Mark Holden, B.Sc.

E-mail: mholden@temple.edu

Lab Webpage: http://astro.temple.edu/~tshipley/

Bio: Mark is currently doctoral candidate at Temple University. He received his B.Sc. with majors in both Science Psychology and Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Mark’s research draws heavily on previous work examining the nature of spatial representations, location memory, scene perception and recognition, viewpoint-specificity, and expertise. His current research specifically focused on the manner in which perceptual and conceptual cues are used to segment complex spaces into their constituent components, and how this segmentation influences memory for spatial locations. His dissertation will focus on how multiple viewpoints of a particular location within a scene are combined into a single representation, and how this affects the accuracy of recalling that location. 
 
Publications and Presentations: 

Holden, M.P., Curby, K., Newcombe, N.S, & Shipley, T.F. (in press). A category adjustment approach to memory for spatial location in natural scenes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition. 

Holden, M.P., Newcombe, N.S. & Shipley, T.F. (2009, November). Extending the boundaries of category adjustment: perceptually- and conceptually-defined categories. Poster presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA. 

Holden, M.P. & Lee, T.R. (2009, February). Building bridges: Fostering cross-center communication. Symposium chaired at the 2nd annual meeting of the inter-Science of Learning Centers network, Seattle, WA. 

Holden, M.P. (2009, February). Spatial intelligence and learning: The SILC perspective. Presentation at the 2nd annual meeting of the inter-Science of Learning Centers network, Seattle, WA. 

Holden, M.P. (2008, November). Memory for location in complex scenes: Expanding the scope of the category adjustment model. Invited talk given at the Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.  

Holden, M.P., Newcombe, N.S. & Shipley, T.F. (2008, November). Spatial memory: Hierarchical encoding of location in natural, inverted, and colour-negative images of scenes. Poster presented at the 49th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL. 

Holden, M.P., Shipley, T.F. & Newcombe, N.S. (2008, February). Expanding the Scope of Hierarchical Models of Spatial Memory.  Poster presented at the 1st annual meeting of the inter-Science of Learning Centers network, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Shipley, T.F., Holden, M.P., Latecki, L.J., Newcombe, N.S. & Fitzhugh, S.L.  (2007, November). Spatial Memory: Categorical and Metric Encoding of Location in Complex Scenes. Presentation at the 48th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA. 

Holden, M.P., Shipley, T.F. & Newcombe, N.S. (2007, May).  Memory for Location is Influenced by Part-Based Segmentation of Space. Poster presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.