Mary Myleen Hayhoe | |
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Alma mater | University of Queensland University of Cambridge University of California, San Diego |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Rochester University of Texas Austin |
Thesis | Lateral interaction in the control of sensitivity during dark adaptation (1979) |
Mary Myleen Hayhoe is an Australian American [ citation needed ] psychologist who researches vision. She has developed virtual environments for the investigation of visually guided behaviour. In 2017, Hayhoe was awarded the Vision Sciences Society's Davida Teller Award. In 2002, she was awarded the Optica's Edgar D. Tillyer Award for her contributions to visual perception and cognition. In 2024, Hayhoe was awarded the Kurt Koffka Medal for "advancing the fields of perception or developmental psychology to an extraordinary extent".
Hayhoe is from Australia. She was an undergraduate student at the University of Queensland, where she majored in psychology and mathematics. [1] She then moved to England and studied at the University of Cambridge from 1970-1973. [2] In 1973, Hayhoe moved to the United States, and joined Florida State University as a research associate in psychology. Hayhoe joined the University of California, San Diego for graduate research, where she studied how eyes adapt to dark light environments. [3]
Hayhoe was appointed to the faculty at the University of California, Irvine and Columbia University.[ when? ][ citation needed ] She moved to the University of Rochester in 1984, where she was promoted from assistant to associate and eventually full professor. [4] In 1998, she was made Director of the Cognitive Science Program. In 2006, Hayhoe left Rochester and joined the University of Texas at Austin. [1]
Hayhoe's research considers visual sensation and the relationships between vision and movement. [5] [6]
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