loss on serial and parallel search
2015 - Published
Nowakowska, A., Clarke, A. D. F., Sahraie, A., Hunt, A. R.
38th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP) 2015 Liverpool, pp. 283-284
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006615598674
Context dependence of attentional capture
2015 - Published
Hunt, A., Sahraie, A., Macrae, C. N.
38th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP) 2015 Liverpool, pp. 79-79
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006615598674
Redundancy gain in binocular rivalry
2014 - Published
Ritchie, K. L., Bannerman, R. L., Sahraie, A.
Perception, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 1316-1328
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068/p7808
Pupil response as a predictor of blindsight in hemianopia
2013 - Published
Sahraie, A., Trevethan, C. T., Macleod, M. J., Urquhart, J., Weiskrantz, L.
PNAS, vol. 110, no. 45, pp. 18333-18338
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1318395110
Eye rivalry and object rivalry in the intact and split-brain
2013 - Published
Ritchie, K. L., Bannerman, R. L., Turk, D. J., Sahraie, A.
Vision Research, vol. 91, pp. 102-107
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2013.08.004
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3734/1/RitchieBannermanTurkSahraie.doc
The continuum of detection and awareness of visual stimuli within the blind field: from blindsight to the sighted-sight
2013 - Published
Sahraie, A., Trevethan, C. T., MacLeod, M. J., Weiskrantz, L., Hunt, A. R.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 3579-3585
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.12-11231
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Does delay impair localisation in blindsight?
2012 - Published
Carey, D. P., Trevethan, C. T., Weiskrantz, L., Sahraie, A.
Neuropsychologia, vol. 50, no. 14, pp. 3673-3680
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.08.018
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12623/1/Does_delay_impair_localisation_in_blindsight.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Saccadic latency is modulated by emotional content of spatially filtered face stimuli
2012 - Published
Bannerman, R. L., Hibbard, P. B., Chalmers, K., Sahraie, A.
Emotion, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 1384-1392
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028677
Emotional stimuli capture spatial attention but do not modulate spatial memory
2012 - Published
Bannerman, R., Temminck, E. V., Sahraie, A.
Vision Research, vol. 65, pp. 12-20
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2012.05.011
Trans-saccadic priming in hemianopia: sighted-field sensitivity is boosted by a blind-field prime
2012 - Published
Ritchie, K. L., Hunt, A., Sahraie, A.
Neuropsychologia, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 997-1005
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.02.006
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5466/1/1_s2.0_S002839321200070X_main.pdf
Evidence for perceptual learning with repeated stimulation after partial and total cortical blindness
2012 - Published
Trevethan, C. T., Urquhart, J., Ward, R., Gentleman, D., Sahraie, A.
Advances in Cognitive Psychology, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 29-37
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10053-008-0099-8
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Keeping track of locations in space
2012 - Published
Ritchie, K. L., Hunt, A., Sahraie, A.
i-Perception, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 384
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068/ie384
The effect of fear in the periphery in binocular rivalry
2012 - Published
Ritchie, K. L., Bannerman, R. L., Sahraie, A.
Perception, vol. 40, no. 12, pp. 1395-1401
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068/p7157
Trans-saccadic priming of location and orientation
2012 - Published
Ritchie, K. L., Hunt, A., Sahraie, A.
Perception, vol. 41, no. ECVP Abstract Supplement, pp. 56
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
Binocular rivalry: a window into emotional processing in aging
2011 - Published
Bannerman, R. L., Regener, P., Sahraie, A.
Psychology and Aging, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 372-380
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022029
Detection of target displacement across saccades in cortical blindness.
2011 - Published
Ritchie, K. L., Hunt, A., Sahraie, A.
Journal of Eye Movement Research, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 224
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
Face, house binocular rivalry under central and eccentric viewing conditions.: Perception, 40, ECVP 2011
2011 - Published
Ritchie, K. L., Bannerman, R. L., Sahraie, A.
Contributions to Conferences: Posters
- [ONLINE] http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=v110157
Saccadic remapping in hemianopia
2011 - Published
Ritchie, K. L., Hunt, A., Sahraie, A.
Scottish Vision Group, pp. 190
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068/i190
Consciousness of the first order in blindsight
2010 - Published
Sahraie, A., Hibbard, P. B., Trevethan, C. T., Ritchie, K. L., Weiskrantz, L.
PNAS, vol. 107, no. 49, pp. 21217-21222
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1015652107
Blindsight
2010 - Published
Trevethan, C. T., Sahraie, A.
Encyclopedia of Consciousness. Elsevier Inc., pp. 107-122, 16 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373873-8.00012-8
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Attentional bias to brief threat-related faces revealed by saccadic eye movements
2010 - Published
Bannerman, R. L., Milders, M. V., Sahraie, A.
Emotion, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 733-738
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019354
Improved detection following neuro-eye therapy in patients with post-geniculate brain damage
2010 - Published
Sahraie, A., Macleod, M. J., Trevethan, C. T., Robson, S. E., Olson, J. A., Callaghan, P., Yip, B.
Experimental Brain Research, vol. 206, no. 1, pp. 25-34
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-010-2395-z
Spatial aspects of binocular rivalry in emotional faces
2010 - Published
Ritchie, K., Bannerman, R., Sahraie, A.
Vision Sciences Society, 351
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/10.7.351
Vision Exercising Apparatus
2010 - Published
Sahraie, A.
Patents: Patents
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12872/1/US2010141894A1.pdf
- [ONLINE] VISION EXERCISING APPARATUS
Attentional cueing: fearful body postures capture attention with saccades
2010 - Published
Bannerman, R. L., Milders, M. V., Sahraie, A.
Journal of Vision, vol. 10, no. 5, 23
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/10.5.23
Perceptual Learning in the Blind Field of Hemianopic Patients
2009 - Published
Saharie, A., MacLeod, M. J.
49th Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Psychophysiological-Research
Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts
Processing emotional stimuli: comparison of saccadic and manual choice-reaction times
2009 - Published
Bannerman, R. L., Milders, M., Sahraie, A.
Cognition & Emotion, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 930-954
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02699930802243303
Orienting to threat: faster localization of fearful facial expressions and body postures revealed by saccadic eye movements
2009 - Published
Bannerman, R. L., Milders, M., de Gelder, B., Sahraie, A.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 276, no. 1662, pp. 1635-1641
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.1744
Inhibition related impairments of coherent motion perception in the attention-induced motion blindness paradigm
2009 - Published
Hesselmann, G., Allan, J. L., Sahraie, A., Milders, M., Niedeggen, M.
Spatial Vision, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 493-509
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/156856809789822961
Intact navigation skills after bilateral loss of striate cortex
2008 - Published
de Gelder, B., Tamietto, M., van Boxtel, G., Goebel, R., Sahraie, A., van den Stock, J., Stienen, B. M. C., Weiskrantz, L., Pegna, A.
Current Biology, vol. 18, no. 24, pp. R1128-R1129
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.002
Does localisation blindsight extend to two-dimensional targets?
2008 - Published
Carey, D. P., Sahraie, A., Trevethan, C. T., Weiskrantz, L.
Neuropsychologia, vol. 46, no. 13, pp. 3053-3060
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.06.015
Influence of emotional facial expressions on binocular rivalry
2008 - Published
Bannerman, R. L., Milders, M., de Gelder, B., Sahraie, A.
Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 317-326
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1313.2008.00568.x
Redundant target effect and the processing of colour and luminance
2008 - Published
Ridgway, N. C., Milders, M., Sahraie, A.
Experimental Brain Research, vol. 187, no. 1, pp. 153-160
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-008-1293-0

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How COVID lockdowns distorted our sense of time – new research

Lost time: perception of events timeline affected by the COVID pandemic

Phasic alertness and multisensory integration contribute to visual awareness of weak visual targets in audio-visual stimulation under Continuous Flash Suppression

More or Less of Me and You: Self-Relevance Augments the Effects of Item Probability on Stimulus Prioritization

The expanding backlog of mental health patients and the continued toll of zero-COVID policy on healthcare settings

Increased visual sensitivity and occipital activity in patients with hemianopia following vision rehabilitation

Conscious awareness modulates processing speed in the Redundant Signal Effect

Self-relevance enhances evidence gathering during decision-making

Efficacy and predictors of recovery of function after eye movement training in 296 hemianopic patients

Practice-related changes in eye movement strategy in healthy adults with simulated hemianopia

The visual influence of ostracism

Self-relevance enhances the benefits of attention on perception

Self-prioritization and perceptual matching: The effects of temporal construal

Self-Relevance Prioritizes Access to Visual Awareness

Inefficient search strategies in simulated hemianopia

Use of NeuroEyeCoach™ to Improve Eye Movement Efficacy in Patients with Homonymous Visual Field Loss

Search strategies in simulated hemianopia

Simulated hemianopia: the effect of partial information loss on serial and parallel search

Context dependence of attentional capture

Redundancy gain in binocular rivalry

Pupil response as a predictor of blindsight in hemianopia

Eye rivalry and object rivalry in the intact and split-brain

The continuum of detection and awareness of visual stimuli within the blind field: from blindsight to the sighted-sight

Does delay impair localisation in blindsight?

Saccadic latency is modulated by emotional content of spatially filtered face stimuli

Emotional stimuli capture spatial attention but do not modulate spatial memory

Trans-saccadic priming in hemianopia: sighted-field sensitivity is boosted by a blind-field prime

Evidence for perceptual learning with repeated stimulation after partial and total cortical blindness

Keeping track of locations in space

The effect of fear in the periphery in binocular rivalry

Trans-saccadic priming of location and orientation

Binocular rivalry: a window into emotional processing in aging

Detection of target displacement across saccades in cortical blindness.

Face, house binocular rivalry under central and eccentric viewing conditions.: Perception, 40, ECVP 2011

Saccadic remapping in hemianopia

Consciousness of the first order in blindsight

Blindsight

Attentional bias to brief threat-related faces revealed by saccadic eye movements

Improved detection following neuro-eye therapy in patients with post-geniculate brain damage

Spatial aspects of binocular rivalry in emotional faces

Vision Exercising Apparatus

Attentional cueing: fearful body postures capture attention with saccades

Perceptual Learning in the Blind Field of Hemianopic Patients

Processing emotional stimuli: comparison of saccadic and manual choice-reaction times

Orienting to threat: faster localization of fearful facial expressions and body postures revealed by saccadic eye movements

Inhibition related impairments of coherent motion perception in the attention-induced motion blindness paradigm

Intact navigation skills after bilateral loss of striate cortex

Does localisation blindsight extend to two-dimensional targets?

Influence of emotional facial expressions on binocular rivalry

Redundant target effect and the processing of colour and luminance