Dr Martin Vasilev - Bournemouth University Staff Profile Pages

Biography

I obtained a BA degree in Psychology from the University of Sofia (Bulgaria) in 2013 and a MSc degree in Linguistics from the University of Potsdam (Germany) in 2015. During my Master's degree, I also did study visits at the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Groningen (the Netherlands). I completed my PhD degree from Bournemouth University between 2015 - 2018.

Research

In my research, I am using eye-tracking to study how readers process words and sentences, and how attention is allocated in this process. My current research focuses on a few topics: computational modeling, saccade targeting during reading, auditory distraction, and parafoveal processing. I am also interested in statistical inference in psychology, evidence synthesis, and the philosophy of probability.

Favourites

Vasilev, M.R., Yates, M., Prueitt, E. and Slattery, T.J., 2021. Parafoveal degradation during reading reduces preview costs only when it is not perceptually distinct. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74 (2), 254-276.
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Slattery, T.J. and Vasilev, M.R., 2019. An eye-movement exploration into return-sweep targeting during reading. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 81 (5), 1197-1203.
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Vasilev, M.R., Kirkby, J.A. and Angele, B., 2018. Auditory Distraction During Reading: A Bayesian Meta-Analysis of a Continuing Controversy. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13 (5), 567-597.
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Journal Articles
Theses

Journal Articles

Hills, P.J., Vasilev, M.R., Ford, P., Snell, L., Whitworth, E., Parsons, T., Morisson, R., Silveira, A. and Angele, B., 2021. Sensory gating is related to positive and disorganised schizotypy in contrast to smooth pursuit eye movements and latent inhibition. Neuropsychologia, 161.
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Wang, K., Vasilev, M.R. et al., 2021. A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (8), 1089-1110.
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Vasilev, M.R., Adedeji, V.I., Laursen, C., Budka, M. and Slattery, T.J., 2021. Do readers use character information when programming return-sweep saccades? Vision Research.
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Vasilev, M.R., Yates, M., Prueitt, E. and Slattery, T.J., 2021. Parafoveal degradation during reading reduces preview costs only when it is not perceptually distinct. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74 (2), 254-276.
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Vasilev, M.R., Parmentier, F.B.R. and Kirkby, J.A., 2020. Distraction by auditory novelty during reading: Evidence for disruption in saccade planning, but not saccade execution. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
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Slattery, T.J. and Vasilev, M.R., 2019. An eye-movement exploration into return-sweep targeting during reading. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 81 (5), 1197-1203.
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Vasilev, M.R., Parmentier, F.B.R., Angele, B. and Kirkby, J.A., 2019. Distraction by deviant sounds during reading: An eye-movement study. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72 (7), 1863-1875.
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Parmentier, F.B.R., Vasilev, M.R. and Andrés, P., 2019. Surprise as an explanation to auditory novelty distraction and post-error slowing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148 (1), 192-200.
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Vasilev, M.R., Liversedge, S.P., Rowan, D., Kirkby, J.A. and Angele, B., 2019. Reading Is Disrupted by Intelligible Background Speech: Evidence From Eye-Tracking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
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Vasilev, M.R., Yates, M. and Slattery, T.J., 2019. Do readers integrate phonological codes across saccades? a Bayesian meta-analysis and a survey of the unpublished literature. Journal of Cognition, 2 (1).
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Vasilev, M.R., Kirkby, J.A. and Angele, B., 2018. Auditory Distraction During Reading: A Bayesian Meta-Analysis of a Continuing Controversy. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13 (5), 567-597.
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Vasilev, M.R., Slattery, T.J., Kirkby, J.A. and Angele, B., 2018. What are the costs of degraded parafoveal previews during silent reading? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 44 (3), 371-386.
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Vasilev, M.R. and Angele, B., 2017. Parafoveal preview effects from word N + 1 and word N + 2 during reading: A critical review and Bayesian meta-analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 24 (3), 666-689.
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Vasilev, M.R., 2013. Negative results in European psychology journals. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 9 (4), 717-730.
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Theses

Vasilev, M., 2018. The determinants of auditory distraction during reading: an eye-movement investigation. PhD Thesis. Bournemouth University, Faculty of Science and Technology.
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Profile of Teaching PG
Profile of Teaching UG

Profile of Teaching PG

Research Project
Advanced Research Methods
Advanced Statistics

Profile of Teaching UG

Experimental Methods and Statistical Analysis 1
Cognition and Language
Developmental and Clinical Psychology
Research Project

Grants

Grants

Auditory distraction during reading in native speakers of Mandarin Chinese: An eye-tracking study (Experimental Psychology Society (EPS), 27 Nov 2017). Completed

Conference Presentations

Conference Presentations

Meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society, Preview benefits and preview costs during reading: Exploring the interplay between display change awareness and parafoveal visual degradation, 10 Jul 2020, Bournemouth, UK
Meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society, Distraction by auditory novelty during reading: Evidence for disruption in saccade planning, but not saccade execution, 08 Jan 2020, London, UK
60th Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, An eye-movement exploration into return-sweep targeting during reading, 14 Nov 2019, Montreal, Canada
21st European Conference on Eye Movements, Do readers integrate phonological codes across saccades? A Bayesian meta-analysis and a survey of the unpublished literature, 18 Aug 2019, Alicante, Spain
58th Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, What are the costs of degraded parafoveal previews during silent reading (and how to reduce them)?, 09 Nov 2017, Vancouver, Canada
58th Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Reading is disrupted by intelligible background speech: Evidence from eye-tracking, 09 Nov 2017, Vancouver, Canada
19th European Conference on Eye Movements, Auditory distraction by meaningful background speech during reading, 20 Aug 2017, Wuppertal, Germany
9th BU Postgraduate Conference, Auditory distraction during reading: Evidence from eye-tracking, 08 Mar 2017, Poole, United Kingdom
57th Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Parafoveal preview effects from word N+2 during reading: A Bayesian meta-analysis, 17 Nov 2016, Boston, USA
57th Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, The cost of visual degradation: Adding random visual noise to previews makes display changes highly detectable, 17 Nov 2016, Boston, USA
2nd International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Parafoveal preview effects from word N+2 during reading: A Bayesian meta-analysis, 05 May 2016, Granada, Spain
8th BU Postgraduate Conference, Do readers obtain information from the second word to the right of the current fixation? A Bayesian meta-analysis., 09 Mar 2016, Bournemouth, UK

Memberships

Memberships

Psychonomic Society, Student member (2015-),

Website Links

Website Links

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