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Address:
Robyn Kim
UCLA Psychology Department
7531 Franz Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563

Phone:
(310) 267-2141

Research Interests:
Multisensory integration, Perceptual Learning, Statistical Learning, Psychophysics, fMRI

Journal Articles (* = co-first author)

Kim, R. (2009). Multisensory Perception: Learning of Multisensory Interactions and Effects on Unisensory Processing. Doctoral Dissertation. University of California, Los Angeles.
Kim, R., Seitz, A. R., Feenstra, H., Shams, L. (2009). Testing assumptions of statistical learning: Is it long-term and implicit?Neuroscience Letters, 461(2):145-9.
Kim, R., Shams, L. (2009, March 24). What Can Magicians Teach Us About the Brain? ScientificAmerican.com.
*Kim RS, *Seitz AR, Shams L (2008). Benefits of stimulus congruency for multisensory facilitation of visual learning. PLoS ONE, 3(1): e1532.
Seitz AR, Kim R, van Wassenhove V, Shams L (2007).Simultaneous and independent acquisition of multisensory and unisensory associations. Perception, 36(10), 1445-53.
*Seitz, AR, *Kim, R, Shams, L (2006). Sound facilitates visual learning. Current Biology, 16(14), 1422-7.

Conference Presentations

Kim, R., Seitz, A.R., Shams, L. [poster]. Statistical learning of crossmodal associations is better than unisensory associations. International Multisensory Research Forum 10th Annual Meeting, New York, New York, June, 2009.
Kim, R., Seitz, A.R., Shams, L. [talk]. Neural Mechanisms of multisensory perceptual learning. Vision Sciences Society 8th Annual Meeting, Naples, FL, May, 2008.
Kim, R., Seitz, A.R., Shams, L [talk]. Congruent sound facilitates visual perceptual learning. Society for Neuroscience 37th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November, 2007.
Kim, R., Seitz, A.R., Shams, L [poster]. Visual perceptual learning enhanced with con-gruent sound. Vision Sciences Society 7th Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL, May, 2007.
Kim, R., Seitz, A.R., Shams, L [talk]. Sound facilitates visual perceptual learning. International Multisensory Research Forum 7th Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, June, 2006.
Kim, R., Seitz, A.R., Shams, L [poster]. Sound aids visual perceptual learning. Vision Sciences Society 6th Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL, May, 2006.

Awards and Fellowships

2008, Vision Sciences Society Student Travel Award
2006, International Multisensory Research Forum Graduate Student Symposium Award
2005 through 2009, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
2005, UCLA Psychology 251 Rapid Start/Excellence in Research grant
2004, 2007, UCLA Edwin W. Pauley Fellowship