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Research Assistant Professor, Phone: 631-444-2599 Location: Stony Brook University, 101 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794 |
Area of ResearchVisual perception, Color vision, Neural basis of visual and sensory processing, Visual-Somatosensory Integration, Aging. |
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Education and Training |
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Education:
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| BSc (Hons) in Physics with Mathematics |
King’s College, London |
1988 | |
| Ph.D. in Physics, King’s College, London | King’s College, London | 1992 | |
| Instrumentation Scientist | National Institute of Standards & Technology & Adjunct Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland | 1992-1996 | |
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Postdoctoral Research Associate Advanced Certificate Program in Psychology of Animal Behavior & Conservation M.A. in Psychology with a Concentration in Animal Behavior & Conservation Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Research Instructor |
University of Oxford Hunter College, CUNY
Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
1997-1998 2013
2013
2016-2022
2022-2025
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| Professional Interests: |
I am primarily a vision scientist who uses a combination of psychophysical and neurophysiological methods to study color vision, visual perception and Multisensory Integration. Originally trained as a Physicist, I recently rejoined academia in the field of Psychology, so my approach to psychological research tends to be slightly more basic and mechanistic. I have recently expanded my research focus to include the effects of aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment on visual and somatosensory perception as well as on Visual-Somatosensory Integration. |
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| Selected Publications: |
Shapley, R., Nunez, V., & Gordon, J. (2024) Low luminance contrast’s effect on the color appearance of S-cone patterns. Vision Research 222, 108448. PMID: 38906035 Mahoney JR, Blumen HM, De Sanctis P, Fleysher R, Frankini C, Hoang A, Hoptman MJ, Jin R, Lipton M, Nunez V., Twizer L. Uy, N., Valdivia, A., Verghese, T.,Wang, C.,Weiss, E. F., Zwerling, J., & Verghese, J. (2023). Visual-somatosensory integration (VSI) as a novel marker of Alzheimer’s disease: A comprehensive overview of the VSI study. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 15. PMID: 37065459 Nunez, V., Gordon, J, & Shapley, R. M. (2022). Signals from Single-Opponent cortical cells in the human cVEP, Journal of Neuroscience, 12 April 2022, JN-RM-0276-22; PMID 35414533 Nunez, V., Gordon, J, & Shapley, R. M. (2021). A multiplicity of color-responsive cortical mechanisms revealed by the dynamics of cVEPs. Vision Research 188, 234-245. PMID: 34388605 Shapley, R., Nunez, V., & Gordon, J. (2019). Cortical double-opponent cells and human color perception. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 30, 1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2019.04.001 Nunez, V., Shapley, R. M., & Gordon, J. (2018). Cortical double-opponent cells in color perception: perceptual scaling and chromatic visual evoked potentials. i-Perception, 9(1), 2041669517752715, 1-16. PMID: 29375753 Nunez, V., Shapley, R. M., & Gordon, J. (2017). Nonlinear dynamics of cortical responses to color in the human cVEP. Journal of Vision, 17(11)9, 1-13. PMID: 28973563 Complete List of Published Work available in ResearchGate |
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