Rate My Professor Bryan Paton

Paton earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Monash University and a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from the University of Newcastle. His professional trajectory includes ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Monash University School of Psychological Sciences (2014-2015), where he advanced brain stimulation and neuroimaging integration; Bridging Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Monash Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences (2013); Facility Fellow at Monash Biomedical Imaging (2012-2015), managing clinical neuroimaging operations; Casual Research Assistant in Monash Discipline of Philosophy (2008-2015); and earlier roles as Sessional Academic and Casual Research Assistant in the University of Newcastle School of Psychology (2006-2008). His research interests include Bayesian Modelling, Computational Modelling, Consciousness, EEG, Hardware development, Perception, Psychophysics, Software development, and fMRI. Notable publications feature "Spurious correlations in surface-based functional brain imaging" (Jeganathan et al., 2025, Imaging Neuroscience), "The impact of spatial variance on precision estimates in an auditory oddball paradigm" (Yeark et al., 2023, Cortex), "Primacy biases endure the addition of frequency variability" (Yeark et al., 2022, Neuropsychologia), "Reduced Primacy Bias in Autism during Early Sensory Processing" (Goris et al., 2022, Journal of Neuroscience), and "The influence of variability on mismatch negativity amplitude" (Yeark et al., 2021, Biological Psychology).