Papers

Delicato, L. S. (2020) A robust method for measuring an individual's sensitivity to facial expressions Attention, Perception and Psychophysics doi: 10.3758/s13414-020-02043-w

Clawson, K., Delicato, L. S., Bowerman, C. (2018) Human Centric Facial Expression Recognition. Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2018) Belfast, UK, 4 - 6 July 2018. doi: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.44

Clawson, K., Delicato, L. S., Garfield, S. & Young, S. (2018) Automated Representation of Non-Emotional Expressivity to Facilitate Understanding of Facial Mobility: Preliminary Findings. Intelligent Systems Conference (Intellisys), 7th – 8th September, London, 2017. doi: 10.1109/IntelliSys.2017.8324218

Stuart, S., Galna, B., Delicato L. S., Lord, S. & Rochester, L. (2017) Direct and indirect effects of attention and visual function on gait impairment in Parkinson’s disease: influence of task and environment. European Journal of Neuroscience 46 (1): 1703 – 1716 doi: 10.1111/ejn.13589

Delicato, L. S., Serrano-Pedraza, I., Suero, M. & Derrington, A. M. (2012) Two-dimensional Pattern Motion Analysis Uses Local Features. Vision Research 62: 84-92 doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2012.03.023

Bartolo, M. J., Gieselmann, M. A., Vuksanovic, V., Hunter, D., Sun, L., Delicato, L. S. & Thiele, A. (2011) Stimulus Induced Dissociation of Neuronal Firing Rates and LFP Gamma Power and its Relation to the fMRI BOLD Signal in Macaque V1. European Journal of Neuroscience 34 (11): 1857–1870. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07877.x

Chalk, M., Herrero, J. L., Gieselmann, M. A., Delicato, L. S., Gotthardt, S. & Thiele, A. (2010) Attention Reduces Stimulus-Driven Gamma Frequency Oscillations and Spike Field Coherence in V1. Neuron 66(1): 114-125 doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.03.013

Thiele, A., Pooresmaeili, A., Delicato, L. S., Herrero, J., & Roelfsema, P. R., (2009) Additive Effects of Attention and Stimulus Contrast in Primary Visual Cortex. Cerebral Cortex 19(12): 2970–2981 doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhp070

Herrero*, J. L., Roberts*, M. J., Delicato*, L. S., Gieselmann, M. A., Dayan, P. & Thiele, A. (2008) Acetylcholine Contributes to Attentional Modulation in V1 by Muscarinic Receptors. Nature 454:1110-1114. doi: 10.1038/nature07141 * Equal Contribution

Roberts, M. R., Delicato, L. S. & Thiele, A. (2007). Attention alters spatial integration in macaque V1 in an eccentricity-dependent manner. Nature Neuroscience. 10:1483-1491 doi:10.1038/nn1967

Thiele, A., Delicato, L. S., Roberts, M. R. & Gieselmann, M. A. (2006). A Novel Electrode-Pipette Design For Simultaneous Recording Of Extracellular Spikes And Iontophoretic Drug Application In Awake Behaving Monkeys. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 158(2), 207-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.05.032

Delicato, L. S. & Derrington, A. M. (2005) Coherent Motion Perception Fails at Low Contrast. Vision Research. 45(17), 2310 - 2320 doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.02.020

Delicato, L. S & Qian, N. (2005) Is Depth Perception of Stereo Plaids Predicted by Intersection of Constraints, Vector Average or Second-order Features? Vision Research 45(1), 75 – 89 doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.07.028

Derrington, A. M., Allen, H. A. & Delicato, L. S. (2004) Visual Mechanisms of Motion Perception and Analysis. Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 181-205. doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.141903 Supplementary Material

Delicato, L. S. (2018) It’s not written all over your face; the importance of emotion recognition in people with Parkinson’s. 12th March 2018, Cafe Scientifique, Newcastle.

Delicato, L. S. (2017) It’s written all over your face; understanding the importance of visual information in recognising emotions from facial expressions. 25th April 2017, University of East London.

Delicato, L. S. (2017) It’s not written all over your face: Sensitivity of people with Parkinson’s to different intensities of Emotions (SPiEs). 3rd February 2017, Three Rivers Parkinson’s Disease Meeting, Sedgefield.

Delicato, L. S. & Clawson, K (2016) Understanding the relationship between facial movement and ability to recognise emotions in people with Parkinson’s through SPiEs and ARNEE. 21st November 2016, City Hospital Sunderland.

Delicato, L. S. (2016). Sensitivity of people with Parkinson’s to different intensities of Emotions. British Psychological Society, Nottingham, UK.

Delicato, L. S. (2016) Sensitivity of people with Parkinson’s to different intensities of Emotions (SPiEs), Seminar 29th April 2016, University of Sunderland.

Delicato, L. S. (2016) Happiness is in the eye of the beholder and fear in the eyes. Research Conference, 7th January 2016, University of Sunderland.

Delicato, L. S. (2014) When does a smirk become a smile? Understanding the role of duration, distance, and ‘features’ on emotion recognition in faces. 31st January 2014, University of Sunderland.

Delicato, L. S. (2013) Student Engagement in Learning. Learning and Teaching Conference, 3rd July 2013, University of Sunderland. Invited speaker and panel member.

Delicato, L. S. (2012) Can emotion perception be used to objectively diagnose mental health problems? Seminar 10th October 2012, University of Sunderland.

Delicato, L. S. (2011) Investigations, using visual psychophysics, to understand how the brain processes what we see. 7th December 2011, Kingston University.

Delicato, L. S. (2010) What can psychophysics and electrophysiology tell us about how the brain processes what we see? 25th October 2010, Durham University.

Delicato, L. S, Roberts, M. R & Thiele, A (2005). The Effects of Attention on Orientation Tuning and Contrast Response Functions in Primate V1. Society for Neuroscience Abstract, Washington DC, USA.

Delicato, L. S. (2003) The Perception of Motion and Depth in Two-Dimensional Patterns. 16th December 2003, New York University, NY, USA.

Delicato, L. S. & Qian, N. (2003) Is Depth Perception of Stereo Plaids Predicted by Intersection of Constraints, Vector Average or Second-order Features? [VSS Abstract] Journal of Vision, 3(9), 97a, http://journalofvision.org/3/9/97/, doi:10.1167/3.9.97.

Delicato, L. S (2001) How is the Motion of a Two-dimensional Pattern Calculated? 11th June 2001, Duke University, NC, USA.

Delicato, L. S. & Derrington, A.M. (2001) Low Contrast Plaids are Incoherent. [ARVO Abstract]. Investigative Opthalmolology & Vision Science, 2001; 42(4) S737. Abstract nr 3949.

Delicato*, L. S. & Derrington, A.M. (2000) Objective Measures for the Coherence of Plaids. School of Psychology Postgraduate Conference, Oct 11th 2000, University of Nottingham, UK.
* Winner of best presentation award.

Delicato, L. S. & Derrington, A.M. (2000) Objective Measures for the Coherence of Plaids. PsyPag Annual Conference, Aug 17-19th 2000, University of Glasgow, UK.

Delicato, L. S. & Derrington, A.M. (1999) Two-dimensional Motion Perception is Calculated by Local Motion Analysis. School of Psychology Postgraduate Conference, Sept 23-24th 1999, University of Nottingham, UK.

Wincenciak, J., Burn, D. J. & Delicato, L. S, (2016) Sensitivity of people with Parkinson’s to different intensities of Emotions. Parkinson’s UK Conference, November 2016

Delicato, L. S, Wincenciak, J., Burn, D. J. (2016) Impaired ability to recognise emotions of inverted facial expressions in people with Parkinson’s. Parkinson’s UK Conference, November 2016

Delicato, L. S, Wincenciak, J., Burn, D. J. (2016) Evidence for a Face Inversion Effect in People with Parkinson’s Perception 45(S2), 295 doi: 10.1177/0301006616671273

Wincenciak, J., Burn, D. J. & Delicato, L. S, (2016) Sensitivity of people with Parkinson’s to different intensities of Emotions. Movement Disorders. 31 (suppl 2).

Wincenciak, J. & Delicato, L. S. (2015) Face-shape facilitates detection of fearful facial expressions, Perception 44(S1), 20 doi:10.1177/0301006615598674.

Delicato, L. S., Routledge, J. & Williams, D. (2015) Motion makes fearful expressions more detectable. European Conference on Visual Perception, Liverpool, UK. Perception 44(S1), 18 doi:10.1177/0301006615598674.

Delicato, L. S. & Mason, R. (2015) Happiness is in the mouth of the beholder and fear in the eyes. Vision Sciences Society, St. Petes Beach, Florida, US. Journal of Vision, Vol.15, 1378. doi:10.1167/15.12.1378

Delicato, L. S., Finn, J., Morris, J. & Smith, B. (2014). Increased sensitivity to happy compared with fearful faces in a temporal two-interval forced-choice paradigm. European Conference on Visual Perception, Belgrade, Serbia. Perception 43(1), 75 doi: 10.1177/03010066140430S10

Chalk, M., Herrero, J. L., Delicato, L.S., Gieselmann, M.A., Thiele, A. (2009) Attention and Stimulus Features Modulate Gamma Frequency Oscillations and Spike Field Coherence in V1. Society for Neuroscience

Sanayei, M., Herrero, J., Delicato, L.S., Thiele, A. (2009) Opposing Effects of Attention and Surround Stimulation on Orientation Tuning in V1. Society for Neuroscience

Delicato, L. S. Herrero, J., Roberts, M. R., Dayan, P. & Thiele, A. (2008) Acetylcholine Contributes to Attentional Modulation in V1 by Muscarinic Receptors. Society for Neuroscience

Delicato, L. S., Hunter, D., Sun, L. & Thiele, A. (2006). Contrast Dependent Spatial Integration in Awake Macaque V1 Measured by fMRI. Society for Neuroscience Abstract, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Delicato, L. S., Roberts, M. R., Dayan, P. & Thiele, A. (2006). Contribution of the Cholinergic System to Attentional Effects in V1 Neurons of the Awake Behaving Macaque. Forum of European Neuroscience Abstract, Vienna, Austria.

Thiele, A., Delicato, L. S., Roberts, M. R. & Dayan, P. (2005). Cholinergic Contribution to Attentional Effects in V1 of Macaque Monkeys. Society for Neuroscience Abstract, Washington DC, USA.

Roberts, M. J., Delicato, L. S. & Thiele, A. (2004). Attention Reduces Spatial Integration in Primate Primary Visual Cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstract, New Orleans, USA.