Laura Cacciamani

Associate Professor

California Polytechnic State University

Ph.D. in Psychology, The University of Arizona M.A. in Psychology, The University of Arizona B.S. in Psychology and Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University

Contact Information:

Email: LCacciamani@ski.org


Links:

Laura Cacciamani @ CalPoly

Mentorship Period:
January 2014 - June 2016

Publications

  • Journal Articles
  • Presentations/Posters
  • Other Publications

Collaborators

  • Internal

Mentors

Likova, L. T., & Cacciamani, L. . (2018). Transfer of Learning in People Who Are Blind: Enhancement of Spatial-Cognitive Abilities through Drawing. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 4(112). Retrieved from https://www.afb.org/jvib/Newjvibabstract.asp?articleid=jvib120406

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Cacciamani, L. ., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. . (2016). The Cortical Network for Braille Writing in the Blind. Electronic Imaging, 2016, 1–6. 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.16.HVEI-095 PMID: 28890944 PMCID: PMC5589194 (Original work published 2016)

Cacciamani, L. ., & Likova, L. T. (2017). Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 141. 10.1016/j.nlm.2017.03.013 PMID: 28347878 PMCID: PMC 5488874 (Original work published 2017)

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Cacciamani, L. ., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. . (2015). Effect of familiarity on Braille writing and reading in the blind: From graphemes to comprehension. Journal of Vision, 15, 920–920. 10.1167/15.12.920

Cacciamani, L. . (2014). Beyond Conscious Object Perception: Processing and Inhibition of the Groundside of a Figure.

Cacciamani, L. ., Ayars, A. A., & Peterson, M. A. (2014). Spatially rearranged object parts can facilitate perception of intact whole objects. Frontiers in Psychology, 5.

Cacciamani, L. ., Mojica, A. J., Sanguinetti, J. L., & Peterson, M. A. (2014). Semantic access occurs outside of awareness for the ground side of a figure. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 76, 2531–2547.

Salvagio, E. ., Cacciamani, L. ., & Peterson, M. A. (2012). Competition-strength-dependent ground suppression in figure–ground perception. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 74, 964–978.

Peterson, M. A., Cacciamani, L. ., Mojica, A. J., & Sanguinetti, J. L. (2012). Meaning can be accessed for the ground side of a figure. Gestalt Theory, 34.

Peterson, M. A., Cacciamani, L. ., Barense, M. D., & Scalf, P. E. (2012). The perirhinal cortex modulates V2 activity in response to the agreement between part familiarity and configuration familiarity. Hippocampus, 22, 1965–1977.