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2007


Huang, C. B.,  Lu, Z.-L., & Zhou, Y. F., The adult amblyopic visual system exhibits greater plasticity. http://journalofvision.org/7/9/472/

Li, X. R., Lu, Z.-L., Tjan, B. S., Dosher, B. A. & Chu, W., Attentional modulation of the BOLD-fMRI contrast response functions in early visual areas.  http://journalofvision.org/7/9/172/



2006


Jeter, P. E., Dosher, B. & Lu, Z.-L., Specificity of perceptual learning for difficult tasks during simultaneous training. http://journalofvision.org/6/6/162/.

Jeon, S.-T., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B., Extending observer models for more difficult identification and discrimination. http://journalofvision.org/6/6/192/.

Chu, W., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B., Effects of perceptual learning on the temporal dynamics of perceptual decision. http://journalofvision.org/6/6/155/.

Li, X. R., Lu, Z.-L., Tjan, B. S., Dosher, B. A. & Chu, W., Attentional modulation of the BOLD-fMRI contrast response functions in early visual areas. SFN.

Lesmes, L. A., Lu, Z.-L., Tran, N. T., Dosher, B. & Albright, T. D., An adaptive method for estimating criterion sensitivity (d') levels in yes/no tasks. http://journalofvision.org/6/6/1097/.

Lu, Z.-L., Covert Attention Enhances Stimulus and Excludes External Noise  in Early Visual Areas, BNU

Lu, Z.-L., Li, X. R., Tjan, B. S., Dosher, B. A. & Chu, W., Attentional modulation of the BOLD-fMRI contrast response functions in early visual areas. Psychonomics.



2005


Lu, Z.-L., Sperling, A.J., Manis, F.R., Seidenberg, M.S., Deficits in Forming Perceptual Templates May Underlie the Etiology of Developmental Dyslexia http://aris.ss.uci.edu/HIPLab/AIC/aic30.abs.html

Chu, W., Lu, Z.-L., Dosher, B.A., Lee, S., Independent perceptual learning in monocular and binocular motion systems

Lesmes, L.A., Jeon, S., Lu, Z.-L., Dosher, B.A., Bayesian Adaptive Estimation of Threshold versus External Noise Contrast Functions

Jeter, P.E., Dosher, B.A., Petrov, A.A., Lu, Z.-L., Identical Transfer of Perceptual Learning Following Easy and Difficult Task Training

Dosher, B.A., Liu, S.-H., Lu, Z.-L., The Decay of Perceptual Representations in Iconic Memory.

Appelbaum, L.G., Lu, Z.-L., Sperling, G., Neuromagnetic Response to First- and Second-Order Motion



2004


Sperling, AJ, Lu, Z.-L., & Manis, F. R. Elevated contrast thresholds in dyslexia in high noise displays. Program No. 20.4. 2004 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2004. Online. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L., Chu, W., Dosher, B. A. & Lee, S. Independent perceptual learning in monocular and binocular motion systems. http://journalofvision.org/XXX. (Abstract)

Sperling, G., Wurst, S. A. & Lu, Z.-L., Measuring the efficiency of attentional filtering. Perception, ECVP'04 Abstracts. http://www.perceptionweb.com/ecvp04/0567.html. (Abstract)

Manis, FR, Sperling, AJ, & Lu, Z.-L., Visual processing deficits in dyslexia in high vs. low noise displays. http://www.triplesr.org/conference/docs/04Abstracts-040721.htm#Manis. (Abstract)

Lemes, L. A., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Timecourse and temporal dynamics of attention in visual/auditory/central/peripheral cuing. http://www.jsnc.caltech.edu/absrtacts04/lesmes.pdf. (Abstract)

Jeon, S., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Temporal tuning characteristics of perceptual templates. http://www.jsnc.caltech.edu/absrtacts04/jeon.pdf. (Abstract)

Chu, W., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Characterizing and modeling temporal dynamics of perceptual decision making. http://www.jsnc.caltech.edu/absrtacts04/chu.pdf. (Abstract)

Dao, D. Y., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Orientation bandwidth of selective adaptation. http://www.jsnc.caltech.edu/absrtacts04/dao.pdf. (Abstract)

Sperling, AJ, Lu, ZL, Manis, FR (May, 2004). Motion deficits in dyslexia are restricted to high external noise displays. http://www.jsnc.caltech.edu/absrtacts04/sperling.pdf. (Abstract)

Petrov, A., Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., Comparable perceptual learning with and without feedback in non-stationary context: Data and model. http://journalofvision.org/4/8/306/. (Abstract)

Dosher, B. A., & Lu, Z.-L., Perceptual learning in first- and second-order letter identification. http://journalofvision.org/4/8/296/. (Abstract)

Dao, D. Y., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Orientation bandwidth of selective adaptation. http://journalofvision.org/4/8/11/. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L., Neuse, J., Madigan, S. & Dosher, B. A., Fast Decay of Iconic Memory in Observers At-Risk for Alzheimer's Disease, http://journalofvision.org/4/8/767/. (Abstract)

Sperling, AJ, Lu, ZL, Manis, FR (April, 2004). Motion deficits in dyslexia are restricted to high external noise displays. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Suppl. (Abstract)

Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., Mechanisms of perceptual learning. 29th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/HIPLab. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L., Neuse, J., Madigan, S. & Dosher, B. A., Fast decay of iconic memory in observers at-risk for Alzheimer's disease. 29th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/HIPLab. (Abstract)

Kong, Y.-Y., Lu, Z.-L., Dosher, B. A. & Zeng, F.-G., Mechanisms of Perceptual Learning in Amplitude Modulation Detection. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Mid-Winter Meeting, http://www.aro.org/archives/2004/2004_1294.html. (Abstract)



2003


Lu, Z.-L., H. C. Tse,  Dosher, B. A., Lesmes, L. A., Posner, C., & Chu, W., Intra- and cross-modal cuing of visual spatial attention: The hyper-effective simultaneous auditory peripheral cues. http://journalofvision.org/3/9/863/. (Abstract)

Petrov, A., Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., A computational model of perceptual learning through incremental channel re-weighting predicts switch costs in non-stationary contexts. http://journalofvision.org/3/9/670/. (Abstract)

Chu, W., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Characterizing and modeling temporal dynamics of perceptual decision making. http://journalofvision.org/3/9/746/. (Abstract)

Dao, D. Y., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Adaptation to sine-wave gratings selectively reduces the sensory gain of the adapted stimuli. http://journalofvision.org/3/9/7/. (Abstract)

Lesmes, L. A., Lu, Z.-L., Dosher, B. A. & Sperling, G., Comparing the temporal dynamics of intra- and cross-modal attention switching. http://journalofvision.org/3/9/180/. (Abstract)

Dosher, B. A., Liu, S. H., Blair, N. & Lu, Z.-L., The spatial footprint of the perceptual template. http://journalofvision.org/3/9/562/. (Abstract)

Blair, N., Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., Evaluation of token specificity in perceptual learning of phase discrimination. http://journalofvision.org/3/9/674/. (Abstract)

Jeon, S., Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., Temporal tuning characteristics of perceptual templates. http://journalofvision.org/3/9/873/. (Abstract)



2002


Tseng, C., Kim, H., Gobell, J. L., Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G. Stereoscopic motion standstill: phenomenon and theory. Perception, 31 (Supplement), 150. (Abstract)

Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., Mechanisms and models of observer state changes in perceptual learning. Perception, 31 (Supplement), 108. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. Characterising observer and mechanisms underlying changes of observer state with external noise and observer models. Perception, 31 (Supplement), 108. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L., Lesmes, L. A. & Sperling, G., Equiluminance, sensitive calibration, three-systems theory, and equiluminous chromatic motion perception. Perception, 31 (Supplement),13. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Brain mechanisms of attention. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 34 suppl., Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience, 41-43. (Abstract)

Tseng, C.-H., Gobell, J. L., Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., Long-lasting Sensitization to Color Induced by a Search Task, http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jsnc/abstracts02/Tseng-C.pdf. (Abstract)

Sperling A, Lu ZL, Manis F. & Seidenberg, M., An evaluation of magnocellular deficits in dyslexia using "phantom-contour" stimuli, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Suppl., D114. (Abstract)

Lesmes, L. A., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Full Time-Course of Visual/Auditory Central/Peripheral Cuing of Visual Spatial Attention: AP > VP=VC > AC. http://journalofvision.org/2/7/448/. (Abstract)

Lu, J.-L., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Perceptual Learning in Peripheral Vision with Attention Reflects (Mostly) Template Retuning. http://journalofvision.org/2/7/68/. (Abstract)

Chu, W., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Perceptual Learning of Motion Direction Discrimination in Fovea Reflects Mixed but Separable Mechanisms of Stimulus Enhancement and Template Retuning. http://journalofvision.org/2/7/77/. (Abstract)

Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., Threshold power laws of perceptual learning decouple improvements in noisy and noiseless conditions. http://journalofvision.org/2/7/556/. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Using External Noise Methods to Isolate Mechanisms of Attention / Perceptual Learning. http://journalofvision.org/2/7/67/. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., External noise methods and observer models. 2002 Annual Meeting Abstract and Program Planner accessed at http://www.arvo.org. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Abstract 275. (Abstract)



2001


Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A. Retuning of perceptual template via perceptual learning. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 6, 114. (Abstract).

Dosher, B. A., Han, S. M. & Lu, Z.-L., Attentional mechanisms and perceptual learning in object attention. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 6, 84. (Abstract).

Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., Isolating mechanisms of spatial attention, Optics Express, 9, (Abstract).

Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Retuning perceptual templates through perceptual learning, Optics Express, 9, (Abstract).

Thorne, G. L., Lu, Z.-L., Dawson, M. E. & Schell, A. M., The effect of visual offset with attentional manipulation on the amplitude modification of an acoustically elicited startle eyeblink response, Psychophysiology, 38, Supplement 1, S62. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Perceptual learning via template re-tuning. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Science, 257. (Abstract).

Appelbaum, L. G., Lu, Z.-L., & Sperling, G., Contrast Amplification in a Texture Discrimination Task. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 42, No. 4, S315. (Abstract).

Tseng, C., Kim, H., Gobell, J. L., Lu, Z.-L., & Sperling, G., Motion standstill in rapidly moving stereoptic depth displays. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 42, No. 4, S504. (Abstract).

Kim, H., Lu, Z.-L., & Sperling, G., Rivalry Motion versus Depth Motion. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 42, No. 4, S736. (Abstract).

Sperling, G., Kim, H., & Lu, Z.-L., Is there interocular first-order motion? Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 42, No. 4, S532. (Abstract).

Han, S.-M., Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L., External noise exclusion and stimulus enhancement in object attention. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 42, No. 4, S864. (Abstract).

Han, S.-M., Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L., External noise exclusion and stimulus enhancement in object attention. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 42, No. 4, S864. (Abstract).

Chu, W., Lu, Z.-L., Dosher, B., & Lee, S., Perceptual learning via external noise exclusion and stimulus enhancement: monocular for first-order motion, binocular for gabor orientation. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 42, No. 4, S316. (Abstract).

Dosher, B.., Han, S.-M., & Lu, Z.-L., Perceptual learning reduces object attention effects. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 42, No. 4, S121. (Abstract).

Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B., External noise exclusion as the mechanism of perceptual learning for orientation discrimination in fovea. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 42, No. 4, S316. (Abstract).



2000


Sperling, G. & Lu, Z-L., The current status of the three-systems theory of visual motion perception, Optical Society Annual Meeting Abstract Book, 52. (Abstract)

Dosher, B., Han, S.-M., & Lu, Z.-L., Time course of asymmetric visual search. Perception, Supplement, 29, 12d. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L., Lesmes, L. & Sperling, G., Motion standstill perceived from rapidly moving red-green gratings, Perception, Supplement, 29, 83b. (Abstract)

Sperling, G., Kim, T.-S., & Lu, Z.-L., Direction-reversal VEP's reveal signature of first- and second-order motion.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 41, No. 4, S334. (Abstract).

Lesmes, L., Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., Motion standstill in rapidly moving chromatic displays.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 41, No. 4, S796. (Abstract)

Tse, H. C., Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G. Attending to red and green concurrently in different areas reduces attentional capacity. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 41, No. 4, S42. (Abstract)

Han, S.-M., Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., A time course analysis of asymmetric visual search.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 41, No. 4, S423. (Abstract)

Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., Perceptual templates in spatial attention.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 41, No. 4, S750. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Different mechanisms of attention for central and peripheral precuing.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 41, No. 4, S42. (Abstract)

Kim, T.-S., Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., Spatiotemporal differences in visual evoked potentials of first- and second-order motion systems.  Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (Supplement), 36. (Abstract)



1999


Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., Mechanisms of perceptual attention in multilocation cuing. Bulletin of the Psychonomics Society, 40, 34. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Attention fine-tunes perceptual templates in spatial cuing. Bulletin of the Psychonomics Society, 40, 52. (Abstract)

Sperling, G., Blaser, E. & Lu, Z.-L., The Perceptual amplification of attention to color. Perception, 28, 57b. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L., Lesmes, L. A. & Sperling, G., Isoluminant chromatic motion perception: Defining the mechanism. Perception, 28, 28b. (Abstract)

Chubb, C., Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., Measuring the nonlinearity used to sense high temporal frequency second-order motion. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 40, No. 4, S424. (Abstract)

Han, S.-M., Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., A parallel model accounts for the time course of a difficult visual search task. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 40, No. 4, S344. (Abstract)

Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., Attention to a validly cued location improves performance by excluding external noise. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 40, No. 4, S797. (Abstract)

Liu, C. Q., Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Attention in first- and second-order motion perception. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 40, No. 4, S973. (Abstract)

Lesmes, L. A., Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., The mechanism of isoluminant motion perception is third-order motion. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 40, No. 4, S190. (Abstract)

Sperling, G. & Lu, Z.-L., Unequal representation of black and white in human vision. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 40, No. 4, S200. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., The amplification principle in motion perception. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 40, No. 4, S199. (Abstract)



1998


Dosher, B. A., Han, S.-M. & Lu, Z.-L., Time course of visual search among homogeneous and heterogeneous distractors. Bulletin of the Psychonomics Society, 39: 58. (Abstract).

Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Distractor exclusion underlies improvement in form discrimination following a location precue. Bulletin of the Psychonomics Society, 39: 58. (Abstract).

Oray, S., Lu, Z.-L. & Dawson, M., Cross-modal prepulse modification of ERP & startle, Psychophysiology, 35, Supplement 1, S62. (Abstract)

Zhou, Y.-Z. & Lu, Z.-L., Visual grouping is based on saliency not features in a real world-like task. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 24, 892. (Abstract)

Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z.-L., Mechanisms of perceptual learning. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 39, No. 4, 912. (Abstract)

Sperling, G. & Lu, Z.-L., Update on the status of the three-motion-systems theory. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 39, No. 4, 461. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Characterizing human perceptual inefficiencies. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 39, No. 4, 625. (Abstract)



1997


Lu, Z.-L. & Dosher, B. A., Characterizing attention mechanisms. Bulletin of the Psychonomics Society, 38: 58. (Abstract).

Lu, Z.-L., Chubb, C. & Sperling, G. Extracting structure from natural images through statistically certified unsupervised learning. Proceedings of the 4th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation, 140 (Abstract).

Blaser, E., Sperling, G. & Lu, Z-L., Measuring the spatial resolution of visual attention. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 38, No. 4, 687. (Abstract)

Dosher, B. A. & Lu, Z-L., Attention to location mediated by internal noise reduction. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 38, No. 4, 687. (Abstract)

Chubb, C., Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., Statistically certified unsupervised learning. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 38, No. 4, 257. (Abstract)

Sperling, G. & Lu, Z.-L., Proving independence of first- and second-order motion systems. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 38, No. 4, 237. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L., Sperling, G. & Beck, J., Selective adaptation of three motion systems. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 38, No. 4, 237. (Abstract)



1996


Sperling, G. & Lu, Z.-L. New Theories of motion perception. International Journal of Psychology (Abstract).

Richman, S., Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., Flicker motion. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 37, No. 3, 746. (Abstract)

Chubb, C., Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., Algorithm for extracting structure in natural images yields simple cell-like receptive fields. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 37, No. 3, 517. (Abstract)

Sperling, G. & Lu, Z.-L., Second-order reversed-phi reveals two mechanisms: second-order motion-energy and third-order feature-salience. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 37, No. 3, 900. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., The Lincoln picture non-problem. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 37, No. 3, 732. (Abstract)



1995


Sperling, G. & Lu, Z.-L., Visual attention operates via a salience map. Bulletin of the Psychonomics Society, 36: 58. (Abstract)

Sperling, G. & Lu, Z.-L., Visual attention operates via a salience map. Bulletin of the Psychonomics Society, 36: 58. (Abstract)

Sperling, G. & Lu, Z.-L., Attention affects the perceived direction of visual motion Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 36, No. 4, 856. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., Drastically different saturation for luminance motion versus texture-contrast motion. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 36, No. 4, 395. (Abstract)



1994


Sperling, G. & Lu, Z.-L., Immunity to pedestals distinguishes motion-energy from feature-tracking Motion-Perception Mechanisms. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 35, No. 4, 1390. (Abstract)

Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., Deriving the dimensions of texture perception from magmatic texture matches. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 35, No. 4, 2161. (Abstract)



1993


Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., 2nd-order illusions: Mach bands, Craik-O'Brien-Cornsweet. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 34, No. 4, 1289. (Abstract)



1992


Lu, Z.-L. & Sperling, G., 2nd-order illusions: Mach bands, Craik-O'Brien-Cornsweet. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, ARVO Supplement, 34, No. 4, 1289. (Abstract)



1991


Lu, Z.-L., Williamson, S. J. & Kaufman, L., Latent neuronal activity in human auditory cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 17, 1483. (Abstract)



1990


Lu, Z.-L. & Williamson, S. J., Spatial extent of coherent sensory-evoked activity. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 16, 874. (Abstract)