Associate Professor Philip Grove
Associate Professor
School of Psychology
+61 7 336 56383
McElwain Building (24A)
Level 4, Room 466
Level 4, Room 466
Researcher biography
I am an experimental psychologist studying sensation, perception, and cognition.
I use fundamental psychophysics and visual neuroscience to investigate:
1) Basic sensory processes underlying binocular depth perception in basic and applied contexts.
- how does the brain interpret binocular disparity, occlusion depth cues?
- how do perceptual mechanisms resolve ambiguities in depth and spatial layout?
2) Multisensory perception and cross-modal interactions.
- how visual perception is influenced by inputs from other senses such as audition?
- how is the interaction between vision and audition influenced by context, experience, and expectation?
3) Applied visual perception in virtual reality and surgical settings.
- how does depth perception, eye movements, and visuomotor performance differ between virtual reality environments and the real world?
- How 3D versus 2D viewing affects performance in surgical tasks such as laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery and training?
Book Chapter
Grove, Pilip M. (2013). The psychophysics of binocular vision.. 3D-TV System with Depth-Image-Based Rendering: Architectures, Techniques and Challenges.. (pp. 347-373) edited by Ce Zhu, Yin Zhao, Lu Yu and Masayuki Tanimoto. New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9964-1_12
Journal Articles
Zeljko, Mick, Grove, Philip M., Harris, Laurence R. and Kritikos, Ada (2026). Audio-visual integration in 3D space near the body. Multisensory Research, 39 (1), 61-98. doi: 10.1163/22134808-bja10179
Takahashi, Shinji, Sakairi, Yosuke and Grove, Philip M. (2025). Individual differences in affect in response to physical activity. Frontiers in Psychology, 16 1575189, 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1575189
Miller-Mills, Benjamin, McAnally, Kenneth, Leow, Li-Ann, Keane, Brendan F., Grove, Philip and Carroll, Timothy J. (2024). Implicit audiomotor adaptation. Neuroscience, 558, 81-91. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.08.026
McAnally, Ken, Grove, Philip and Wallis, Guy (2024). Vergence eye movements in virtual reality. Displays, 83 102683, 102683. doi: 10.1016/j.displa.2024.102683
McAnally, Ken, Wallis, Guy and Grove, Philip (2024). Investigating visual determinants of visuomotor performance in virtual reality. Displays, 82 102655, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.displa.2024.102655
McAnally, Ken, Wallis, Guy and Grove, Philip (2024). Visually guided movement in virtual reality is tolerant of the vergence-accommodation conflict. Displays, 82 102668, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.displa.2024.102668
Moat, Kaitlin, Wallis, Guy, McAnally, Ken, Grove, Phil and Horvath, Agnes (2024). Schizotypy and perceptual span in a non-clinical sample: a virtual reality study. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 29 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13546805.2024.2313470
Takahashi, Shinji and Grove, Philip M. (2023). Impact of acute open-skill exercise on inhibitory control and brain activation: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. PLoS ONE, 18 (3 March) e0276148, e0276148. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276148
McIntosh, Logan B., Wallis, Guy M. and Grove, Philip M. (2022). Fast non-invasive measures of binocular visual processes relevant to virtual environments. Displays, 74 102293, 102293. doi: 10.1016/j.displa.2022.102293
Zeljko, Mick, Grove, Philip M. and Kritikos, Ada (2022). Implicit expectation modulates multisensory perception. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 84 (3), 915-925. doi: 10.3758/s13414-022-02460-z
Beattie, Kirsty L., Hill, Andrew, Horswill, Mark S., Grove, Philip M. and Stevenson, Andrew R. L. (2021). Aptitude and attitude: predictors of performance during and after basic laparoscopic skills training. Surgical Endoscopy, 36 (5), 3467-3479. doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08668-8
Zeljko, Mick, Grove, Philip M. and Kritikos, Ada (2021). The lightness/pitch crossmodal correspondence modulates the rubin face/vase perception. Multisensory Research, 34 (7), 1-21. doi: 10.1163/22134808-bja10054
Zeljko, Mick and Grove, Philip M. (2021). The effects of recent perceptual history on stream-bounce perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 47 (6), 795-809. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000916
Harrold, Ashleigh L. and Grove, Philip M. (2021). The vergence horopter. Vision Research, 180, 63-79. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2020.12.003
Takahashi, Shinji and Grove, Philip M. (2020). Use of Stroop test for sports psychology study: cross-over design research. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 614038, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.614038
Beattie, Kirsty L., Hill, Andrew, Horswill, Mark S., Grove, Philip M. and Stevenson, Andrew R. L. (2020). Laparoscopic skills training: the effects of viewing mode (2D vs. 3D) on skill acquisition and transfer. Surgical Endoscopy, 35 (8), 4332-4344. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07923-8
A-Izzeddin, Emily J. and Grove, Philip M. (2020). The relationship between illusory crescents and the stream/bounce effect. Multisensory Research, 34 (4), 423-439. doi: 10.1163/22134808-bja10040
Harrold, Ashleigh L. and Grove, Philip M. (2019). Size increase in Panum’s fusional range is driven by eccentricity and not separation. Perception, 48 (9), 030100661986243-834. doi: 10.1177/0301006619862434
Takahashi, Shinji and Grove, Philip M. (2019). Comparison of the effects of running and badminton on executive function: A within-subjects design. PLoS One, 14 (9) e0216842, e0216842. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216842
Zeljko, Mick, Kritikos, Ada and Grove, Philip M. (2019). Lightness/pitch and elevation/pitch crossmodal correspondences are low-level sensory effects. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 81 (5), 1609-1623. doi: 10.3758/s13414-019-01668-w
Zeljko, Mick, Kritikos, Ada and Grove, Philip M. (2019). Temporal dynamics of a perceptual decision. Journal of Vision, 19 (5), 1-18. doi: 10.1167/19.5.7
Adams, Kelsey L. and Grove, Philip M. (2018). The effect of transient location on the resolution of bistable visual and audiovisual motion sequences. Perception, 47 (9), 301006618788796-942. doi: 10.1177/0301006618788796
Sakata, Shinichiro, Grove, Philip M., Watson, Marcus O. and Stevenson, Andrew R. L. (2017). The impact of crosstalk on three-dimensional laparoscopic performance and workload. Surgical Endoscopy, 31 (10), 4044-4050. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5449-5
Sakata, S., Grove, P. M., Hill, A., Watson, M. O. and Stevenson, A. R. L. (2017). Impact of simulated three-dimensional perception on precision of depth judgements, technical performance and perceived workload in laparoscopy. British Journal of Surgery, 104 (8), 1097-1106. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10528
Zeljko, Mick and Grove, Philip M. (2017). Sensitivity and bias in the resolution of stream-bounce stimuli. Perception, 46 (2), 178-204. doi: 10.1177/0301006616672548
Zeljko, Mick and Grove, Philip M. (2017). Low-level motion characteristics do not account for perceptions of stream-bounce stimuli. Perception, 46 (1), 31-49. doi: 10.1177/0301006616672483
Sakata, Shinichiro, Grove, Philip M. and Stevenson, Andrew R. L. (2016). Effect of 3-dimensional vision on surgeons using the da Vinci robot for laparoscopy. JAMA Surgery, 151 (9), 793-794. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0412
Sakata, Shinichiro, Grove, Philip M., Hill, Andrew, Watson, Marcus O. and Stevenson, Andrew R. L. (2016). The viewpoint-specific failure of modern 3D displays in laparoscopic surgery. Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, 401 (7), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s00423-016-1495-z
Sakata, Shinichiro, Grove, Philip M., Stevenson, Andrew R. L. and Hewett, David G. (2016). The impact of three-dimensional imaging on polyp detection during colonoscopy: a proof of concept study. Gut, 65 (5), 730-731. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-311507
Grove, Philip M., Robertson, Caitlin and Harris, Laurence R. (2016). Disambiguating the stream/bounce illusion with inference. Multisensory Research, 29 (4-5), 453-464. doi: 10.1163/22134808-00002524
Sakata, Shinichiro, Watson, Marcus O., Grove, Philip M. and Stevenson, Andrew R. L. (2015). The Conflicting Evidence of Three-dimensional Displays in Laparoscopy: A Review of Systems Old and New. Annals of Surgery, 263 (2), 234-239. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001504
Harrold, Ashleigh L. and Grove, Philip M. (2015). Binocular correspondence and the range of fusible horizontal disparities in the central visual field. Journal of Vision, 15 (8) 12, 1-17. doi: 10.1167/15.8.12
Finlayson, Nonie J and Grove, Philip M (2015). Visual search is influenced by 3D spatial layout. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 77 (7), 2322-2330. doi: 10.3758/s13414-015-0924-3
Grove, Philip M., Mapp, Alistair P. and Ono, Hiroshi (2014). The bifixation field as a function of viewing distance. Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014 274803, 1-13. doi: 10.1155/2014/274803
Kawachi, Yousuke, Grove, Philip M. and Sakurai, Kenzo (2014). A single auditory tone alters the perception of multiple visual events. Journal of Vision, 14 (8) 16, 1-13. doi: 10.1167/14.8.16
Grove, Philip M., Finlayson, Nonie J. and Ono, Hiroshi (2014). The effect of stimulus size on stereoscopic fusion limits and response criteria. Perception, 43 (2-3), 155-177. doi: 10.1068/p7513
Finlayson, Nonie J., Remington, Roger W., Retell, James D. and Grove, Philip M. (2013). Segmentation by depth does not always facilitate visual search. Journal of Vision, 13 (8) 11, 1-14. doi: 10.1167/13.8.11
Finlayson, Nonie J., Remington, Roger W. and Grove, Philip M. (2012). The role of presentation method and depth singletons in visual search for objects moving depth. Journal of Vision, 12 (8), 13.1-13.9. doi: 10.1167/12.8.13
Grove, Philip M., Ashton, Jessica, Kawachi, Yousuke and Sakurai, Kenzo (2012). Auditory transients do not affect visual sensitivity in discriminating between objective streaming and bouncing events. Journal of Vision, 12 (8) 5, 1-11. doi: 10.1167/12.8.5
Grove, Philip M. and Ono, Hiroshi (2012). Horizontal/vertical differences in range and upper/lower visual field differences in the midpoints of sensory fusion limits of oriented lines. Perception, 41 (8), 939-949. doi: 10.1068/p7091
Grove, Philip M., Kawachi, Yousuke and Sakurai, Kenzo (2012). The stream/bounce effect occurs for luminance- and disparity-defined motion targets. Perception, 41 (4), 379-388. doi: 10.1068/p6808
Gillam, Barbara J. and Grove, Philip M. (2011). Contour entropy: A new determinant of perceiving ground or a hole. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 37 (3), 750-757. doi: 10.1037/a0021920
Gillam, Barbara J., Grove, Philip M. and Layden, Jessica (2010). The role of remote closure in the perception of occlusion at junctions and illusory contours. Perception, 39 (2), 145-156. doi: 10.1068/p6446
Grove, Philip M and Sakurai, Kenzo (2009). Auditory induced bounce perception persists as the probability of a motion reversal is reduced. Perception, 38 (7), 951-965. doi: 10.1068/p5860
Grove, Philip M., Ashida, Hiroshi, Kaneko, Hirohiko and Ono, Hiroshi (2008). Interocular transfer of a rotational motion aftereffect as a function of eccentricity. Perception, 37 (8), 1152-1159. doi: 10.1068/p5771
Arnold, Derek H., Grove, Philip M. and Wallis, Thomas S. A. (2007). Staying focused: A functional account of perceptual suppression during binocular rivalry. Journal of Vision, 7 (7) 7, Article Number: 7-8. doi: 10.1167/7.7.7
Grove, Philip M. and GIllam, Barbara J. (2007). Global patterns of binocular image differences resolve the ambiguity between stereoscopic slant and stereoscopic occlusion. Vision, 19 (1), 15-27. doi: 10.24636/vision.19.1_15
Grove, Philip M., Sachtler, W.L. Ben and Gillam, Barbara J. (2006). Amodal completion with background determines depth from monocular gap stereopsis. Vision Research, 46 (22), 3771-3774. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.06.020
Grove, Philip M., Brooks, Kevin R., Anderson, Barton L. and Gillam, Barbara J. (2006). Erratum to: Monocular transparency and unpaired stereopsis. Vision Research, 46 (10), 1695-1705. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.05.006
Grove, Philip M., Brooks, Kevin R., Anderson, Barton L. and Gillam, Barbara J. (2006). Monocular transparency and unpaired stereopsis. Vision Research, 46 (10), 1695-1705. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.05.006
Grove, P. M., Byrne, J. M. and Gillam, B. J. (2005). How configurations of binocular disparity determine whether stereoscopic slant or stereoscopic occlusion is seen. Perception, 34 (9), 1083-1094. doi: 10.1068/p5274
Gillam, Barbara and Grove, Philip M. (2004). Slant or occlusion: global factors resolve stereoscopic ambiguity in sets of horizontal lines. Vision Research, 44 (20), 2359-2366. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.05.002
Grove, Philip M., Ono, Hiroshi and Kaneko, Hirohiko (2003). T-junctions and perceived slant of partially occluded surfaces. Perception, 32 (12), 1451-1464. doi: 10.1068/p5054
Ono, H, Lillakas, L and Grove, PM (2003). Leonardo's constraint: Two opaque objects cannot be seen in the same direction. Journal of Experimental Psychology-general, 132 (2), 253-265. doi: 10.1037/0096-3445.132.2.253
Grove, Philip M., Gillam, Barbara and Ono, Hiroshi (2002). Content and context of monocular regions determine perceived depth in random dot, unpaired background and phantom stereograms. Vision Research, 42 (15), 1859-1870. doi: 10.1016/S0042-6989(02)00083-4
Grove, P. M. and Regan, D. (2002). Spatial frequency discrimination in cyclopean vision. Vision Research, 42 (15), 1837-1846. doi: 10.1016/S0042-6989(02)00104-9
Grove, Philip M., Kaneko, Hirohiko and Ono, Hiroshi (2001). The backward inclination of a surface defined by empirical corresponding points. Perception, 30 (4), 411-429. doi: 10.1068/p3091
Grove, Philip M and Ono, Hiroshi (1999). Ecologically invalid monocular texture leads to longer perceptual latencies in random-dot stereograms. Perception, 28 (5), 627-639. doi: 10.1068/p2908
Conference Papers
McIntosh, Logan B., Wallis, Guy M. and Grove, Philip M. (2019). AR/VR safety implications for training. The 15th Asia-Pacific Conferenceon Vision (APCV) 2019, Osaka, Japan, 29 July - 1 August, 2019. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/2041669519877985
Hammond, Fletcher John, Hill, Andrew, Horswill, Mark and Grove, Philip (2019). Distance and Orientation Effects on Perceived Slant of Physical and Artificial Stimuli. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Harrold, Ashleigh L. and Grove, Philip M. (2017). An exploration of factors that drive vertical vergence movements across the visual field. 7th International Conference on 3D Immersion (IC3D), Brussels, Belgium, 11-12 December 2017. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IC3D.2017.8251905
Grove, Philip M. and Harrold, Ashleigh (2013). The range of fusible horizontal disparities around the empirical horopters. 3rd International Conference on 3D Imaging, IC3D 2013, Liege, Belgium, 3 - 5 December 2013. Piscataway, NJ United States: I E E E. doi: 10.1109/IC3D.2013.6732084
Matsuda, Y., Kaneko, H. and Grove, P. (2013). Quantitative prediction of figure-ground assignment with difference of gathering. 36th European Conference on Visual Perception, Bremen, Germany, 25 - 29 August 2013. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Sakurai, Kenzo and Grove, Philip M. (2009). Multisensory integration of a sound with stereo 3-D visual event. 3DTV-CON 2009: 3rd 3DTV-Conference 2009. The True Vision Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video, Potsdam, Germany, 4-6 May, 2009. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/3DTV.2009.5069684
Sakurai, K. and Grove, P. M. (2006). Auditory-induced bounce perception when visual trajectories are inconsistent with motion reversal. 29th European Conference on Visual Perception, St Petersburg, 20-25 August, 2006. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Sachtler, W. L., Grove, P. M., Von Wiegand, T. E. and Biggs, S. J. (2006). Spatial bias and temporal lag in tactile space perception. 32nd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 1-4 April 2005. London: Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.1080/00049530600940005
Sachtler, W. L., Grove, P. M., Von Wiegand, T. E. and Biggs, S. J. (2005). Spatial distortions in active tactile exploration. Thirteenth International Conference on Perception and Action, Monterey, California, USA, 5 - 10 July 2005. Mahwah, NJ ; London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Grove, P. M., Gillam, B. J. and Byrne, J. M. (2005). Subjective contours in depth: The roles of vertical disparity and relative line length. 40th APS Annual Conference : past reflections, future directions, Melbourne Victoria, 28 September - 2 October 2005. Melbourne, Vic: Australian Psychological Society.
Grove, P. M., Brooks, K. R., Anderson, B. L. and Gillam, B. J. (2004). Monocular transparency is not a new form of unpaired stereopsis. 31st Conference of the Australasian Experimental Psychology Society, Dunedin, New Zealand, 16-18 April 2004. Basingstoke, U.K.: Taylor and Francis..
Palmisano, S., Gillam, B. and Grove, P. M. (2003). Accuracy of aimpoint detection during passive landing. 30th Conference of the Australasian Experimental Psychology Society, University of Western Sydney, NSW, 25-27 April 2003.
Grove, P. M., Gillam, B. J. and Ono, H. (2002). New considerations about depth recovery involving stereoscopic occlusion. 37th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia, 27 Setember - 10 October 2002. Australian Psychological Society.
Grove, P. M., Gillam, B. J. and Ono, H. (2001). Continuation of monocular region with background as an ecological feature determining degree of depth in random dot stereograms and in unpaired "black box" stereograms.. Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology, Annual Meeting 2001, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 29 April - 4 May 2001. Rockville, MD: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Research Report
Tangen, J. M., Grove, P. M., Spehar, B., Kemp, R. I. and White, D. (2013). The Reserve Bank of Australia security feature perception study report. Sydney, Australia: The Reserve Bank of Australia.