Published Abstracts

• The role of stimulus history in colour constancy.
  Smithson HE (2009).
  Journal of Vision, 9(14):9, 9a

• Chromatic appearance depends on the rate of change of the colour signal (the “slew” rate).
  Stockman A, Smithson HE, Aboshiha J, West P & Ripamonti C (2008).
  Journal of Vision, 8(6):1098, 1098a

• Adaptation of central colour channels.
  Lee RJ, Mollon JD, Zaidi Q & Smithson HE (2007).
  Perception, 36, ECVP Abstract Supplement

• Colour slew-rate: chromatic pathways are limited by a maximum rate at which they can signal changes in colour.
  Stockman A, Smithson HE, Aboshiha J, West P & Ripamonti C (2007).
  Perception, 36, ECVP Abstract Supplement

• Flicker-clicker: matching the frequency and phase of visual and auditory stimuli.
  Smithson HE & Stockman A (2007).
  Perception, 36, ECVP Abstract Supplement

• Transient tritanopia of a second kind redux: Delayed loss of S-cone sensitivity after long-wavelength field onset is consistent with the sluggish generation of an active photoproduct within the L- and M-cones.
  Stockman A & Smithson HE (2006).
  Journal of Vision, 6(13):5, 5a

• Using Stroop tasks to reveal the structure of colour space.
  Smithson HE, Sharpe LT & Mollon JD (2006).
  Perception, ECVP Supplement, pg. 176

• Second sight: Vision sustained by a secondary activation of the phototransduction cascade.
  Stockman A, Sharpe LT, Michaelides M, Moore A T, Webster AR, & Smithson HE (2006).
  Journal of Vision, 6(6), 120a

• What’s special about S-cone vision?
  Smithson HE (2005).
  Journal of Vision, 5(12), 18a

• Three ways to find a tritan line.
  Smithson H, Bourke A, Zaidi Q, Mollon J & Stockman A (2004).
  Journal of Vision, 4(11), 83a

• Flicker-clicker: cross modality matching experiments.
  Stockman A, Williams M & Smithson H (2004).
  Journal of Vision, 4(11), 86a

• Do masks terminate the icon?
  Smithson HE & Mollon JD (2004).
  Perception, 33, ECVP Abstract Supplement

• Roles for local adaptation and levels of reference in colour constancy
  Zaidi Q & Smithson HE (2004).
  Perception, 33, ECVP Abstract Supplement

• A new technique for measuring cone inputs to visual neurons.
  Sun H, Smithson H, Lee B & Zaidi Q (2004)
  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45: E-Abstract 4277

• Effects of temporal and spatial context on color appearance.
  Smithson H & Zaidi Q, (2003).
  Journal of Vision, 3 (12), 51a

• A new technique for measuring cone inputs to visual neurons.
  Sun H, Smithson H, Lee BB & Zaidi Q (2003).
  Journal of Vision, 3 (12), 42a

• Psychophysical assessment of the L:M weighting of inputs to the ON and OFF S-cone pathways.
  Smithson H & Pokorny J (2002).
  Journal of Vision, 2 (10), 54a

• How to find a tritan confusion line.
  Smithson HE, Sumner P & Mollon JD (2002).
  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 43: E-Abstract 2955

• Partitions of object color space under illuminant and background changes.
  Smithson H & Zaidi Q (2002).
  Journal of Vision, 2 (7), 141a

• Reaction times to brief chromatic stimuli.
  Smithson HE & Mollon JD (2001).
  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 42 (4): 532 Supplement.

Invited Talks

• The role of stimulus history in colour constancy.
  Smithson HE (2009).
  Fall Vision Meeting 2009, Seattle, Washington, USA.

• The representation of temporal sequence.
  Smithson HE (2007).
  The Rank Prize Funds, Opto-Electronics Symposium on Representations of the Visual World in the Brain, UK.

• The relative roles of temporal and spatial context in determining colour appearance.
  Smithson HE (2007).
  The Rank Prize Funds, Opto-Electronics Symposium on Self-Calibrating Sensory Systems, UK.

• Using Stroop tasks to reveal the structure of colour space.
  Smithson HE, Sharpe LT & Stockman A (2006).
  European Conference on Visual Perception, St. Petersburg, Russia.

• What’s special about S-cone vision?
  Smithson HE (2005).
  Fall Vision Meeting 2005, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

• Backward and forward masking with brief chromatic stimuli.
  Smithson HE (1999).
  The Rank Prize Funds, Opto-Electronics Symposium on Individual Differences in Colour Perception, UK.

Conference Presentations

• Adaptation of higher order colour mechanisms
  Lee RJ, Mollon JD, Zaidi Q & Smithson HE (2009).
  International Colour Vision Society 30th Symposium, Braga, Portugal.

• Temporal characteristics of the short-wavelength-sensitive cones and their associated pathways
  Lee RJ, Mollon JD, Zaidi Q & Smithson HE (2009).
  International Colour Vision Society 30th Symposium, Braga, Portugal.

• Why is colour perception slow?
  Stockman A, Smithson HE & Ripamonti A (2009).
  International Colour Vision Society 30th Symposium, Braga, Portugal.

• Keeping track of colour contexts.
  Smithson HE & Lee RJ (2007).
  International Colour Vision Society 29th Symposium, Belem, Brazil.

• The special status of the cardinal axes.
  Lee RJ, Mollon JD, Zaidi Q & Smithson HE (2007).
  International Colour Vision Society 29th Symposium, Belem, Brazil.

• Adaptation of central colour channels.
  Lee RJ, Mollon JD, Zaidi Q & Smithson HE (2007).
  Smith-Pokorny Symposium, Chicago, USA.

• The relative roles of temporal and spatial context in determining colour appearance.
  Smithson HE (2007).
  Colour Group of Great Britain, Cambridge, UK.

• Using Stroop tasks to reveal the structure of colour space.
  Smithson HE, Sharpe LT & Stockman A (2007).
  Colour Group of Great Britain, London, UK.

• Colour space mapped by the reverse Stroop effect.
  Smithson HE, Khan SS, Sharpe LT & Stockman A (2006).
  Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, London, UK.

• Rod and cone spatial frequency sensitivity loss over the first seven years following retinal reattachment.
  Weir R, Smithson H, Bird A, Stockman A & Sharpe LT (2005).
  European Association for Vision and Eye Research, Vilamoura, Portugal.

• Colour space mapped by the reverse Stroop effect.
  Smithson HE, Khan SS, Sharpe LT & Stockman A (2005)
  International Colour Vision Society 28th Symposium, Lyon, France.

• Do the MC and PC pathways deliberately avoid S-cone input?
  Sun H, Lee BB, Smithson HE & Zaidi Q (2005).
  International Colour Vision Society 28th Symposium, Lyon, France.

• Colour constancy in context: roles for local adaptation and levels of reference.
  Smithson HE & Zaidi Q (2004)
  Colour Group of Great Britain, London, UK.

• Do masks terminate the icon?
  Smithson HE & Mollon JD (2004).
  Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, London, UK.

• Photostimulator allowing independent control of rods and the three cone types.
  Smithson HE, Pokorny J & Quinlan J (2003).
  International Colour Vision Society 27th Symposium, Seattle, Washington, USA.

• Locating the tritan confusion line.
  Smithson HE & Mollon JD (2002).
  Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, Cambridge, UK.

• Locating the tritan line with transient tritanopia.
  Smithson HE, Sumner P & Mollon JD (2001).
  International Colour Vision Society 26th Symposium, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

• Chromatic selectivity of forward and backward masking.
  Smithson HE & Mollon JD (1999).
  International Colour Vision Society 25th Symposium, Gottingen, Germany.

• Keeping track of colour contexts.
  Smithson HE & Lee RJ (2007).
  ICVS, Belem, Brazil.

• The special status of the cardinal axes.
  Lee RJ, Mollon JD, Zaidi Q & Smithson HE (2007).
  ICVS, Belem, Brazil.

• Adaptation of central colour channels.
  Lee RJ, Mollon JD, Zaidi Q & Smithson HE* (2007).
  Smith-Pokorny Symposium, Chicago, USA

Seminars

• Astronomy and Vision Science.
  Smithson HE & Love G (2007).
  Biophysical Sciences Institute Launch, Durham, UK.

• Language and Colour: Using Stroop tasks to reveal the ‘cognitive colour spaces’ of Chinese and English students.
  Smithson HE (2007).
  Departmental Seminar, University of Newcastle, UK.

• Using Stroop tasks to reveal the structure of colour space.
  Smithson HE (2007).
  Departmental Seminar, University of Bradford, UK.

• Colour space mapped by the reverse Stroop effect.
  Smithson HE (2005).
  Departmental Seminar, University of Sunderland, UK.

• Colour space mapped by the reverse Stroop effect.
  Smithson HE (2005).
  Departmental Seminar, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany.

• Do masks terminate the icon?
  Smithson HE (2005).
  Departmental Seminar, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK.

• Visual Masking.
  Smithson HE (1999).
  Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research Colloquium, SUNY, New York, USA