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Degrees:
Ph.D., New York Univ.
M.A., New York Univ.
M.A., Sophia University
B.A., Univ. of Oklahoma
Laboratory: Crescent Center for Arts and Neuroscience 123
Professor Grubb received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from New York University. After finishing his doctoral training, he remained at NYU as a postdoctoral researcher in the Center for Neural Science and was a visiting assistant professor at NYU–Shanghai. His doctoral work utilized psychophysical methods and focused on the effects of selective attention on visual perception in typically developing populations and in individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
As a postdoc, he used structural and functional neuroimaging techniques to evaluate the impact of human aging on value–based decision making. In his lab at Trinity, he utilizes psychophysical and computational approaches to study human perception, from the visual system to the value domain, with a particular focus on attention and spatiotemporal context as critical mediating factors.
Professor Grubb feels as equally at home in the classroom as he does in the lab. Before graduate school, he spent 7 years abroad, teaching full–time in a variety of contexts. He encourages his students to think critically about scientific knowledge, to engage in constructive debate with him and with each other, and to cultivate a curious mind.
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Sensation and Perception
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Selective Attention
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Decision Making/Neuroeconomics
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Psychophysical Methods
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Computer Programming for Scientific Research
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PSYC-293
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Perception
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PSYC-293
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Perception Laboratory
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PSYC-348
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Focusing the Mind: the Psychology of Attention
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PSYC-401
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Senior Seminar: Psychology of Psychedelic Drugs
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Temporal dynamics of attention, perception, and decision making
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Impact of spatial context and temporal adaptation on human perceptual systems
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The role of value/reward in attention and perception
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Atypical development and human aging
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Publications:
- Raio, C. M., Lu, B. B., Grubb, M., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., & Glimcher, P. (2022). Cumulative lifetime stressor exposure assessed by the STRAIN predicts economic ambiguity aversion. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1-11.
- Massa*, N. B., Deck*, J. & Grubb, M. A. (2021). Perceptual Fading of a Stabilized Cortical Image: Replication in the Undergraduate Classroom. eNeuro, 8(5), 1-8.
- Butler*, D. R. & Grubb, M. A. (2020). Sudden onsets reflexively drive spatial attention, but those that predict reward do more. Journal of Vision, 20(7):30, 1-10.
- Gannon*, E. T. & Grubb, M. A. (2020). How Filmmakers Guide The Eye: The Effect of Average Shot Length on Intersubject Attentional Synchrony. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 16 (1), 125.
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Grubb, M. A., Christensen*, G., & Albanese*, J. (2019). Investigating the role of exogenous cueing on selection history formation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 26:1282–1288.
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Grubb, M. A., & Li*, Y. (2018). Assessing the role of accuracy-based feedback in value-driven attentional capture. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 80: 822-828.
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Grubb, M. A., Tymula, A., Gilaie-Dotan, S., Glimcher, P., & Levy, I. (2016). Neuroanatomy Accounts for Age–Related Changes in Risk Preferences. Nature Communications, 7, 13822: 1-5.
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Grubb, M. A., White, A., Heeger, D., & Carrasco, M. (2015). Interactions between Voluntary and Involuntary Attention Modulate the Quality and Temporal Dynamics of Visual Processing. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 22(2): 437-444.
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Grubb, M. A., Behrmann, M., Egan, R., Minshew, N. J., Heeger, D. J., & Carrasco, M. (2013). Exogenous Spatial Attention: Evidence for Intact Functioning in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Vision, 13(14): 9, 1–13.
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Grubb, M. A., Behrmann, M., Egan, R., Minshew, N.J., Carrasco, M. & Heeger, D.J. (2013). Endogenous Spatial Attention: Evidence for Intact Functioning in Adults With Autism. Autism Research, 6: 108–118.
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- Faculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation - #2141860
- CAREER: Reward learning, selection history, and attentional control, 2022-2027
- Arthur H. Hughes Award for Teaching Achievement, 2020.
- Predoctoral Fellowship, Autism Speaks Scientific Research Grants - #7831: Spatial Attention in Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2012-2013.
- MacCracken Predoctoral Fellowship, New York University, 2009-2012.
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