I have really dark sunglasses! Alex Holcombe In this photo, I am viewing a solar eclipse through goggles fitted in the lab with filters that cut the incoming light by a factor of 10,000. These filters were used in our positive afterimages project.

I am a senior lecturer (U.S. equivalent is assistant professor) at the University of Sydney psychology department in Sydney, Australia.

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From 2004-2006, I was a lecturer at Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales.
From 2001-2003, I was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Professor Don MacLeod at the University of California, San Diego.
In 2000, I received a PhD in psychology from Harvard University. My PhD advisor was Patrick Cavanagh.
In 1995, I graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Cognitive Science and in Psychology.