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{{short description|Canadian neuroscientist}}
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'''Isabel Gauthier''' is a cognitive neuroscientist currently holding the position of David K. Wilson Professor of Psychology and head of the Object Perception Lab<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gauthier.psy.vanderbilt.edu/|title=Object Perception Lab|website=gauthier.psy.vanderbilt.edu}}</ref> at [[Vanderbilt University]]’s Department of Psychology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences/|title=Home Page|website=Psychological Sciences}}</ref> In 2000, with the support of the [[James S. McDonnell Foundation]], she founded the Perceptual Expertise Network (PEN),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gauthier.psy.vanderbilt.edu/pen/pages/what-is-pen.php |title=PEN - what is PEN? |access-date=2011-06-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708081613/http://gauthier.psy.vanderbilt.edu/pen/pages/what-is-pen.php |archive-date=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which now comprises over ten labs based across North America. In 2006 PEN became part of the NSF-funded Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tdlc.ucsd.edu/|title=Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center|website=tdlc.ucsd.edu}}</ref>

{{Infobox scientist
| name = Isabel Gauthier
| nationality = Canadian
| fields = Cognitive neuroscience
| workplaces = [[Vanderbilt University]]
| alma_mater = [[Yale University]]
| thesis_year = 1998
| doctoral_advisor = Michael J. Tarr
}}

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'''Isabel Gauthier''' is a cognitive neuroscientist, and the David K. Wilson Professor of Psychology and head of the Object Perception Lab<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gauthier.psy.vanderbilt.edu/|title=Object Perception Lab|website=gauthier.psy.vanderbilt.edu}}</ref> at [[Vanderbilt University]]’s Department of Psychology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences/|title=Home Page|website=Psychological Sciences}}</ref> In 2000, with the support of the [[James S. McDonnell Foundation]], she founded the Perceptual Expertise Network (PEN),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gauthier.psy.vanderbilt.edu/pen/pages/what-is-pen.php |title=PEN – what is PEN? |access-date=June 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708081613/http://gauthier.psy.vanderbilt.edu/pen/pages/what-is-pen.php |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which now comprises over ten labs based across North America. In 2006 PEN became part of the NSF-funded Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tdlc.ucsd.edu/|title=Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center|website=tdlc.ucsd.edu}}</ref>


==Awards and recognition==
==Awards and recognition==
Gauthier has received the Young Investigator Award, [[Cognitive Neuroscience Society]] (2002),<ref>[http://cogneurosociety.org/annual-meeting/awards/young-investigator-awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326110112/http://cogneurosociety.org/annual-meeting/awards/young-investigator-awards |date=2012-03-26 }} accessed June 30, 2011.</ref> the [[American Psychological Association|APA]] Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in the area of Behavioral/Cognitive Neuroscience (2003)<ref>[http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct03/leaders.aspx] October 2003, 34(9), accessed June 30, 2011.</ref> and the Troland research award from the [[National Academy of Sciences]] "for seminal experiments on the role of visual expertise in the recognition of complex objects including faces and for exploration of brain areas activated by this recognition." (2008).<ref>Moran, Melanie "Gauthier wins National Academy of Sciences award"[http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2008/01/23/gauthier-wins-national-academy-of-sciences-award.50575] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325103446/http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2008/01/23/gauthier-wins-national-academy-of-sciences-award.50575 |date=2012-03-25 }} January 1, 2008, accessed June 30, 2011.</ref> She was elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (2010). In 2012, Gauthier was elected Fellow of the [[Society of Experimental Psychologists]]. In 2015, she was named "SEC professor of the year" by the [[Southeastern Conference]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=2015 SEC faculty achievement award recipients announced|url=https://www.secsports.com/article/12642963/2015-sec-faculty-achievement-award-recipients-announced|access-date=2021-09-23|website=www.secsports.com}}</ref> In 2021 Gauthier received the [[Psychonomic Society]] Mid-Career award.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Psychonomic Society Mid-Career Award|url=https://www.psychonomic.org/general/custom.asp?page=midcareeraward|url-status=live}}</ref>
Gauthier has received the Young Investigator Award, [[Cognitive Neuroscience Society]] (2002),<ref>[http://cogneurosociety.org/annual-meeting/awards/young-investigator-awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326110112/http://cogneurosociety.org/annual-meeting/awards/young-investigator-awards|date=March 26, 2012}} accessed June 30, 2011.</ref> the [[American Psychological Association|APA]] Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in the area of Behavioral/Cognitive Neuroscience (2003)<ref>[http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct03/leaders.aspx] October 2003, 34(9), accessed June 30, 2011.</ref> and the Troland research award from the [[National Academy of Sciences]] "for seminal experiments on the role of visual expertise in the recognition of complex objects including faces and for exploration of brain areas activated by this recognition." (2008).<ref>Moran, Melanie "Gauthier wins National Academy of Sciences award"[http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2008/01/23/gauthier-wins-national-academy-of-sciences-award.50575] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325103446/http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2008/01/23/gauthier-wins-national-academy-of-sciences-award.50575|date=March 25, 2012}} January 1, 2008, accessed June 30, 2011.</ref> She was elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (2010). In 2012, Gauthier was elected Fellow of the [[Society of Experimental Psychologists]]. In 2015, she was named "SEC professor of the year" by the [[Southeastern Conference]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=2015 SEC faculty achievement award recipients announced |url= https://www.secsports.com/article/12642963/2015-sec-faculty-achievement-award-recipients-announced|access-date=September 23, 2021|website=www.secsports.com}}</ref> In 2021 Gauthier received the [[Psychonomic Society]] Mid-Career award.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Psychonomic Society Mid-Career Award|url=https://www.psychonomic.org/general/custom.asp?page=midcareeraward}}</ref>


Beginning in 2011, Gauthier serves as chief editor of the ''[[Journal of Experimental Psychology: General]]'', where she introduced a brief report format and made report of effect sizes and consideration of power an editorial priority. Since 2016, she serves as chief editor of the ''[[Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance]]'', where she started a second term in 2023.
Beginning in 2011, Gauthier is chief editor of the ''[[Journal of Experimental Psychology: General]]'', where she introduced a brief report format and made report of effect sizes and consideration of power an editorial priority. Since 2016, she is chief editor of the ''[[Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance]]'', where she started a second term in 2023.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Gauthier was born in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada, in 1971. She acquired her PhD at [[Yale University]] (1993-1998). Her dissertation ''Dissecting face recognition: The role of expertise and level of categorization in object recognition'' was conducted under the supervision of [[Michael J. Tarr|Michael J, Tarr]]. She held post-doctoral positions at Yale and [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] before joining the faculty of Vanderbilt University in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Psychonomic Society profile: Isabel Gauthier|url=https://www.psychonomic.org/page/gauthier|url-status=live}}</ref>
Gauthier acquired her PhD at [[Yale University]] (1993–1998). Her dissertation ''Dissecting face recognition: The role of expertise and level of categorization in object recognition'' was conducted under the supervision of [[Michael J. Tarr|Michael J, Tarr]]. She held post-doctoral positions at Yale and [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] before joining the faculty of Vanderbilt University in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Psychonomic Society profile: Isabel Gauthier|url=https://www.psychonomic.org/page/gauthier}}</ref>


== Research ==
== Research ==
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== Representative papers ==
== Representative papers ==
*Chua, K. W., & Gauthier, I. (2020). Domain-specific experience determines individual differences in holistic processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(1), 31.
*Chua, K. W., & Gauthier, I. (2020). Domain-specific experience determines individual differences in holistic processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(1), 31.
*Gauthier, I., Skudlarski, P., Gore, J. C., & Anderson, A. W. (2000). Expertise for cars and birds recruits brain areas involved in face recognition. ''Nature Neuroscience'', ''3''(2), 191-197.
*Gauthier, I., Skudlarski, P., Gore, J. C., & Anderson, A. W. (2000). Expertise for cars and birds recruits brain areas involved in face recognition. ''Nature Neuroscience'', ''3''(2), 191–197.
*Gauthier, I., & Tarr, M. J. (1997). Becoming a “Greeble” expert: Exploring mechanisms for face recognition. ''Vision Research'', ''37''(12), 1673-1682.
*Gauthier, I., & Tarr, M. J. (1997). Becoming a “Greeble” expert: Exploring mechanisms for face recognition. ''Vision Research'', ''37''(12), 1673–1682.
*Gauthier, I., Tarr, M. J., Anderson, A. W., Skudlarski, P., & Gore, J. C. (1999). Activation of the middle fusiform'face area'increases with expertise in recognizing novel objects. ''Nature Neuroscience'', ''2''(6), 568-573.
*Gauthier, I., Tarr, M. J., Anderson, A. W., Skudlarski, P., & Gore, J. C. (1999). Activation of the middle fusiform'face area'increases with expertise in recognizing novel objects. ''Nature Neuroscience'', ''2''(6), 568–573.
*Gauthier, I., Tarr, M. J., Moylan, J., Skudlarski, P., Gore, J. C., & Anderson, A. W. (2000). The fusiform “face area” is part of a network that processes faces at the individual level. ''Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience'', ''12''(3), 495-504.
*Gauthier, I., Tarr, M. J., Moylan, J., Skudlarski, P., Gore, J. C., & Anderson, A. W. (2000). The fusiform “face area” is part of a network that processes faces at the individual level. ''Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience'', ''12''(3), 495–504.
*Richler, J. J., Tomarken, A. J., Sunday, M. A., Vickery, T. J., Ryan, K. F., Floyd, R. J., ... & Gauthier, I. (2019). Individual differences in object recognition. Psychological Review, 126(2), 226.
*Richler, J. J., Tomarken, A. J., Sunday, M. A., Vickery, T. J., Ryan, K. F., Floyd, R. J., ... & Gauthier, I. (2019). Individual differences in object recognition. Psychological Review, 126(2), 226.



== References ==
== References ==
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Isabel Gauthier
NationalityCanadian
Alma materYale University
Scientific career
FieldsCognitive neuroscience
InstitutionsVanderbilt University
Thesis (1998)
Doctoral advisorMichael J. Tarr

Isabel Gauthier is a cognitive neuroscientist, and the David K. Wilson Professor of Psychology and head of the Object Perception Lab[1] at Vanderbilt University’s Department of Psychology.[2] In 2000, with the support of the James S. McDonnell Foundation, she founded the Perceptual Expertise Network (PEN),[3] which now comprises over ten labs based across North America. In 2006 PEN became part of the NSF-funded Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC).[4]

Awards and recognition

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Gauthier has received the Young Investigator Award, Cognitive Neuroscience Society (2002),[5] the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in the area of Behavioral/Cognitive Neuroscience (2003)[6] and the Troland research award from the National Academy of Sciences "for seminal experiments on the role of visual expertise in the recognition of complex objects including faces and for exploration of brain areas activated by this recognition." (2008).[7] She was elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (2010). In 2012, Gauthier was elected Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists. In 2015, she was named "SEC professor of the year" by the Southeastern Conference.[8] In 2021 Gauthier received the Psychonomic Society Mid-Career award.[9]

Beginning in 2011, Gauthier is chief editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, where she introduced a brief report format and made report of effect sizes and consideration of power an editorial priority. Since 2016, she is chief editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, where she started a second term in 2023.

Biography

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Gauthier acquired her PhD at Yale University (1993–1998). Her dissertation Dissecting face recognition: The role of expertise and level of categorization in object recognition was conducted under the supervision of Michael J, Tarr. She held post-doctoral positions at Yale and MIT before joining the faculty of Vanderbilt University in 1999.[10]

Research

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Gauthier has researched many topics involved in perception, with a focus on the role of perceptual expertise in category-specific effects in domains such as faces, letters or musical notation. She incorporates different techniques to study these topics, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), event-related potentials (ERP), and behavioral training studies using novel objects (e.g., Greebles, YUFOs, Ziggerins[11]).

One brain area frequently investigated by Gauthier and colleagues using fMRI is the fusiform face area (FFA). The FFA is believed to play an important role in face recognition, but Gauthier’s research has examined the role that FFA may play in the expert perception of non-face objects,[12] such as cars in car experts.

Gauthier's research has a current h-index = 66 as of September 2021, according to Google Scholar), see Google Scholar page

Representative papers

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  • Chua, K. W., & Gauthier, I. (2020). Domain-specific experience determines individual differences in holistic processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(1), 31.
  • Gauthier, I., Skudlarski, P., Gore, J. C., & Anderson, A. W. (2000). Expertise for cars and birds recruits brain areas involved in face recognition. Nature Neuroscience, 3(2), 191–197.
  • Gauthier, I., & Tarr, M. J. (1997). Becoming a “Greeble” expert: Exploring mechanisms for face recognition. Vision Research, 37(12), 1673–1682.
  • Gauthier, I., Tarr, M. J., Anderson, A. W., Skudlarski, P., & Gore, J. C. (1999). Activation of the middle fusiform'face area'increases with expertise in recognizing novel objects. Nature Neuroscience, 2(6), 568–573.
  • Gauthier, I., Tarr, M. J., Moylan, J., Skudlarski, P., Gore, J. C., & Anderson, A. W. (2000). The fusiform “face area” is part of a network that processes faces at the individual level. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12(3), 495–504.
  • Richler, J. J., Tomarken, A. J., Sunday, M. A., Vickery, T. J., Ryan, K. F., Floyd, R. J., ... & Gauthier, I. (2019). Individual differences in object recognition. Psychological Review, 126(2), 226.

References

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  1. ^ "Object Perception Lab". gauthier.psy.vanderbilt.edu.
  2. ^ "Home Page". Psychological Sciences.
  3. ^ "PEN – what is PEN?". Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  4. ^ "Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center". tdlc.ucsd.edu.
  5. ^ [1] Archived March 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed June 30, 2011.
  6. ^ [2] October 2003, 34(9), accessed June 30, 2011.
  7. ^ Moran, Melanie "Gauthier wins National Academy of Sciences award"[3] Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine January 1, 2008, accessed June 30, 2011.
  8. ^ "2015 SEC faculty achievement award recipients announced". www.secsports.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  9. ^ "Psychonomic Society Mid-Career Award".
  10. ^ "Psychonomic Society profile: Isabel Gauthier".
  11. ^ Leonard, Futurity-Jenny [4], Futurity.org, June 18, 2009, accessed June 30, 2011.
  12. ^ Gauthier, I.; Tarr, M.J.; Anderson, A.W.; Skudlarski, P.; Gore, J. C. (1999). "Activation of the middle fusiform 'face area' increases with expertise recognizing novel objects". Nature Neuroscience. 2 (6): 568–573. doi:10.1038/9224. PMID 10448223. S2CID 9504895.
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