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Oliver Braddick
Born(1944-11-16)16 November 1944
Died17 January 2022(2022-01-17) (aged 77)
Education
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Oliver John Braddick,

developmental psychologist who researched infant visual perception. He frequently collaborated with his wife Janette Atkinson.[1][2]

Biography

Braddick was Emeritus Professor of

Oxford University from 2011 to 2022. Prior to that, from 2001 to 2011 he was professor and head of the Department of Experimental Psychology.[3][4]

Braddick gained a BA (1965) and PhD (1968) in Experimental Psychology at

infancy and in early visual screening. He also advanced understanding of binocular processes of both infants and adults.[5]

In 1993, Braddick and Janette Atkinson moved to

University College of London and University of Oxford, a unit that specialises in child visual perception.[6]

Braddick was a member of the editorial board for Current Biology.[7] He died on 17 January 2022, at the age of 77.[1]

Research

Braddick specialised in

hyperopia.[11][12]

In addition to working on infant vision, Braddick and colleagues showed that adults attempting to grab a glowing item in the dark had a longer reach duration, lower average speed, as well as lower peak speed versus the same situation in the light.[13][importance?]

According to Braddick, reliable motion perception requires several processes that integrate and combine visual motion signals from neighbouring locations within the field of vision. This has the effect of smoothing out spatial variations in velocity.[14]

Selected publications[15]

  • Atkinson, Janette; Braddick, Oliver; Nardini, Marko; Anker, Shirley (2007). "Infant Hyperopia: Detection, Distribution, Changes and Correlates-Outcomes From the Cambridge Infant Screening Programs". Optometry and Vision Science. 84 (2): 84–96.
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References

  1. ^ a b "In Memoriam: Oliver "Ol" Braddick". Oxford Experimental Psychology News. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  2. ^ Bishop, Dorothy (12 October 2022). "Braddick, Oliver, 1944 - 2022". The British Academy.
  3. ^ "Academic & Independent Researcher Contact List". University of Oxford: Department of Experimental Psychology. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b "New British Academy fellows announced". University of Oxford Press Office. 23 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
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  6. ^ "Visual Development Unit". UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. University College of London. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2024.mn xzz
  7. ^ "Advisory board: Current Biology".
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  9. PMID 21489394
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  10. PMID 17920430
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  11. ^ Atkinson et al. 2007
  12. ^ "Visual Development Unit: recent and forthcoming publications". Archived from the original on 10 December 2005.
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  14. S2CID 4001817
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  15. ^ "Oliver Braddick — Neuroscience". www.neuroscience.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009.
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