Dr Martin Vasilev
- 01202 961558
- mvasilev at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
- http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1944-8828
- Lecturer In Psychology
- Poole House P257a, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
- Keywords:
- Cognitive psychology
- Language
- Psychology
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., Yates, M., Prueitt, E. and Slattery, T., 2020. Parafoveal degradation during reading reduces preview costs only when it is not perceptually distinct. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
- 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.
- 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.
Journal Articles
- 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.
- 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.
- Vasilev, M., Yates, M., Prueitt, E. and Slattery, T., 2020. Parafoveal degradation during reading reduces preview costs only when it is not perceptually distinct. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
- Vasilev, M., Yates, M. and Slattery, T., 2019. Do readers integrate phonological codes across saccades? A Bayesian meta-analysis and a survey of the unpublished literature. Journal of Cognition.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Vasilev, M.R., 2013. Negative results in European psychology journals. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 9 (4), 717-730.
Theses
- Vasilev, M., 2018. The determinants of auditory distraction during reading: an eye-movement investigation. PhD Thesis. Bournemouth University, Faculty of Science and Technology.
Profile of Teaching PG
- Advanced Statistics: Introduction to Bayesian Statistics lecture
Profile of Teaching UG
- Experimental Methods and Statistical Analysis 1a
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
- 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
- Psychonomic Society, Student member (2015-),