Dr Graham Hole

Biography

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BSc (Hons) Psychology, University College London; PhD University College London

Course Organiser for Forensic and Applied Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology of face processing (BSMS), Research Skills One; Admissions Tutor for Psychology

Role

Admissions Tutor for the School of  Psychology.

My research interests primarily involve the study of object-recognition, within two distinct areas: face-processing and driving. My interests in face-processing centre around two themes: (a) what is the nature of the facial representations that are used for individual recognition? (b) What representations underly our ability to judge a person's age on the basis of their facial characteristics? I am also interested in how facial representations develop in children with increasing age. Currently I am collaborating with Dr Jeremy Tree, at the University of Swansea, on research into the neuropsychology of face processing: we are performing a series of studies on a developmental prosopagnosic (an individual who has a specific inability to recognise faces), in an attempt to elucidate more clearly the neuropsychological underpinnings of face representations.
I have also been working with Dr. Peter Hills (University of East Anglia) and Professor Peter Hancock (University of Stirling) on separate projects relating to the role of facial familiarity in face adaptation effects.
 
My research on driving focuses on the attentional and perceptual problems associated with driving: what information do drivers use in order to detect other road-users, and how is this affected by mobile phones and other distractions? Driving places great demands on perceptual processing: the speed with which vehicles travel means that object-recognition (and decisions based upon it) has to be performed uner considerable time pressure.  I am particularly interested in the perceptual strategies that people use in order to cope: one idea that I have explored is that drivers might use "shorthand codes" as substitutes for more elaborated perceptual representations. (e.g., at junctions, drivers might look for headlights instead of motorcycles, if they have learnt that motorcyclists usually use their headlights).

 

Research Skills
Neuropsychology of face processing (Brighton Medical School)
Applied Cognitive Psychology

Student Consultation

I hav an "open door" policy, so just come and see me. if you really need to pin me down to a particular time, then email me and we'll sort out a time to meet.

Laurence, Sarah and Hole, Graham (2012) Identity specific adaptation with composite faces. Visual Cogniton, 20 (2). pp. 109-120. ISSN 1350-6285

Hole, Graham (2011) Identity-specific face adaptation effects: evidence for abstractive face representations. Cognition, 119 (2). pp. 216-228. ISSN 0010-0277

Hole, Graham and George, Patricia (2011) Evidence for holistic processing of facial age. Visual Cognition, 19 (5). pp. 585-615.

Briggs, Gemma F, Hole, Graham J and Land, Michael F (2011) Emotionally involving telephone conversations lead to driver error and visual tunnelling. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 14 (4). pp. 313-323. ISSN 1369-8478

Laurence, Sarah and Hole, Graham (2011) The effect of familiarity on face adaptation. Perception, 40 (4). pp. 450-463. ISSN 0301-0066

Hole, Graham and Bourne, Victoria-Jane (2010) Face processing : psychological, neuropsychological, and applied perspectives. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199235704

Bourne, Victoria J, Vladeanu, Matei and Hole, Graham J (2009) Lateralised repetition priming for featurally and configurally manipulated familiar faces: Evidence for differentially lateralised processing mechanisms. Laterality, 14 (3). pp. 287-299. ISSN 1357-650X

Harrison, Virginia and Hole, Graham J (2009) Evidence for a contact-based explanation of the own-age bias in face recognition. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 16 (2). pp. 264-269. ISSN 1069-9384

Hole, Graham (2008) Predictors of motor vehicle collisions. In: Motor Vehicle Collisions: Medical, Psychosocial, and Legal Consequences. Elsevier/Academic, pp. 13-43. ISBN 9780080450483

Steede, Leslie L, Tree, Jeremy J and Hole, Graham J (2007) I can't recognize your face but I can recognize its movement. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 24 (4). pp. 451-466. ISSN 0264-3294

Steede, Leslie L and Hole, Graham J (2006) Repetition priming and recognition of dynamic and static chimeras. Perception, 35 (10). pp. 1367-1382. ISSN 0301-0066

Bourne, Victoria-Jane and Hole, Graham (2006) Lateralised repetition priming for familiar faces: Evidence for asymmetric interhemispheric cooperation. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59 (6). pp. 1117-1133. ISSN 1747-0218

Steede, Leslie L, Tree, Jeremy and Hole, Graham J (2006) Dissociating mechanisms involved in accessing identity by dynamic and static cues. Visual Cognition, 15. pp. 116-119.

Hole, Graham (2006) The psychology of driving. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 1367-1382. ISBN 9780805844252

Collishaw, Stephan, Hole, Graham and Schwaninger, Adrian (2005) Configural processing and perceptions of head tilt. Perception, 34 (2). pp. 163-168. ISSN 0301-0066

Tree, J J, Kay, J, Hole, G and Haslam, C (2004) Configural and featural face processing in developmental prosopagnosia. Processings of the British Psychology Society, 12 (2). p. 113.

Bourne, V J and Hole, G (2003) Integration of facial information via interhemispheric cooperation. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9 (4). pp. 516-517. ISSN 1355-6177

Bourne, V J and Hole, G J (2003) Lateralised repetition priming for face recognition: priming occurs in the right hemisphere only. Perception, 32. p. 173.

Bourne, Victoria J and Hole, Graham J (2003) Left hemisphere recognition of familiar faces: evidence for featural processing. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9 (4). p. 517.

Field, Andy P and Hole, Graham (2003) How to design and report experiments. Sage. ISBN 9780761973829

Hole, Graham, George, Patricia, Eaves, K and Razek, A (2002) Effects of geometric distortions on face recognition performance. Perception, 31 (10). pp. 1221-1240. ISSN 0301-0066

Collishaw, Stephan M and Hole, Graham J (2002) Is there a linear or a nonlinear relationship between rotation and configural processing of faces? Perception, 31 (3). pp. 287-296.

Langham, Martin, Hole, Graham, Edwards, Jacqueline and O'Neil, Colin (2002) An analysis of "looked but failed to see" errors involving parked police cars. Ergonomics, 45 (3). pp. 167-185. ISSN 0014-0139

Bourne, V and Hole, G J (2002) A right hemisphere advantage for processing blurred faces. Perception, 31 (ECVP). p. 19. ISSN 0301-0066

Brace, Nicola A, Hole, Graham, Kemp, Richard I, Pike, Graham E, van Duuren, Michael and Norgate, Lorraine (2001) Developmental changes in the effect of inversion: using a picture book to investigate face recognition. Perception, 30. pp. 85-94.

George, Patricia A and Hole, Graham J (2000) The role of spatial and surface cues in the age-processing of unfamiliar faces. Visual Cognition, 7 (4). pp. 485-510. ISSN 13506285

Langham, Martin and Hole, Graham (2000) Do object recognition theories explain visual search failures at junctions? In: Vision in Vehicles VII. Elsevier. ISBN 0-08-043671-4

Collishaw, S M and Hole, G J (2000) Featural and configurational processes in the recognition of faces of different familiarity. Perception, 29 (8). pp. 893-909. ISSN 03010066

Hole, Graham J, George, Patricia A and Dunsmore, Victoria (1999) Evidence for holistic processing of faces viewed as photographic negatives. Perception, 28 (3). pp. 341-359. ISSN 03010066

George, Patricia A and Hole, Graham J (1998) Recognising the ageing face: the role of age in face processing. Perception, 27 (9). pp. 1123-1134. ISSN 03010066

George, Patricia and Hole, Graham (1998) The influence of feature-based information in the age processing of unfamiliar faces. Perception, 27 (3). pp. 295-312. ISSN 03010066

Hole, Graham and Tyrell, L (1996) Possible penalties of motorcyclists' daytime headlight use: a laboratory investigation. In: Vision in Vehicles 5. North Holland. ISBN 9780444814777

Hole, Graham J, Tyrrell, Lisa and Langham, Martin (1996) Some factors affecting motorcyclists' conspicuity. Ergonomics, 39 (7). pp. 946-965.

Hole, Graham J (1996) Decay and interference effects in visuospatial short-term memory. Perception, 25. pp. 53-64. ISSN 0301-0066

Hole, Graham J and George, Patricia A (1995) Factors influencing the accuracy of age-estimates of unfamiliar faces. Perception, 24 (9). pp. 1059-1073. ISSN 03010066

Hole, Graham and Tyrell, L (1995) The influence of perceptual 'set' on the detection of motorcyclists using daytime headlights. Ergonomics, 38 (7). pp. 1326-1341. ISSN 00140139

Samuels, CA, Butterworth, G, Roberts, T, Graupner, Ludmila and Hole, Graham (1994) Facial aesthetics: babies prefer attractiveness to symmetry. Perception, 23 (7). pp. 823-831. ISSN 03010066

Hole, Graham J (1994) Configurational factors in the perception of unfamiliar faces. Perception, 23 (1). pp. 65-74. ISSN 0301-0066

Hole, Graham (1991) The effects of social deprivation on levels of social play in the laboratory rat Rattus norvegicus. Behavioural Processes, 25 (1). pp. 41-53. ISSN 03766357

Hole, Graham (1991) Proximity measures of social play in the laboratory rat. Developmental Psychobiology, 24 (2). pp. 117-133. ISSN 00121630

Morgan, MJ, Ward, RM and Hole, Graham (1990) Evidence for Positional Coding in Hyperacuity. Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics and image science, 7 (2). pp. 297-304. ISSN 0740-3232

Morgan, M J, Hole, Graham J and Glennerster, A (1990) Biases and sensitivities in geometrical illusions. Vision Research, 30 (11). pp. 1793-1810. ISSN 00426989

Hole, Graham (1988) Temporal features of social play in the laboratory rat. Advances in Ethology, 78 (1). pp. 1-20. ISSN 0179-1613

Hole, G J, Einon, D F and Plotkin, H C (1986) The development of sexual competence in Rattus norvegicus. Behavioural Processes, 12 (2). pp. 187-202. ISSN 0376-6357

Hole, Graham and Einon, Dorothy F (1984) Play in rodents. In: Play in animals and humans. Blackwell. ISBN 0631134921