:Laurence T. Maloney

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Laurence T. Maloney is an American psychology professor at New York University’s Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science. He is known for applying mathematical models to human behavior.

Maloney has a master's degree in mathematical statistics from Stanford University in 1982, and a doctorate in psychology, also from Stanford, in 1985.[http://www.psych.nyu.edu/maloney/MaloneyCV.2015.09.27.pdf] Official CV Accessed Jan 27, 2019 During his doctoral semester he studied with Brian Wandell Amos Tversky, and Ewart Thomas. His doctoral thesis was on surface color perception and color constancy.

He was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in Psychology and in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1985. He joined NYU as Assistant Professor in 1988, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1990, and to Full Professor in 2004. He has been a visiting professor at the universities of Freiburg, Giessen, Paris, and Padova.

Maloney has conducted studies in the physics and mathematics of color vision that resulted in two highly cited articles in the Journal of the Optical Society of America.{{cite journal |last1=Wandell |first1=Brian A. |last2=Maloney |first2=Laurence T. |title=Color constancy: a method for recovering surface spectral reflectance |journal=JOSA A |date=1 January 1986 |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=29–33 |doi=10.1364/JOSAA.3.000029 |pmid=3950789 |bibcode=1986JOSAA...3...29M |language=EN |issn=1520-8532}}{{cite journal |last1=Maloney |first1=Laurence T. |title=Evaluation of linear models of surface spectral reflectance with small numbers of parameters |journal=JOSA A |date=1 October 1986 |volume=3 |issue=10 |pages=1673–1683 |doi=10.1364/JOSAA.3.001673 |pmid=3772629 |bibcode=1986JOSAA...3.1673M |language=EN |issn=1520-8532}}{{efn|According to Google Scholar, it has been cited 923 times.Google Scholar author page [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Laurence+T.+Maloney&btnG=], Accessed Jan. 27, 2019.}} Previously, his work in visual-cue combination led to a frequently cited review article in Vision Research.{{cite journal |last1=Landy |first1=Michael S. |last2=Maloney |first2=Laurence T. |last3=Johnston |first3=Elizabeth B. |last4=Young |first4=Mark |title=Measurement and modeling of depth cue combination: in defense of weak fusion |journal=Vision Research |date=1 February 1995 |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=389–412 |doi=10.1016/0042-6989(94)00176-M |pmid=7892735 |s2cid=6499606 |issn=0042-6989|doi-access=free }}{{efn|According to Google Scholar, it has been cited 977 times.}}

Maloney and his colleagues have studied color perception and surface material perception in complex, three-dimensional scenes, human performance in perceptual and movement tasks equivalent to economic games, and face perception.{{cite journal |last1=Hersh |first1=S. |last2=Maloney |first2=L. T. |last3=Boyaci |first3=H. |title=The effect of perceived surface orientation on perceived surface albedo in binocularly viewed scenes |journal=Journal of Vision |date=25 September 2003 |volume=3 |issue=8 |pages=541–553 |doi=10.1167/3.8.2 |pmid=14632606 |language=en |issn=1534-7362|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Maloney |first1=Laurence T. |last2=Doerschner |first2=Katja |last3=Snyder |first3=Jacqueline Leigh |title=Illumination estimation in three-dimensional scenes with and without specular cues |journal=Journal of Vision |date=1 November 2005 |volume=5 |issue=10 |pages=863–877 |doi=10.1167/5.10.8 |pmid=16441190 |language=en |issn=1534-7362|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Maloney |first1=Laurence T. |last2=Gerhard |first2=Holly E. |title=Detection of light transformations and concomitant changes in surface albedo |journal=Journal of Vision |date=2 July 2010 |volume=10 |issue=9 |pages=1 |doi=10.1167/10.9.1 |pmid=20884599 |language=en |issn=1534-7362|pmc=4462087 }}{{cite journal |last1=Martello |first1=Maria F. Dal |last2=Maloney |first2=Laurence T. |title=Kin recognition and the perceived facial similarity of children |journal=Journal of Vision |date=1 August 2006 |volume=6 |issue=10 |pages=1047–1056 |doi=10.1167/6.10.4 |pmid=17132076 |language=en |issn=1534-7362|doi-access=free }} Recently, his studies on movement planning and decision making under risk are a contribution to the newly emerging field of neuroeconomics.{{cite journal |last1=Trommershäuser |first1=Julia |last2=Maloney |first2=Laurence T. |last3=Landy |first3=Michael S. |title=Decision making, movement planning and statistical decision theory |journal=Trends in Cognitive Sciences |date=August 2008 |volume=12 |issue=8 |pages=291–297 |doi=10.1016/j.tics.2008.04.010 |pmid=18614390 |pmc=2678412 |issn=1364-6613}}{{cite journal |last1=Maloney |first1=Laurence T. |last2=Zhang |first2=Hang |title=Decision-theoretic models of visual perception and action |journal=Vision Research |date=23 November 2010 |volume=50 |issue=23 |pages=2362–2374 |doi=10.1016/j.visres.2010.09.031 |pmid=20932856 |s2cid=10740852 |issn=0042-6989|doi-access=free }}