Michael Proulx

Personal profile

Research interests

"What does it mean, to see?" My primary interest in psychology, neuroscience, and computer science is cognition. My research has advanced from first examining cognition and attentional control within the visual system to now examine how multisensory processing contributes to perception and cognition. Working with blind individuals in particular helps to reveal the role of visual experience for cognition and how the "visual" parts of the brain process other information in the absence of visual input. Much of this work has used a 'sensory-substitution' device (called The vOICe) that provides visual information by translating visual input into sound. I therefore study multiple sensory modalities and utilize multiple methods to best understand the psychological and neural underpinnings of cognition in human and non-human animals. Other current projects include virtual reality (VR), the rubber hand illusion, visual decision-making in zebrafish and bees, perceptual learning, spatial cognition, numerical representation, semantic memory, cognitive evolution, synaesthesia, neurostimulation, crossmodal collaboration, and sensory substitution.

Education/Academic qualification

Psychological and Brain Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, John Hopkins University

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Projects

5 Finished

Crescent Jicol-Vacation Scholarships

Proulx, M.

The Wellcome Trust

4/07/16 → 26/08/16

Project: UK charity

Does Optimal Integration of Sound and Touch Develop Earlier in Blind Children?

Petrini, K. & Proulx, M.

The British Academy

1/04/15 → 31/05/17

Project: Research council

Indonesia Second City Partnership Travel Grant

Proulx, M.

British Council Indonesia

10/03/15 → 31/12/15

Project: Central government, health and local authorities

IAA - How Well Can You See with your Ears (Android App)

Proulx, M.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

1/10/13 → 30/09/15

Project: Research council

Design Patterns for Inclusive Collaboration (DePIC)

Proulx, M.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

1/07/12 → 31/10/15

Project: Research council

Research Output

52 Article
12 Poster
4 Conference contribution
2 Other chapter contribution
8 More

Affect Recognition using Psychophysiological Correlates in High Intensity VR Exergaming

Barathi, S. C., Proulx, M., O'Neill, E. & Lutteroth, C., 16 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, U.S.A.: Association for Computing Machinery, Vol. 2020-April. p. 1-15 15 p. (CHI: Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Open Access

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Neuropsychological changes in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

Halicka, M., Vittersø, A. D., Proulx, M. J. & Bultitude, J. H., 14 Jan 2020, In : Behavioural Neurology. 2020, 4561831.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Open Access

Visual-to-auditory sensory substitution alters language asymmetry in both sighted novices and experienced visually impaired users

Proulx, M. J., Brown, D. J., Lloyd-Esenkaya, T., Leveson, J. B., Todorov, O. S., Watson, S. H. & de Sousa, A. A., 18 Feb 2020, In : Applied Ergonomics. 85, 103072.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article