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Dr Oxner studied his PhD in Psychology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he investigated the unconscious integration of perceptual features under the supervision of Paul Corballis and Will Hayward. From 2019 to 2021, Dr Oxner served as a postdoctoral researcher at Victoria University of Wellington, with Dr Hedwig Eisenbarth and Dr David Carmel. There he investigated the EEG correlates of emotional experience, and looked at disrupting visual awareness using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
Dr Oxner is now a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Matthias Mueller in the Institute of Psychology at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He is researching as part of a project to understand the significance and limits of distractor suppression in attention, along with its electrophysiological correlates.
Professional career
- since 05/2021
Postdoctoral ResearcherDepartment of Experimental Psychology and Methods, Prof. M.M. MüllerInstitute of Psychology - Wilhelm Wundt, Leipzig University, Germany - since 05/2021
Adjunct Research FellowSchool of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand - 03/2019 - 04/2021
Postdoctoral ResearcherSchool of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand - 05/2014 - 11/2018
Doctor of Philosophy in PsychologySchool of Psychology, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Education
- 09/2010 - 03/2012
Postgraduate Certificate in Psychology, with Distinction Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr Oxner received a BSc and BA the University of Florida, USA, with majors in Computer Engineering and Classical Studies. Later he obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Psychology from the University of Hong Kong. He studied his PhD in Psychology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he investigated the unconscious integration of perceptual features under the supervision of Paul Corballis and Will Hayward.
From 2019 to 2021, Dr Oxner served as a postdoctoral researcher at Victoria University of Wellington, with Dr Hedwig Eisenbarth and Dr David Carmel. There he investigated the EEG correlates of emotional experience, and looked at disrupting visual awareness using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
Dr Oxner is now a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Matthias Mueller in the Institute of Psychology at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He is researching as part of a project to understand the significance and limits of distractor suppression in attention, along with its electrophysiological correlates.
Dr Oxner specializes in the neuroscience of sensory consciousness, particularly visual awareness and visual attention. He uses primarily electroencephalography (EEG) and TMS to illuminate the processes underlying mental phenomena. He is also interested in predictive processing in the visual domain, conscious and unconscious processing, and methods in the assessment of conscious awareness.
- show detailsStresstest der "signal suppression" Hypothese: Experimente zum Aufbrechen der zirkulären Argumentation auf der Basis von Verhaltensdaten und der lateralen "Distractor positivity (Pd)"Müller, MatthiasDuration: 05/2021 – 04/2025Funded by: DFG Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Allgemeine Psychologie und Methodenlehre