Sarah Kalwarowsky

Research Assistant

Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development
School of Psychology, Birkbeck College
Henry Wellcome Building, London WC1E 7HX
Phone: +44 (0)20 7079 0761
Email: s.kalwarowsky@mail.bbk.ac.uk

Research Interests

I am currently involved in the British Autism Study of Infant Siblings (BASIS), a collaborative research network for the study of infants at-risk of autism in the UK.

Education

Master of Science in Neuroscience (2008-2011)

Master’s Thesis: Deficits in eye movement control in children diagnosed with DiGeorge syndrome.

Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

Bachelor of Science (honours) in Life Sciences, Research Stream (2004-2008)

Undergraduate Honour’s Thesis: Beneficial effects of the NMDA antagonist ketamine on decision processes in visual search.

Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

Publications

Jones P, Kalwarowsky S, Braddick O, Atkinson J, Nardini M (2015) Optimizing the rapid measurement of detection thresholds in infants. Journal of Vision. 15(11):2. doi:10.1167/15.11.2.

Ripamonti C, Kalwarowsky S, Michaelides M, Aboshiha J, Nardini M (2015) A Universal Colour Discrimination Test suitable for observers with low vision. (in preparation)

Jones P, Kalwarowsky S, Atkinson A, Braddick, O, Nardini M (2014) Automated measurement of resolution acuity in infants using remote eye-tracking. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 55(12):8102-8110.

Shen K, Kalwarowsky S, Clarence W, Brunamonti E, Paré M (2010) Beneficial effects of the NMDA antagonist ketamine on decision processes in visual search. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(29):9947-9953.

Conference Presentations

Kalwarowsky S, Ripamonti C (2014) Using the Universal Colour Discrimination Test to measure colour vision in children. British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference.

Kalwarowsky S, Nardini M, Ripamonti C (2013) A Novel Colour Discrimination Test Suitable for Children with Low Vision. Child Vision Research Society.

Kalwarowsky S, Clarence W, Shen K, Paré M (2009) Effects of NMDA receptor blockade on visual search performance. Canadian Physiological Society Winter Meeting.

Kalwarowsky S, Clarence W, Shen K, Paré M (2008) Low doses of ketamine lengthen response time and improve response accuracy during visual search. Society for Neuroscience.

Kalwarowsky S, Clarence W, Warfe M, Brunamonti E, Shen K, Paré M (2008) Blocking NMDA receptor activity lengthens response time and improves response accuracy during visual search. Canadian Association for Neuroscience.

Kalwarowsky S, Clarence W, Shen K, Paré M (2008) Low doses of ketamine lengthen response time and improve response accuracy during visual search. Queen’s Neuroscience Research Day.