Sang-Ah Yoo

Postdoctoral Researcher at Pusan National University
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Busan, South Korea, KR
Languages
  • Korean -
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Experience

    • South Korea
    • Higher Education
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      • Mar 2022 - Present

    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Postdoctoral Visitor
      • Mar 2020 - Feb 2022

      - Review visual working memory literature and propose its key components to build a cognitive architecture.- Design and conduct online psychophysical studies. - Compare human eye movements with performance of saliency algorithms in visual search.-Supervisor: Dr. John K. Tsotsos - Review visual working memory literature and propose its key components to build a cognitive architecture.- Design and conduct online psychophysical studies. - Compare human eye movements with performance of saliency algorithms in visual search.-Supervisor: Dr. John K. Tsotsos

    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Researcher
      • Sep 2013 - Dec 2019

      - Investigated visual attention using various methodologies. > Conducted human psychophysical studies, including eye tracking. > Analyzed monkeys’ neuronal data.> Modelled the attentional effects based on the behavioral and neurophysiological evidence.-Analyzed human eye movements as a measure of long-term visual memory.> Compared eye movements across healthy young and older adults, and an amnesic patient. -Collaborated with computer scientists, neuroscientists, and biologists.-Mentored and trained 6 undergraduate research assistants.-Supervisors: Dr. Mazyar Fallah and Dr. John K. Tsotsos

    • Teaching Assistant
      • Sep 2013 - Apr 2018

    • South Korea
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Associate
      • Mar 2012 - Jul 2013

      - Examined the effect of individually-tailored training in visual working memory capacity (adaptive staircase method).- Investigated motion information representation at the filled-in surface of the human blind spot.- Reviewed binocular rivalry literature and co-authored a research paper.

    • Graduate Researcher
      • Mar 2010 - Feb 2012

      - Investigated how retinal eccentricity of visual objects in different categories influences visual working memory of these objects.> Spatial frequency filtering of images.- Trained in several psychophysical methods for vision research: Contrast sensitivity, motion adaptation, and binocular rivalry.-Supervisor: Dr. Sang Chul Chong

Education

  • York University
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Psychology
    2013 - 2019
  • York University
    Graduate Diploma, Neuroscience
    2013 - 2015
  • Yonsei University
    Master of Science - MS, Cognitive Science
    2010 - 2012
  • Yonsei University
    Bachelor's degree, Psychology
    2006 - 2010
  • UC Irvine
    Exchange student, Cognitive Science
    2008 - 2009

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