Dr. Kim has expertise in human visual perception, sensory integration, cognition, reaction time, and the effects of training and experience on performance and recognition.
Dr. Kim earned a Ph.D. in Psychology from UCLA, with a specialization in cognitive neuroscience. Her graduate research employed behavioral, psychophysical, and neuroimaging methods to investigate multisensory integration, particularly the effects of training with multisensory stimuli on visual perception and associative learning. Dr. Kim’s graduate work was supported by awards from the University of California, and the National Science Foundation. Her research also garnered awards from the Vision Sciences Society and the International Multisensory Research Forum. After earning her Ph.D., Dr. Kim designed and piloted a novel multidisciplinary research program applying brain stimulation techniques to perceptual learning protocols, in order to study mechanisms of plasticity in visual motion perception.
Shams L, Kim R. Crossmodal facilitation of unisensory learning. In: The New Handbook of Multisensory Processes. Stein B, Stanford T (eds), in press.
Shams L, Kim R. Crossmodal influences on visual perception. Physics Life Rev, in press.
Kim R, Seitz AR, Feenstra H, Shams L. Testing assumptions of statistical learning: Is it long-term and implicit? Neurosci Lett 2009; 461(2):145–149.
Kim R, Seitz AR, Shams L. Benefits of stimulus congruency for multisensory facilitation of visual learning. PLoS ONE 2008; 3(1).
Seitz AR, Kim R, van Wassenhove V, Shams L. Simultaneous and independent acquisition of multisensory and unisensory associations. Perception 2007; 36:1445–1453.
Seitz AR, Kim R, Shams L. Sound facilitates visual learning. Current Biol 2006; 16(14):1422–1427.
Conference Presentations
Kim R, Seitz AR, Shams L. Statistical learning of crossmodal associations is better than unisensory associations. Poster presentation, International Multisensory Research Forum 10th Annual Meeting, New York, NY, June/July, 2009.
Kim R, Seitz AR, Shams L. Neural mechanisms of multisensory perceptual learning. Vision Sciences Society 8th Annual Meeting, Naples, FL, May, 2008.
Kim R, Seitz AR, Shams L. Congruent sound facilitates visual perceptual learning. Society for Neuroscience 37th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November, 2007.
Kim R, Seitz AR, Shams L. Visual perceptual learning enhanced with congruent sound. Poster Presentation, Vision Sciences Society 7th Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL, May, 2007.
Kim R, Seitz AR, Shams L. Sound facilitates visual perceptual learning. International Multisensory Research Forum 7th Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, June, 2006.
Kim R, Seitz AR, Shams L. Sound aids visual perceptual learning. Poster Presentation, Vision Sciences Society 6th Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL, May, 2006.