Adam Kane

Background

About Adam Kane

I enjoy working with people, but what I really love is trying to work out what makes them tick.My primary interest is in the difference in how the human brain processes visual information when perceiving objects, and when having to make some form of rapid response to objects appearing. I am also very interested in the how our fitness levels, or exercising, affects our mental wellbeing and how we age.I have worked on a range of research projects examining aspects of visual, motor and cognitive function. My doctoral research focused on differences in how we use colour and luminance information for perceiving visual stimuli and for eliciting rapid responses to them. This research developed my skills in creating computer programs that are precise in displaying stimuli and collecting responses. I now build complete user-friendly research tools that can manage a study from stimulus presentation through to data analysis. Using these skills I have worked on projects such as the correlates of accuracy when identifying faces. I have also developed tools to studying how human abilities change with ageing, such as learning sequences or accuracy during fast reaching. I have collected over 200 hours of data on human participants, including using research tools that I have developed or other standardised psychological tests.