Robert P. O’Shea is Guest Scientist at Leipzig University where he also wrote and taught courses on scientific writing. He has conducted research and taught at Murdoch University, Southern Cross University, University of Otago, Dalhousie University, Northwestern University, Queen’s University (Canada), and the University of Queensland. He has published extensively in major psychology and neuroscience journals. His research is mainly in cognitive neuroscience, visual perception, and history of psychology and science. He has taken study leaves at Leipzig University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and the University of Rochester. Dr O’Shea has been an editor of Scholarpedia and an associate editor of Perception & Psychophysics.