Daniel Kurylo

Education:

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1993 (Neuroscience)

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Eye Research Institute - 1989 (Neuroscience)

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

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

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

Areas of Expertise:

Daniel 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., D.D. Kurylo and F. Bukhari. (in press) "Speed of Perceptual Grouping and High-Order Cognitive Ability." Journal of Individual Differences.. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013

Ostrofsky, J., A. Kozbelt and D.D. Kurylo. (in press) "Perceptual Grouping in Artists and Non-artists: A Psychophysical Comparison." Empirical Studies of the Arts. In press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013

"Effects of Visual Cortex Lesions on Perceptual Grouping in Rats." Behavioural Brain Research 190: 182-88. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Bukhari, F. and D.D. Kurylo. "Computer Programming for Generating Visual Stimuli." Behavior Research Methods 40: 38-45. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Kurylo, D.D. and E. Gazes. "Effects of Ketamine on Perceptual Grouping in Rats." Physiology and Behavior 95: 152-56. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Kurylo, D.D., R. Pasternak, G. Silipo, D.C. Javitt and P.D. Butler. "Perceptual Organization by Proximity and Similarity in Schizophrenia." Schizophrenia Research 95: 205-14. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

"Effects of Aging on Perceptual Organization: Efficacy of Stimulus Feature." Experimental Aging Research 32: 137-52. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Kurylo, D.D., R. Waxman and O. Kesin. "Spatial-Temporal Characteristics in Perceptual Organization Following Acquired Brain Injury." Brain Injury 20: 237-44. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

"Effects of Quinpirole on Operant Conditioning: Changes to Selective Behavioral Components." Behavioral Brain Research 155: 117-24. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004

"Perceptual Organization in Alzheimer's Disease." Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology: Volume 34--Vision in Alzheimer's Disease. Eds. P. Hof and A. Cronin-Golomb. Basel, Switzerland: Karger. 199-211. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2004

Kurylo, D.D. and S. Tanguay. "Effects of Quinpirole on Behavioral Extinction." Physiology and Behavior 80: 1-7. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003

Kurylo, D.D., W.C. Allan, T.E. Collins and J. Baron. "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. and D.D. Kurylo. "Effects of Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitor L-NAME on Spatial and Cued Learning." Neuroscience 83: 837-41. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1998

"Time Course of Perceptual Grouping." Perception and Psychophysics 59: 142-47. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1997

Kurylo, D.D., J. Van Nest and B. Knepper. "Characteristics of Perceptual Grouping in Rats." Journal of Comparative Psychology 111: 126-34. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1997

Kurylo, D.D., B. Scharf and A. Reeves. "Detecting Line Segments With Expected and Unexpected Orientations." Spatial Vision 10: 149-62. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1996

Kurylo, D.D., S. Corkin, J.F. Rizzo and J.H. Growdon. "Greater Relative Impairment of Object Recognition than Visuospatial Abilities in Alzheimer's Disease." Neuropsychology 10: 74-81. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1996

Hartline, P.H., R.P.L. Vimal, A.J. King, D.D. Kurylo and D.P.M. Northmore. "Effects of Eye Position on Auditory Target Localization and Neural Representation of Space in the Superior Colliculus of Cats." Experimental Brain Research 104: 402-08. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1995

Kurylo, D.D., S. Corkin and J.H. Growdon. "Perceptual Organization in Alzheimer's Disease." Psychology and Aging 9: 562-67. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1994

Kurylo, D.D., S. Corkin, R.P. Dolan, J.F. Rizzo, S.W. Parker and J.H. Growdon. "Broad-Band Visual Capacities Are Not Selectively Impaired in Alzheimer's Disease." Neurobiology of Aging 15: 305-11. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1994

Kurylo, D.D., S. Corkin and J.H. Growdon. "Auditory Function in Alzheimer's Disease." Neurology 43: 1893-99. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1993

Kurylo, D.D., Vimal, R.P.L., and 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. and 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., and 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

PSC-CUNY Research Award, for "Stimulus Priming effects on Perceptual Grouping in Rats." (Grants and Fellowships) 2013

PSC-CUNY Research Award, for "Selective Glutamate and GABA Antagonists on Contrast Sensitivity in Rats." (Grants and Fellowships) 2010

PSC-CUNY Research Award, for "Animal Model of Contour Integration." (Grants and Fellowships) 2009

PSC-CUNY Research Award, for "Lateral Interactions in Visual Perception in Rats." (Grants and Fellowships) 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

Research Activities

Journal reviewer, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Vision Research, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, Neurology, Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Behavioural Brain Research and Schizophrenia Research; grant reviewer: Alzheimer's Association, PSC-CUNY Research Reward and CUNY Doctoral Student Research Grant Program Competition. 2013

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

Kurylo, D.D. and B. Hazan. "Perceptual Grouping of Brief-exposure Stimuli Is Facilitated by Hysteresis" poster. Eastern Psychological Association Conference. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

Kurylo, D.D., S. Yeturo, F. Bukhari and J. Lanza. "Visual Contrast Sensitivity in the Presence of Adjacent Stimulus Elements in Rats" poster. Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. New Orleans. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

Ostrofsky, J., A. Kozbelt and D.D. Kurylo. "A Comparison of Perceptual Grouping Thresholds between Visual Artists and Non-Artists" poster. Eastern Psychological Association Conference. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

Ostrofsky, J., A. Kozbelt and D.D. Kurylo. "How Sex and Artistic Experience Is Related to Perceptual Grouping Thresholds." Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics. Dresden, Germany. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

Brick, G., C. Antonovsky, T. Davidov and D.D. Kurylo. "Association Between Perceptual Organization and High-Order Visual Cognition" poster. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San Francisco. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

Brick, G., C. Antonovsky, T. Davidov and D.D. Kurylo. "Independence of Perceptual Grouping and High-Order Cognitive Capacities" poster. Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Sciences. Chicago. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

Brick, G., D.D. Kurylo and R. Waxman. "Speed of Cortical Integration in Acquired Brain Injury" poster. Neural Systems of Social Behavior Conference. Austin, Texas. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Kurylo, D.D. and S. Tanguay. "Reduced Extinction to Operant Conditioning by Quinpirole." Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. San Diego. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2001

"Effects of Aging on Feature Efficacy in Perceptual Grouping." Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 41 (Supplement): S432. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2000

"Perceived Spatial Relationships in Alzheimer's Disease." Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 40 (Supplement): S388. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1999

"Selection of Perceptual Grouping Patterns for 2D Structure from Motion." Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 39 (Supplement): S152. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1998

"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. (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

"Temporal Characteristics of Perceptual Grouping." Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 37 (Supplement): S294. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1996

Pedagogical Achievements

Advisor to doctoral candidate Beliz Hazan, "Perceptual Grouping in Natural Scenes." 2013

Subprogram head, Ph.D. Program in Psychology: Cognition, Brain and Behavior. 2010 - 2013 2013

Adviser to doctoral graduate Gabriella Brick-Larkin, "Cortical Integration and Intelligence." 2008

Adviser to doctoral graduate Teresa Tannazzo, "Perceptual Organization across Retinal Eccentricity." 2008

Adviser to doctoral graduate Yunglin Gazes, "Dual-Task Interference in Visuomotor Tracking." 2008

Adviser, Honors Program, Honors Academy. 2008

Adviser, New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NYC-LSAMP). 2004

Adviser, Scholars Program. 2001

New course proposal: Human Neuropsychology. 2001

Other Professional Activities

Member, Society for Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience Society. 2013