GARRY KONG

Last Updated :2025/06/04

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor
Web Site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6832-8016
https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=202101014900036994
E-mail
gkonghiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
739-0046 Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences A125 1-3-2 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
TEL : (+81) FAX : (+81)
Self-introduction
I received my PhD at the University of Sydney, before doing postdocs at New York University, Abu Dhabi and the University of Cambridge, UK. I was then an assistant professor at Waseda University before arriving at my current position. I study cognitive psychology, with a particular focus of attention and working memory.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2017/01, 2019/04, New York University Abu Dhabi, Postdoctoral Associate
  • 2019/05, 2020/11, University of Cambridge, Postdoctoral Research Associate
  • 2021/04, 2024/03, Waseda University, Lecturer
  • 2024/04/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor

Educational Backgrounds

  • University of Sydney, Faculty of Science, Australia, 2013/02, 2017/04
  • University of Sydney, Bachelor of Liberal Studies / Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Australia, 2008/02, 2013/06

Academic Degrees

  • University of Sydney
  • PhD, University of Sydney

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Integrated Arts and Sciences : Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences : Integrated Arts and Sciences
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Psychology;Experimental psychology

Research Keywords

  • Cognitive Psychology, Perceptual Psychology, Attention, Working Memory

Affiliated Academic Societies

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Introduction to Psychology B
  2. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, The Frontiers of Psychology
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Fundamental Laboratory Work in Behavioral Sciences
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Experimental Methods in Behavioral Sciences
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practicum in Behavioral Sciences
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Seminar on Original TextsIn Behavioral Science
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Advanced Seminar on Original TextsIn Behavioral Science
  8. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Cognitive and behavioral science
  9. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Psychological Statistics
  10. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Laboratory Work in Psychology A
  11. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Experimental Methods in Psychology A
  12. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Experimental Methods in Psychology C
  13. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Experimental Methods in Psychology D
  14. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Laboratory Work in Psychology C
  15. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Laboratory Work in Psychology D
  16. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Behavioral and Health Sciences
  17. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Science History for Humanities and Social Sciences
  18. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Science History for Humanities and Social Sciences
  19. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Cognitive Science

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Efficient measurement of dynamic working memory., Memory & cognition, 2025
  2. The Basic Units of Working Memory Manipulation Are Boolean Maps, Not Objects., Psychological science, 35(8), 2024
  3. How selection in the mind is different from attention to the world., Journal of experimental psychology. General, 151(3), 2022
  4. Transsaccadic integration relies on a limited memory resource., Journal of vision, 21(5), 2021
  5. Object-based selection in visual working memory., Psychonomic bulletin & review, 28(6), 2021
  6. Transsaccadic integration operates independently in different feature dimensions., Journal of vision, 21(7), 2021
  7. Working memory is corrupted by strategic changes in search templates., Journal of vision, 20(8), 2020
  8. Visual search within working memory., Journal of experimental psychology. General, 148(10), 2019
  9. Eye gaze direction shows a positive serial dependency., Journal of vision, 18(4), 2018
  10. Orientation categories used in guidance of attention in visual search can differ in strength., Attention, perception & psychophysics, 79(8), 2017
  11. An investigation of linear separability in visual search for color suggests a role of recognizability., Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance, 42(11), 2016
  12. Competing Distractors Facilitate Visual Search in Heterogeneous Displays., PloS one, 11(8), 2016

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. The Effect of Attention on Speed and Time Perception, Garry Kong, Akira Sarodo, Katsumi Watanabe, Vision Sciences Society, 2025/05/17, Without Invitation, English
  2. Researchers crossing countries, Xinhua Mao, Shinya Yamamoto, Akihiko Ieshima, Yumiko Otsuka, Wen Wen, Garry Kong, Changyi Wu, Iori Kasahara, Nachiketha Sharma, Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 2024/09/07, With Invitation, English, Kumamoto
  3. The Effect of Dynamic Visuospatial Working Memory on Motor Control, Miyahara Lisa, Asia Pacific Conference on Vision, 2024/07/11, Without Invitation, English, Singapore
  4. Shared visual memory resources for dynamic and static stimuli, Vision Sciences Society, 2024/05/20, Without Invitation, English
  5. Researchers crossing countries, Xinhua Mao; Shinya Yamamoto; Akihiko Ieshima; Yumiko Otsuka; Wen Wen; Garry Kong; Changyi Wu; Iori Kasahara; Nachiketha Sharma, Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 2024/09/07
  6. The Effect of Dynamic Visuospatial Working Memory on Motor Control, Garry Kong; Lisa Miyahara, Asia Pacific Conference on Vision, 2024/07/11
  7. Shared visual memory resources for dynamic and static stimuli, Garry Kong; Lisa Miyahara, Vision Sciences Society, 2024/05/20
  8. Efficient Measurement of Dynamic Visual Working Memory, Garry Kong; Isabelle Frisken; Gwenisha J. Liaw; Robert Keys; David Alais, Vision Sciences Society, 2023/05/23
  9. Efficient Measurement of Dynamic Visual Working Memory, Garry Kong; Isabelle Frisken; Gwenisha J. Liaw; Robert Keys; David Alais, Experimental Psychology Conference, 2023/04/13
  10. Visual Versus Memory Search: The Role of High Versus Low-Level Features, Edyta Sasin; Yunzhe Sun; Daryl Fougnie; Garry Kong, Object Perception, Attention & Memory, 2022
  11. Objects in Visual Working Memory is Indexed by a Single Feature, Garry Kong, Vision Sciences Society, 2022
  12. Object-Based Selection in Memory, Yin-ting Lin; Garry Kong; Daryl Fougnie, Virtual Vision Sciences Society, 2020
  13. Trans-saccadic integration depends on feature-level correspondence, Garry Kong; David Aagten-Murphy; Jessica McMaster; Paul M Bays, Virtual Working Memory Symposium, 2020
  14. Trans-saccadic integration depends on feature-level correspondence, Garry Kong; David Aagten-Murphy; Jessica McMaster; Paul M Bays, Virtual Vision Sciences Society, 2020
  15. Working Memory is Corrupted by Strategic Changes in Search Templates, Garry Kong; Jessica Meehan; Daryl Fougnie, Asia Pacific Conference for Vision, 2019
  16. Shifts of Attention in Working Memory Space Differ from Those in Perceptual Space: Evidence from Memory Search, Garry Kong; Daryl Fougnie, Vision Sciences Society, 2019
  17. Interocular Grouping During Binocular Rivalry is Influenced by Visual Working Memory, Garry Kong; Daryl Fougnie, Asia Pacific Conference for Vision, 2018
  18. Visual Search Within Working Memory, Garry Kong; Daryl Fougnie, Vision Sciences Society, 2018
  19. Visual Search Within Working Memory, Garry Kong; Daryl Fougnie, Experimental Psychology Conference, 2018
  20. What can asymmetric confidence judgments tell us about visual working memory?, Garry Kong; Daryl Fougnie, European Conference on Visual Perception, 2017
  21. The Effect of Top-Down Representation as Revealed by Linear Separability and Search Asymmetry in Visual Search, Garry Kong; Erik van der Burg; David Alais, Vision Sciences Society, 2016
  22. Top Down Interference Can Explain Linear Separability and Search Asymmetry in Visual Search, Garry Kong; Erik van der Burg; David Alais, Experimental Psychology Conference, 2016
  23. Linguistic Relativity and the Role of Recognisability in Visual Search for Colour, Garry Kong; Erik van der Burg; David Alais, Experimental Psychology Conference, 2015
  24. Visual Search in Heterogenous Displays: Evidence from Genetic Algorithms, Garry Kong; Erik van der Burg; David Alais, European Conference on Visual Perception, 2014
  25. Visual Search in Heterogenous Displays: Evidence from Genetic Algorithms, Garry Kong; Erik van der Burg; David Alais, Asia Pacific Conference for Vision, 2014
  26. Visual Search Cannot Be a Strictly Categorical Process: Evidence from Genetic Algorithms, Garry Kong; Erik van der Burg, David Alais, Experimental Psychology Conference, 2014

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Developing a Method to Measure Dynamic Visual Working Memory, 2022/04/01, 2025/03/31
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  2. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, What guides attention when searching the mind?, 2021/08/30, 2023/03/31
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Social Activities

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

  1. 2024, Communications Psychology, Others, 1
  2. 2024, Memory & Cognition, Others, Peer Reviewer, 1
  3. 2024, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Others, Peer Reviewer, 1
  4. 2024, Scientific Reports, Others, Peer Reviewer, 1