I am a post-doc working in Nancy Kanwisher’s lab at MIT. My research involves studying the neural correlates of face processing and object recognition in the human brain using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

I also collaborate with Brad Duchaine and Vincent Walsh at University College London.

My CV is here.

Education

2008 PhD. Department of Psychology, University College London

2006 MSc. Department of Psychology, University of York

1994 BSc. Department of Psychology, University of York

Publications

Pitcher, D., Walsh, V., Yovel, G., Duchaine, B. (2007). TMS evidence for the involvement of the right occipital face area in early face processing. Current Biology, 17(18), 1568-1573.

pitcher2007.pdf  CB_dispatch.pdf

Pitcher, D., Garrido, L., Walsh, V., Duchaine, B. (2008). TMS disrupts the perception and embodiment of facial expressions. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(36), 8929-8933.

pitcher2008.pdf   JoN_Journal_Club.pdf   science_editors_choice.pdf   dana_foundation

Pitcher, D., Charles, L., Devlin, J. T., Walsh, V., Duchaine, B. (2009). Triple Dissociation of Faces, Bodies, and Objects in Extrastriate Cortex. Current Biology, 19(4), 319-324.

pitcher2009.pdf   CB_dispatch.pdf

Pitcher, D., Walsh, V., Duchaine, B. (Accepted). Transcranial magnetic stimulation investigations of face perception. The Handbook of Face Perception. Oxford University Press.

Pitcher_TMS_Chapter.pdf

Pitcher, D., Walsh, V., Duchaine, B. (Under review). The role of the occipital face area in the extended face processing network.

Pitcher, D., Kanwisher, N., Walsh, V., Yovel, G., Duchaine, B. (In prep). TMS studies of the face inversion effect.

Pitcher, D., Kanwisher, N., Walsh, V., Duchaine, B. (In prep). The early time course of face and body recognition.

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