Daniel Kurylo

  Assc Professor
  Department: Psychology
  Location: 4407 James Hall
  Phone: 718-951-5000 x6022
  Fax: 718-951-4814

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Dr. Kurylo received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Colorado, and his M.A and Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Northeastern University. He has completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Eye Research Institute in Boston, and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.

Education:
Ph.D., Northeastern University - 1987 (Experimental Psychology)

M.A., Northeastern University - 1983 (Experimental Psychology)

B.A., University of Colorado - 1980 (Psychology)

Areas of Expertise:
Dr. Kurylo's research focuses on ways in which populations of neurons become integrated to produce cognitive functions. Models of neural integration are explored in human clinical populations as well as with animal models. Studies include an analysis of visual impairment in patients with brain injury and schizophrenia. Studies also include an analysis of visual capacities in animals, and changes in perception that result from alterations in neural chemistry.

Books and Publications
Brick Larkin, G., Kurylo, D.D., and Bukhari, F. (in review). Speed of perceptual grouping and high-order cognitive ability. Intelligence. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Bukhari, F. & Kurylo, D.D. (2008). Computer programming for generating visual stimuli. Behavior Research Methods, 40, 38-45. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Kurylo, D.D. (2008). Effects of visual cortex lesions on perceptual grouping in rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 190, 182-188. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Kurylo, D.D., and Brick, G., and Waxman, R. (in review) Speed of perceptual grouping in acquired brain injury. Behavioural Neurology. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Kurylo, D.D., and Gazes, E. (2008). Effects of Ketamine on perceptual grouping in rats. Physiology and Behavior, 95, 152-156. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Tannazzo, T., and Kurylo, D.D. (in review) Perceptual grouping across eccentricity. Spatial Vision. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Kurylo, D.D. , Pasternak, R., Silipo, G., Javitt, D.C., and Butler, P.D. (2007). Perceptual organization by proximity and similarity in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 95, 205-214. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Kurylo, D.D. (2006). Effects of aging on perceptual organization: efficacy of stimulus feature. Experimental Aging Research, 32, 137-152. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Kurylo, D.D., Waxman, R., & Kesin, O. (2006). Spatial-Temporal Characteristics in perceptual organization following acquired brain injury. Brain Injury, 20, 237-244. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Kurylo, D.D. (2004) Effects of Quinpirole on Operant Conditioning: Changes to Selective Behavioral Components. Behavioral Brain Research, 155, 117-124. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004

Kurylo, D.D. (2004). Perceptual organization in Alzheimer's disease. In: P. Hof & A. Cronin-Golomb (Vol. Eds.), Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology: Vol. 34. Vision in Alzheimer's Disease (pp. 199-211). Basel: Karger. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2004

Kurylo, D.D., & Tanguay, S. (2003). Effects of quinpirole on behavioral extinction. Physiology and Behavior, 80, 1-7. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003

Kurylo, D.D., Allan, W.C., Collins, T.E., & Baron, J. (2003). Perceptual organization based upon spatial relationships in Alzheimer's disease. Behavioural Neurology, 14, 19-28. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003

Knepper, B.R., & Kurylo, D.D. (1998). Effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-NAME on spatial and cued learning. Neuroscience, 83, 837-841. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1998

Kurylo, D.D. (1997). Time course of perceptual grouping. Perception and Psychophysics, 59, 142-147. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1997

Kurylo, D.D., Van Nest, J., & Knepper, B. (1997). Characteristics of perceptual grouping in rats. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 111, 126-134. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1997

Kurylo, D.D., Corkin, S., Rizzo, J.F., and Growdon, J.H. (1996). Greater relative impairment of object recognition than visuospatial abilities in Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychology, 10, 74-81. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1996

Kurylo, D.D., Scharf, B., & Reeves, A. (1996). Detecting line segments with expected and unexpected orientations. Spatial Vision, 10, 149-162. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1996

Hartline, P.H., Vimal, R.P.L., King, A.J., Kurylo, D.D., & Northmore, D.P.M. (1995). Effects of eye position on auditory target localization and neural representation of space in the superior colliculus of cats. Experimental Brain Research, 104, 402-408. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1995

Kurylo, D.D., Corkin, S., & Growdon, J.H. (1994). Perceptual organization in Alzheimer's disease. Psychology and Aging, 9, 562-567. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1994

Kurylo, D.D., Corkin, S., Dolan, R.P., Rizzo, J.F., Parker, S.W., & Growdon, J.H. (1994). Broad-band visual capacities are not selectively impaired in Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging, 15, 305-311. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1994

Kurylo, D.D., Corkin, S., & Growdon, J.H. (1993). Auditory function in Alzheimer's disease. Neurology, 43, 1893-1899. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1993

Kurylo, D.D., Vimal, R.P.L., & Hartline, P.H. (1992). Effects of multiple stimuli on ocular orientation by cats. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 4,165-174. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1992

Kurylo, D.D. (1991). Interaction of visually guided saccades with saccades induced by electrical stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex in the monkey. Vision Research, 31, 2065-2073. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1991

Kurylo, D.D., & Skavenski, A.A. (1991). Eye movements elicited by stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex in the monkey. Journal of Neurophysiology, 65, 1243-1252. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1991

Kurylo, D.D., Hansen, R.M., & Fulton, A.B. (1991). Dark adapted thresholds in young RCS rats. Vision Research, 31, 637-642. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1991

Awards, Honors and Fellowships
2008 PSC-CUNY Research Award. Lateral interactions in visual perception in rats. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008

2005 PSC-CUNY Research Award. Effects of Ketamine on Perceptual Organization in Rats.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2005

2003 PSC-CUNY Research Award. Role of Striate and Extra-striate Connections and Thalamic Processing in Perceptual Organization in Rats.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2003

2001 PSC-CUNY Research Award. Effects of Quinpirole on Learning Extinction.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2001

2000 PSC-CUNY Research Award. Efficacy of Stimulus Features for Perceptual Grouping in Alzheimer's Disease.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2000

1998 Faculty Research Fund, Bowdoin College. Perceptual Grouping Based Upon Color Similarity.
(Grants and Fellowships) 1998

1998 National Institute on Aging, R15 AG13758-01A1. Grouping Principles in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease.
(Grants and Fellowships) 1998

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Brick, G., Antonovsky, C, Davidov, T., and Kurylo, D.D. (2008). Association between Perceptual Organization and High-Order Visual Cognition. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

Brick, G., Antonovsky, C., Davidov, T., and Kurylo, D.D. (2008). Independence of perceptual grouping and high-order cognitive capacities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Sciences, Chicago, Il. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

Brick, G, Kurylo, D.D., and Waxman, R. (2007). Speed of cortical integration in acquired brain injury. Poster presented at the Neural Systems of Social Behavior Conference, Austin, TX. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Kurylo, D.D., & Tanguay, S. (2001). Reduced extinction to operant conditioning by quinpirole. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 27. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2001

Kurylo, D.D. (2000). Effects of aging on feature efficacy in perceptual grouping. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 41 (Suppl.), S432. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2000

Kurylo, D.D. (1999). Perceived spatial relationships in Alzheimer's disease. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 40 (Suppl.), S388. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1999

Kurylo, D.D. (1998). Selection of perceptual grouping patterns for 2D structure from motion. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 39 (Suppl.), S152. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1998

Kurylo, D.D. (1997). Cortical Mechanism for Perceptual Grouping in Rats. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 23, 1025. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1997

Kurylo, D.D. (1997). Spatial characteristics of perceptual grouping by flicker. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 38 (Suppl.), S642. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1997

Kurylo, D.D. (1996). Temporal characteristics of perceptual grouping. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 37 (Suppl.), S294. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, FL. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1996