About me

After graduating with a B.A. in The Biological Basis of Behavior from The University of Pennsylvania, I obtained my M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the Cognition & Perception Program at New York University.

As a Lecturer at Barnard College, I teach a variety of classes offered by the Psychology Department. I am passionate about accessible and inclusive teaching and mentorship.

As an experimental psychologist, I leverage behavioral psychophysics and eye-tracking to investigate the interplay between attention, visual perception, eye movements and perceptual learning in neurotypical humans across development and clinical populations, including adults with ADHD and amblyopia, a neurodevelopmental visual disorder characterized by weaker vision in one eye.

My publications

Exogenous attention generalizes location transfer of perceptual learning in adults with amblyopia



Voluntary attention improves performance similarly around the visual field



When attention is intact in ADHD



Covert spatial attention is functionally intact in amblyopic human adults



Attention reorients periodically



Visual recovery in cortical blindness is limited by high internal noise




Teaching


  • Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University

    PSYC BC1010 Introductory Laboratory in Experimental Psychology: Fall 2025

    PSYC BC2109 Perception Laboratory: Fall 2025


  • Term Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University

    PSYC BC1010 Introductory Laboratory in Experimental Psychology: Fall 2020-2024

    PSYC BC2109 Perception Laboratory: Fall 2020-2024

    PSYC BC1101 Statistics Lecture & Recitation: Summer 2021, 2024 & Spring 2022

    PSYC BC1020 Behavioral Research Methods & Analysis: Spring 2023-2025, Fall 2024


  • Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences, New York University

    Adjunct Professor for "Perception": Summer 2021

    Guest Lecturer for "Perception": Fall 2019

    Instructor for "Perception": Summer 2019

    Guest Lecturer for "Topics in Perception and Attention": Spring 2019

    Teaching Assistant for "Cognitive Neuroscience": Fall 2018

    Teaching Assistant for "Perception": Fall 2017

    Tutor for "Perception": Summer 2017

    Guest Lecturer for "How We See": Fall 2013, 2014, 2018, & 2019

Contact me

Email

marobert@barnard.edu

Address

416H Milbank Hall
Psychology Department
Barnard College
New York, NY 10027