Personal profile
Research interests
object recognition, face perception, electroencephalography, visual processing
Research description
My research seeks to understand how the human visual system transforms complex, dynamic visual input into a meaningful understanding of the world. Using behavioural and neural markers of visual processing in healthy adults and infants, I answer questions such as “How do we recognise different aspects of the same face concurrently?” and
“How does prior knowledge influence visual processing of objects?”. I am particularly focused on understanding the dynamic unfolding of perceptual and cognitive processes, combining sophisticated behavioural and cognitive neuroscience methodologies (e.g., continuous human movement measures, electro/magneto-encephalography) with
state-of-the-art computational analysis methods to reveal the timecourse of face and object processing.
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Qualifications
Bachelor of Psychology, Macquarie University
Research keywords
- object recognition
- face perception
- attention
- electroencephalography
- neural decoding
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A comprehensive EEG dataset for investigating visual touch perception
Smit, S., Ramírez-Haro, A., Varlet, M., Moerel, D., Quek, G. L. & Grootswagers, T., Dec 2026, In: Scientific Data. 13, 1, 8 p., 381.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Disentangling perceptual from non-perceptual expectation biases in short-term memory
Koopmans, J. G., Thorat, S., Quek, G. L. & Peelen, M. V., Jan 2026, In: Consciousness and Cognition. 137, 8 p., 103964.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Collaborative rule learning promotes interbrain information alignment
Moerel, D., Grootswagers, T., Quek, G. L., Smit, S. & Varlet, M., Nov 2025, In: PLoS Biology. 23, 11, 21 p., e3003479.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Human infant EEG recordings for 200 object images presented in rapid visual streams
Grootswagers, T., Quek, G. L., Zeng, Z. & Varlet, M., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Data. 12, 1, 7 p., 407.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Human perception of art in the age of artificial intelligence
van Hees, J., Grootswagers, T., Quek, G. L. & Varlet, M., 2025, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 15, 8 p., 1497469.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
- 2 Active
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The origins and development of human analogical reasoning
Hespos, S. (PI) & Quek, G. (Investigator)
1/05/25 → 30/04/29
Project: Research
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Engaging Digital Objects: Enhancing discoverability and inclusivity in the Powerhouse online collection
Quek, G. (PI), Stevens, K. (Investigator), Varlet, M. (Investigator) & Grootswagers, T. (Investigator)
1/03/25 → 28/02/29
Project: Research
Datasets
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200 Objects Infants EEG
Grootswagers, T., Quek, G., Zeng, Z. & Varlet, M., osf, 5 Mar 2025
DOI: 10.18112/openneuro.ds005106.v1.5.0, https://doi.org/10.18112/openneuro.ds005106.v1.5.0
Dataset
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The timecourse of inter-object contextual facilitation
Quek, G. & Peelen, M. V., Western Sydney University, 20 Aug 2025
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/U4CDE, https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/U4CDE
Dataset
Activities
- 2 Society
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Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society (Event)
Quek, G. (Other)
1 Jan 2022Activity: Membership › Society
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