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University of Exeter Medical School

Dr Tamaryn Menneer

Dr Tamaryn Menneer

Research Fellow

 T.S.I.Menneer@exeter.ac.uk

 01326 259467

 Environment and Sustainability Institute desk 39, 1.03

 

Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK


Overview

Tamaryn is developing data-driven models for extracting patterns and relationships in the data from the Smartline project. The Smartline project is aimed at developing new ways to improve wellbeing using data from environmental sensors and wellbeing surveys. 

Qualifications

1994 BSc in Cognitive Science (University of Exeter)
1999 PhD in Computer Science: Quantum Artificial Neural Networks (University of Exeter)

Career

2002-2011 Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow, Psychology, University of Southampton
2011-2016 Lecturer in Psychology, University of Southampton
2016-2017 Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Southampton

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Publications

Journal articles

Menneer T, Mueller M, Sharpe RA, Townley S (2024). Corrigendum to “Modelling mould growth in domestic environments using relative humidity and temperature” [Build. Environ. 208 (2022) 108583] (Building and Environment (2022) 208, (S0360132321009756), (10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108583)). Building and Environment, 255 Abstract.
Walker T, Buckingham SA, Poole R, Elliott LR, Menneer T, Tu G, Morrissey K (2024). Telephone-Based Training Intervention for Using Digital Communication Technologies for Social Housing Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mixed Methods Feasibility and Acceptability Evaluation. JMIR Form Res, 8 Abstract.  Author URL.
Menneer T, Mueller M, Townley S (2023). A cluster analysis approach to sampling domestic properties for sensor deployment. Building and Environment, 231, 110032-110032.
Johnes C, Sharpe RA, Menneer T, Taylor T, Nestel P (2023). Using Sensor Data to Identify Factors Affecting Internal Air Quality within 279 Lower Income Households in Cornwall, South West of England. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(2), 1075-1075. Abstract.
Zheng L, Mueller M, Luo C, Menneer T, Yan X (2023). Variations in whole-life carbon emissions of similar buildings in proximity: an analysis of 145 residential properties in Cornwall, UK. Energy and Buildings, 296, 113387-113387.
Menneer T, Qi Z, Taylor T, Paterson C, Tu G, Elliott LR, Morrissey K, Mueller M (2021). Changes in Domestic Energy and Water Usage during the UK COVID-19 Lockdown Using High-Resolution Temporal Data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(13), 6818-6818. Abstract.
Williams AJ, Menneer T, Sidana M, Walker T, Maguire K, Mueller M, Paterson C, Leyshon M, Leyshon C, Seymour E, et al (2021). Fostering Engagement with Health and Housing Innovation: Development of Participant Personas in a Social Housing Cohort. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 7(2), e25037-e25037. Abstract.
Menneer T, Mueller M, Sharpe RA, Townley S (2021). Modelling mould growth in domestic environments using relative humidity and temperature. Building and Environment Abstract.
Walker T, Menneer T, Leyshon C, Leyshon M, Williams AJ, Mueller M, Taylor T (2020). Determinants of Volunteering Within a Social Housing Community. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 33(1), 188-200. Abstract.
Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Liversedge SP, Cave KR, Holliman NS, Donnelly N (2020). Experience with searching in displays containing depth improves search performance by training participants to search more exhaustively. Acta Psychologica, 210, 103173-103173.
Williams AJ, Menneer T, Sidana M, Walker T, Maguire K, Mueller M, Paterson C, Leyshon M, Leyshon C, Seymour E, et al (2020). Fostering Engagement with Health and Housing Innovation: Development of Participant Personas in a Social Housing Cohort (Preprint). Abstract.
Menneer TSI, Cave KR, Kaplan E, Stroud MJ, Chang J, Donnelly N (2019). The relationship between working memory and the dual-target cost in visual search guidance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Stroud MJ, Menneer TSI, Kaplan E, Cave KR, Donnelly N (2019). We can guide search by a set of colors, but are reluctant to do it. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics
Pugh S, Menneer T, Taunton D, Garner M, Donnelly N (2018). Exposure to acute psychosocial stress modulates the effect of cue validity in an attention orienting task. Journal of Vision, 18(10).
Hanson G, Taunton D, Menneer T, Donnelly N (2018). Fatigue causes lengthened giving-up times when the task is hard. Journal of Vision, 18(10).
Mestry N, Vos S, Menneer T, Donnelly N (2018). The Influence of Training with One or Two Faces on Dual-Target Face Search. Journal of Vision, 18(10).
Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Liversedge SP, Cave KR, Holliman NS, Donnelly N (2017). Adding depth to overlapping displays can improve visual search performance. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform, 43(8), 1532-1549. Abstract.  Author URL.
Cave KR, Menneer T, Nomani MS, Stroud MJ, Donnelly N (2017). Dual Target Search is Neither Purely Simultaneous nor Purely Successive. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove), 1-29. Abstract.  Author URL.
Mestry N, Menneer T, Cave KR, Godwin HJ, Donnelly N (2017). Dual-target cost in visual search for multiple unfamiliar faces. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform, 43(8), 1504-1519. Abstract.  Author URL.
Hanson G, Hillstrom A, Menneer T, Taunton D (2017). Effective task-switching behaviour despite fatigue by sleep restriction. Journal of Vision, 17(10).
Godwin HJ, Reichle ED, Menneer T (2017). Modeling Lag-2 Revisits to Understand Trade-Offs in Mixed Control of Fixation Termination During Visual Search. Cogn Sci, 41(4), 996-1019. Abstract.  Author URL.
Menneer T, Godwin HJ, Liversedge SP, Hillstrom AP, Benson V, Reichle ED, Donnelly N (2017). The FVF framework and target prevalence effects. Behav Brain Sci, 40 Abstract.  Author URL.
Pugh S, Menneer T, Taunton D, Hillstrom A, Donnelly N (2017). The effects of acute stress on the attentional network. Journal of Vision, 17(10).
Glautier S, Menneer T, Godwin HJ, Donnelly N, Aristizabal JA (2016). Flexible Configural Learning of Non-Linear Discriminations and Detection of Stimulus Compounds. Exp Psychol, 63(4), 215-236. Abstract.  Author URL.
Menneer T, Mestry N, Godwin H, Cave K, Donnelly N (2016). Measuring capacity for template precision in dual-target search for faces. Journal of Vision, 16(12).
Godwin H, Menneer T, Mestry N, Cave K, Donnelly N (2016). There and back again: Understanding the cause of revisits to distractors in high-prevalence visual searches. Journal of Vision, 16(12).
Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Riggs CA, Taunton D, Cave KR, Donnel N (2016). Understanding the contribution of target repetition and target expectation to the emergence of the prevalence effect in visual search. Psychon Bull Rev, 23(3), 809-816. Abstract.  Author URL.
Hout MC, Godwin HJ, Fitzsimmons G, Robbins A, Menneer T, Goldinger SD (2016). Using multidimensional scaling to quantify similarity in visual search and beyond. Atten Percept Psychophys, 78(1), 3-20. Abstract.  Author URL.
Mestry N, Menneer T, Godwin H, Cave K, Donnelly N (2015). Dual-Target Cost in Visual Search for Multiple Unfamiliar Faces. Journal of Vision, 15(12).
Menneer T, Cave K, Stroud M, Kaplan E, Donnelly N (2015). Modeling search guidance: Three parameters for characterizing performance in different types of visual search. Journal of Vision, 15(12).
Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Riggs CA, Cave KR, Donnelly N (2015). Perceptual failures in the selection and identification of low-prevalence targets in relative prevalence visual search. Atten Percept Psychophys, 77(1), 150-159. Abstract.  Author URL.
Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Cave KR, Thaibsyah M, Donnelly N (2015). The effects of increasing target prevalence on information processing during visual search. Psychon Bull Rev, 22(2), 469-475. Abstract.  Author URL.
Mestry N, Menneer T, Wenger MJ, Benikos N, McCarthy RA, Donnelly N (2015). The role of configurality in the Thatcher illusion: an ERP study. Psychon Bull Rev, 22(2), 445-452. Abstract.  Author URL.
Godwin H, Menneer T, Liversedge S, Cave K, Holliman N, Donnelly N (2015). Visual Search for Transparent Overlapping Objects in Depth: Overlap Impairs Performance, but Depth does not benefit Performance. Journal of Vision, 15(12).
Mestry N, Menneer T, Wenger MJ, McCarthy R, Donnelly N (2014). A possible marker of configural processing at the N170: Converging evidence from typical participants and a case of prosopagnosia. Journal of Vision, 14(10), 1437-1437.
Godwin HJ, Reichle ED, Menneer T (2014). Coarse-to-fine eye movement behavior during visual search. Psychon Bull Rev, 21(5), 1244-1249. Abstract.  Author URL.
Riggs CA, Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Liversedge SP, Donnelly N (2014). How does visual search behaviour adapt when partners have a response bias?. Journal of Vision, 14(10), 1205-1205.
Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Liversedge SP, Cave KR, Holliman NS, Donnelly N (2014). Searching for overlapping objects in depth: Depth speeds search, but does not improve response accuracy. Journal of Vision, 14(10), 1190-1190.
Menneer T, Godwin HJ, Hout MC (2014). Visual similarity is stronger than semantic similarity in guiding visual search for numbers. Journal of Vision, 14(10), 1201-1201.
Godwin HJ, Hout MC, Menneer T (2014). Visual similarity is stronger than semantic similarity in guiding visual search for numbers. Psychon Bull Rev, 21(3), 689-695. Abstract.  Author URL.
Blaha L, Menneer T, Wenger M, Bittner JL (2013). Correlation Analysis for Multidimensional Signal Detection Evaluation and Comparison with Standard Analyses. Journal of Vision, 13(9), 1028-1028.
Menneer T, Wenger MJ, Blaha LM (2013). Probit analysis for multidimensional signal detection: an evaluation and comparison with standard analyses. Journal of Vision, 13(9), 107-107.
Mestry N, Wenger MJ, Menneer T, Benikos NP, Donnelly N (2013). The Impacts of Inversion and Thatcherisation on Face Processing: Mapping between ERP and GRT. Journal of Vision, 13(9), 391-391.
Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Donnelly N (2013). Weakened Target Representations in Low Prevalence Visual Search. Journal of Vision, 13(9), 528-528.
Donnelly N, Cornes K, Menneer T (2012). An examination of the processing capacity of features in the Thatcher illusion. Atten Percept Psychophys, 74(7), 1475-1487. Abstract.  Author URL.
Mestry N, Donnelly N, Menneer T, McCarthy RA (2012). Discriminating Thatcherised from typical faces in a case of prosopagnosia. Neuropsychologia, 50(14), 3410-3418. Abstract.  Author URL.
Mestry N, Menneer T, Wenger MJ, Donnelly N (2012). Identifying sources of configurality in three face processing tasks. Front Psychol, 3 Abstract.  Author URL.
Menneer T, Stroud MJ, Cave KR, Li X, Godwin HJ, Liversedge SP, Donnelly N (2012). Search for two categories of target produces fewer fixations to target-color items. J Exp Psychol Appl, 18(4), 404-418. Abstract.  Author URL.
Menneer T, Mestry N, Wenger M, Donnelly N (2012). Tests for Configural processing in the Thatcher Illusion. Journal of Vision, 12(9), 635-635.
Stroud MJ, Menneer T, Cave KR, Donnelly N (2012). Using the dual-target cost to explore the nature of search target representations. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform, 38(1), 113-122. Abstract.  Author URL.
Stroud M, Kaplan E, Menneer T, Cave K, Donnelly N (2011). A Color in Working Memory Does Not Become a Search Target, but it Does Interfere with Color Search. Journal of Vision, 11(11), 1317-1317.
Stroud MJ, Menneer T, Cave KR, Donnelly N, Rayner K (2011). Search for multiple targets of different colours: Misguided eye movements reveal a reduction of colour selectivity. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 25(6), 971-982.  Author URL.
Mestry N, Menneer T, Godwin H, McCarthy R, Donnelly N (2010). Are deficits in emotional face processing preventing perception of the Thatcher illusion in a case of prosopagnosia?. Journal of Vision, 10(7), 588-588.
Menneer T, Silbert N, Cornes K, Wenger M, Townsend J, Donnelly N (2010). Contrasting methods of model estimation for configural and holistic perception. Journal of Vision, 9(8), 555-555.
Donnelly N, Menneer T, Cornes K, Mestry N, McCarthy R (2010). Detecting the Thatcher illusion in a case of prosopagnosia. Journal of Vision, 9(8), 557-557.
Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Cave KR, Helman S, Way RL, Donnelly N (2010). Don't distract the searcher: search performance for X-ray security screening images is reduced with the addition of a simple mental arithmetic task. Journal of Vision, 8(6), 319-319.
Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Cave KR, Donnelly N (2010). Dual-target search for high and low prevalence X-ray threat targets. Visual Cognition, 18(10), 1439-1463.
Menneer T, Donnelly N, Godwin HJ, Cave KR (2010). High or low target prevalence increases the dual-target cost in visual search. J Exp Psychol Appl, 16(2), 133-144. Abstract.  Author URL.
Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Helman S, Cave KR, Donnelly N (2010). In difficult visual search, high frequency targets are found at the expense of low frequency targets. Journal of Vision, 7(9), 706-706.
Menneer T, Wenger M, Blaha L (2010). Inferential challenges for General Recognition Theory: Mean-shift Integrality and Perceptual Configurality. Journal of Vision, 10(7), 1211-1211.
Menneer T, Stroud MJ, Cave KR, Donnelly N (2010). Target representations guiding visual search for two colors: Two discrete colors, or a single range?. Journal of Vision, 9(8), 1182-1182.
Cave K, Menneer T, Stroud M, Donnelly N, Rayner K (2010). The breakdown of color selectivity in multitarget search: Evidence from Eye Movements. Journal of Vision, 7(9), 713-713.
Menneer T, Barrett DJ, Phillips L, Donnelly N, Cave KR (2010). The breakdown of efficient search when either of two colour targets can appear. Journal of Vision, 3(9), 568-568.
Menneer T, Li X, Stroud M, Butler C, Cave K, Nick D (2010). The effect of practice on top-down guidance in visual search for two types of complex target: Evidence from eye-movements. Journal of Vision, 8(6), 775-775.
Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Cave KR, Helman S, Way RL, Donnelly N (2010). The impact of Relative Prevalence on dual-target search for threat items from airport X-ray screening. Acta Psychol (Amst), 134(1), 79-84. Abstract.  Author URL.
Godwin HJ, Menneer T, Cave KR, Cutler V, Donnelly N (2010). The prevlanece effect is imbalanced: it is stronger for high target presentation rates, than for low. Journal of Vision, 9(8), 1171-1171.
Hillstrom AP, Menneer T, Donnelly N, Krokos M (2010). Using gaze measures to diagnose what guides search in complex displays. Journal of Vision, 8(6), 322-322.
Menneer T, Cave KR, Donnelly N (2009). The cost of search for multiple targets: effects of practice and target similarity. J Exp Psychol Appl, 15(2), 125-139. Abstract.  Author URL.
Welland M, Donnelly N, Menneer T (2006). Are we properly using our brains in seismic interpretation?. The Leading Edge, 25(2), 142-144.
Menneer T, Barrett DJK, Phillips L, Donnelly N, Cave KR (2006). Costs in searching for two targets: dividing search across target types could improve airport security screening. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21(7), 915-932. Abstract.
Menneer T, Barrett DJ, Phillips L, Donnelly N, Cave KR (2004). The effect of training on search for complex stimuli. Journal of Vision, 4(8), 338-338.
Narayanan A, Menneer T (2000). Quantum artificial neural network architectures and components. Information Sciences, 128(3-4), 231-255.

Chapters

Menneer T, Stroud MJ, Cave KR, Donnelly N, Rayner K (2023). Eye Movements in Search for Multiple Targets. In  (Ed) Cognitive and Cultural Influences on Eye Movements, Taylor & Francis, 197-208.
Wenger MJ, Menneer T, Bittner JL (2012). Signal Detection Models. In  (Ed) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, Springer Nature, 3061-3064.
Donnelly N, Hadwin JA, Menneer T, Richards HJ (2010). The Use of Visual Search Paradigms to Understand Attentional Biases in Childhood Anxiety. In  (Ed) , Wiley, 109-127.

Conferences

Walker T, Menneer T, Tu G, Mueller M, Leyshon C, Leyshon M, Morrissey K, Bland E, Buckingham S (2022). P44 Smarter social housing: user perspectives on technology adoption for healthy homes. Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts.
Walker T, Menneer T, Tu G, Mueller M, Leyshon C, Leyshon M, Morrissey K, Bland E (2022). Smarter social housing: user perspectives on technology adoption for healthy homes and health equity. European Health Economics Association: Health economics for sustainable welfare systems. 5th - 8th Jul 2022. Abstract.
Williams A, Menneer T, Sidani M, Walker T, Maguire K, Mueller M, Paterson C, Leyshon M, Leyshon C, Seymour E, et al (2020). Using machine learning clustering techniques to support the understanding of populations and inform action. Public Health England Research and Science Conference - Application of scientific methods to improve and protect health. Abstract.
Cave KR, Godwin HJ, Holliman NS, Menneer T, Liversedge SP, Donnelly N (2015). Assessing the benefits of stereoscopic displays to visual search: methodology and initial findings. SPIE/IS&T Electronic Imaging.
Barrett DJK, Souto D, Menneer T (2015). Attending redundant information increases the precision of visual working memory for complex stimuli.  Author URL.
Donnelly N, Cave KR, Welland M, Menneer T (2006). Breast screening, chicken sexing and the search for oil: challenges for visual cognition.  Author URL.
Menneer T, Narayanan A (2000). Quantum artificial neural networks vs. classical artificial neural networks: Experiments in simulation.  Author URL.

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