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Tony Thomas
Assistant Professor
tonythomas[at]hs.iitr.ac.in
Room No. 513, 5th Floor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
9727645567
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Research
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Honours and Awards
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Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements

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Research Interests
Visual Attention, Nonconscious Processing, Time Perception
BioSketch
Educational Details
IIT Gandhinagar
2019
PhD, Cognitive Science
University of Hyderabad
2012
M.Phil, Cognitive Science
Bharathiar University
2007
M.Sc., Applied Psychology
Union Christian College
2005
BA, Psychology
Professional Background
Assistant Professor
17 Aug 2020 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Assistant Professor
06 Jan 2020 - 30 Jul 2020
Rajagiri College of Social Sciences
Assistant Professor (Temporary)
15 Jul 2019 - 26 Nov 2019
University of Hyderabad
Research
Collaborations
ERP Correlates of Time Perception in the Peri-hand Space
Center for Information and Neural Networks, Osaka, Japan
Action-specific Visual Processing Bias in the Peripersonal Space
University of Lille, Lille, France
Publications
  1. Maurya, A., Shukla, A. & Thomas, T. (2024). Temporal Mechanisms Underlying Visual Processing Bias in Peri-hand Space. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 86, 2659–2671. (https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-024-02980-w)
  2. Maurya, A. & Thomas, T. (2023). Temporal Factors Associated with Visual Processing Bias in Peripersonal Space. Collabra: Psychology, 9(1). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.77862)
  3. Thomas, T. & Sunny, M. M. (2020). Diminished distractor exclusion for magnocellular features near the hand. Experimental Brain Research. 238(3), 761-770. (DOI: 10.1007/s00221-020-05752-8)
  4. Thomas, T., & Sunny, M. M. (2019). Situational Determinants of Hand-Proximity Effects. Collabra: Psychology, 5(1), 27. (DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.198)
  5. Thomas, T. & Sunny, M. M. (2017). Slower attentional disengagement but faster perceptual processing near the hand. Acta Psychologica. 174, 40–47. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2017.01.005)
  6. Thomas, T. & Sunny, M.M. (2017). Altered visuo-spatial processing in the peri-personal space: A new look at the hand-proximity effects. Journal of Indian Institute of Science. 97(4), 443-450. (DOI: 10.1007/s41745-017-0057-x)
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Statistical Application for Behavioral & Social Research ( HST-501 )
Spring
Introduction to Abnormal Psychology ( HSS-204 )
Autumn
Dimensions of Human Behavior ( IHS-326 )
Autumn
Brain and Cognition ( HSN-923 )
Spring
Miscellaneous
Administrative Positions
Warden
03 Jun 2025 - Present
Azad Bhawan, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
Member Secretary, Department Faculty Committee (DFC)
06 May 2021 - 19 Mar 2025
HSS Department
Examination-in-Charge
28 Sep 2022 - 01 Aug 2024
HSS Department
Convenor, Dept. Faculty Search Committee (DFSC)
25 Jan 2022 - 24 Jan 2023
HSS Department
Psychological Sciences Lab-in-Charge
24 Aug 2022 - 01 Aug 2024
Psychology Discipline
Conferences

Anil, Adithi & Thomas, Tony (December, 2024). “Task Irrelevant Self-relevant Primes Engage Attention”. In the Annual Conference on Cognitive Science (ACCS11), IIT Bombay, India.

Mishra, Ananya & Thomas, Tony (December, 2024). “Negligible Allocentric Representation Benefits in Contextual Cueing Effects”. In the Annual Conference on Cognitive Science (ACCS11), IIT Bombay, India.

Maurya, Ankit & Thomas, Tony (March, 2023). “Effect of Temporal Anticipation on Vision”. Institute Research Day, IIT Roorkee, India. (Awarded ‘Best Poster’)

Maurya, Ankit & Thomas, Tony (March, 2023). “Time Slows Down in Peri-hand Space”. 32nd Annual Convention of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), Ahmedabad University, India.

Maurya, Ankit & Thomas, Tony (December, 2022). “Perceived Duration of the Time Elapsed Slows Down Near the Hands”. Non-invasive brain stimulation: Advances in Research and Clinical Practice (EMBO-IITGN), Gandhinagar, India. (Awarded ‘Best Poster’)

KS, Krishnapriya and Thomas, Tony (January, 2022). “Modulatory Effects of Hand Presence on Temporal Judgements”. Eighth Annual Conference on Cognitive Science (ACCS8), Virtual

P, Lakshmi and Thomas, Tony (January, 2022). “Visual Memory Enhancements Near the Hands”. Eighth Annual Conference on Cognitive Science (ACCS8), Virtual

KS, Krishnapriya and Thomas, Tony (November, 2021). “Reduced Temporal Judgment Errors in the Peri-hand Space”. Annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (OPAM29), Virtual, Poster No. 23.