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9/19/2008

 

Academic Appointments

 

      2006-present                 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

                                                         Neuroscience PhD. Program

                                                         George Mason University, Department of Psychology

                                                         Fairfax, Virginia

 

      2002-2006                     Assistant Professor

                                                         George Mason University, Department of Psychology

                                                         Fairfax, Virginia

 

      2004 (Fall)                     Visiting Researcher (pretenure sabbatical)

                                                         University of Illinois

                                                         Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

     

      1998-2002                     Postdoctoral Research Associate

                                                         University of Illinois

                                                         Beckman Institute and Department of Psychology

 

      2001-2002                     Visiting Assistant Professor

                                                         University of Illinois, Department of Psychology

 

      1997-1998                     Visiting Assistant Professor

                                                         University of North Florida, Department of Psychology

 

Education

 

      Ph.D.     1997                 University of Kansas                                                                                                     

                                                         Area: Experimental/Cognitive Psychology

                                                         Minor: Quantitative Methods

                                                         Title: ÒThe Temporal Dynamics of Attention and the Attentional BlinkÓ

                                                         Advisor: James F. Juola

 

      M.A.        1994                 University of Kansas

                                                         Area: Experimental/Cognitive Psychology

                                                         Title: ÒThe Allocation of Visual Attention in Three-Dimensional SpaceÓ

                                                         Advisor: James F. Juola

 

      B.A.         1992                 University of Tennessee, Knoxville

                                                         Major: Psychology

Additional training

 

      APA Advanced Training Institute in fMRI (June 2004)

 

Research Interests

 

Broad: Visual attention, perception, memory, aging, and cognitive neuroscience

 

Specific: The control of attention; interactions between working memory representations and attention; task switching; effects of aging on attentional control; mathematical modeling, statistics, and experimental design; psychophysiological measurements of cognition.

 

Grants

 

                 1999-2002                     "Training In Cognitive Psychophysiology" – NIH: T32MH019554

                                                                    PI: Emanuel Donchin

                

                 2002-2004                     "Visual Search and Memory" – NIH: R01MH64505

                                                                    Direct costs: $300,000

                                                                    Period: December 2002 - November 2005

 

                 2007-                                   Sponsor, ASEE/DoD SMART Scholarship Grant to Jason H. Wong

 

                                                                   

Reasearch appearing in popular media

 

Begley, S. (2006, March 3) Old brains don't work that badly after all, especially trained ones. The Wall Street Journal, p. B1.

 

Publications

 

37.     Beck, M.R., Angelone, B.L., Levin, D.T., Peterson, M.S., & Varakin, A. (in press). Selective attention during change detection leads to implicit learning for probable changes. Consciousness and Cognition.

 

36.      Wong, J. H., Peterson, M.S., & Thompson, J.C. (2008). Visual working memory capacity for objects from different categories: A face-specific maintenance effect. Cognition, 108, 719-731.

 

35.      Peterson, M.S., Beck, M.R., & Wong, J. H. (2008). Were you paying attention to where you looked? The role of executive working memory in visual search. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15, 372–377.

 

34.      Bherer, L., Kramer, A.F., Peterson, M.S., Colcombe, S., Erickson, K. & Becic, E. (2008). Transfer effects in task-set cost and dual-task cost after dual-task training in older and younger adults: Further evidence for cognitive plasticity in attentional control in late adulthood. Experimental Aging Research., 34, 188-209.

 

33.      Wong, J. H., Peterson, M. S., & Hillstrom, A. P. (2007). Are changes in semantic and structural information sufficient for oculomotor capture? Journal of Vision, 7(12):3, 1-10, http://journalofvision.org/7/12/3/, doi:10.1167/7.12.3.

 

32.      Beck, M.R., Peterson, M.S., & Angelone, B. L. (2007). The roles of encoding, retrieval, and awareness in change detection. Memory and Cognition, 34, 610-620.

 

31.      Erickson, K. I., Colcombe, S. J., Wadhwa, R., Bherer, L., Peterson, M. S., Scalf, P., Kim, J. S., Alvarado, M., & Kramer, A. F. (2007). Training-induced functional activation changes in dual-task processing: an fMRI study. Cerebral Cortex, 17, 192-204.

 

30.      Erickson, K. I., Colcombe, S. J., Wadhwa, R., Bherer, L., Peterson, M. S., Scalf, P., Kim, J. S., Alvarado, M., & Kramer, A. F. (2007). Training-induced plasticity in older adults: effects of training on hemispheric asymmetry. Neurobiology of Aging, 28, 272-83.

 

29.      Peterson, M.S., Beck, M.R., & Vomela, M. (2007) Visual search is guided by prospective and retrospective memory. Perception and Psychophysics, 69(1), 123-135.

 

28.      Bherer, L., Kramer, A.F., Peterson, M.S., Colcombe, S.J., Erickson, K.I., & Becic, E. (2006). Testing the limits of cognitive plasticity in older adults: Application to attentional control. Acta Psychologica, 123(3). 261-78.

 

27.      Beck, M., Peterson, M.S., & Vomela, M. (2006). Memory for where, but not what, is remembered during visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 32, 235-250.

 

26.     McCarley, J. S., Kramer, A. F., Boot, W. R., Peterson, M.S., Wang, R. F., & Irwin, D.E. (2006) Oculomotor behavior and attentional strategies during visual search for multiple targets. Visual Cognition. 14, 685-703.

 

25.      Beck, M.R., Peterson, M.S., Boot, W.R., Vomela, M., & Kramer, A.F. (2006). Explicit memory for rejected distractors in visual search. Visual Cognition, 14, 2, 150-174.

 

24.      Kramer, A.F, Boot, W. R., McCarley, J.S., Peterson, M.S., Colcombe, A.F., & Scialfa, C. T. (2006). Aging, memory, and visual search. Acta Psychologica, 122, 288-304.

 

23.      Bherer, L., Kramer, A. F., Peterson, M., Colcombe, S.J., Erickson, K.I., & Becic, E. (2005). Training effects on dual-task performance: Are there age-related differences in plasticity of attentional control? Psychology & Aging, 20, 695-709.

 

22.      Erickson, K. I., Colcombe, S. J., Wadhwa, R., Bherer, L., Peterson, M. S., Scalf, P., Kramer, A. F. (2005). The neural correlates of dual-task performance after minimizing effects of task-preparation. Neuroimage, 28, 967-979.

 

21.      Belopolsky, A., Peterson, M. S., & Kramer, A. F., (2005). Visual search in temporally segregated displays:  Converging operations in the study of the preview benefit. Cognitive Brain Research, 24, 453-466.

 

20.     Kramer, A.F., Peterson, M.S., McCarley, J.S., Boot, W.R. (2005). Role of memory in visual search: A brief review of a developing literature. in Quantification of Human Information Processing. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

 

19.      Boot, W. R., Kramer, A.F., & Peterson, M.S. (2005) Oculomotor consequences of abrupt object onsets and offsets: Onsets dominate oculomotor capture. Perception and Psychophysics, 67, 910-928.

 

18.      Boot, W. R., McCarley, J.S., Kramer, A.F., & Peterson, M.S. (2004). Automatic and intentional memory processes in visual search. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 5, 854-861.

 

17.      Cassavaugh, N., Kramer, A. F., & Peterson, M.S. (2004). Aging and the strategic control of the fixation offset effect. Psychology and Aging, 19, 357-361.

 

16.      Peterson, M.S., Boot, W.R., & Kramer., A.F. (2004). Landmarks help guide attention during visual search. Spatial Vision, 17, 497-510.

 

15.      Peterson, M.S., Kramer, A.F., & Irwin, D.E. (2004). Covert shifts of attention precede involuntary eye movements. Perception and Psychophysics, 66, 398-405.

 

14.      Bojko, A., Kramer, A. F., & Peterson, M.S. (2004). Age equivalence in switch costs for prosaccade and antisaccade tasks. Psychology and Aging, 19, 226-234.

 

13.      Peterson, M.S., Belopolsky, A.V., & Kramer, A.F. (2003). Contingent visual marking by transients. Perception and Psychophysics. 65, 695-710.

 

12.      Colcombe, A., Kramer, A.F., Irwin, D.E., Peterson, M.S., Colcombe, S, & Hahn, S. (2003). Age-related effects of attentional and oculomotor capture by onsets and singletons as a function of experience. Acta Psychologica, 113, 205-225.

 

11.      McCarley, J. S., Wang, R. F., Kramer, A. F., Irwin, D. E., & Peterson, M. S. (2003) How much memory does oculomotor search have? Psychological Science. 14, 422-426

 

10.      McCarley, J. S., Kramer, A.F, & Peterson, M.S. (2002) Overt and covert object-based attention. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 9, 751-758.

 

9.         Peterson, M. S., Kramer, A. F., Irwin, D. E., & Hahn, S. (2002). Modulation of oculomotor capture by abrupt onsets during attentionally demanding visual search. Visual Cognition, 9, 755-791.

 

8.         Peterson, M. S., & Kramer, A. F. (2001) Attentional guidance of the eyes by contextual information and abrupt onsets. Perception and Psychophysics, 63, 1239-1249.

 

7.         Kramer, A. F., Scialfa, C. T., Peterson, M. S., & Irwin, D. E. (2001) Attentional capture, attentional control and aging. in C. Folk & B. Gibson (Eds.) Attention, Distraction, and Action. Elsevier

 

6.         Peterson, M. S., Kramer, A. F. (2001). Contextual cueing reduces interference from task-irrelevant onset distractors. Visual Cognition, 8, 843-859.

 

5.         Kramer, A. F., Cassavaugh, N. D., Irwin, D. E., & Peterson, M. S. (2001) Influence of single and multiple onset distractors on visual search for singleton targets. Perception and Psychophysics, 63, 952-968.

 

4.         Peterson, M. S., Kramer, A. F., Wang, R. F., Irwin, D. E., McCarley, J. S. (2001) Visual search has memory. Psychological Science. 12, 287-292.

 

3.         Peterson, M.S., & Juola, J.F., (2000) Evidence for distinct attentional bottlenecks in attention switching and attentional blink tasks. The Journal of General Psychology, 127, 6-26.

 

2.         Juola, J.F., Duvuru, P, & Peterson, M.S. (2000) Priming Effects in Attentional Gating. Memory and Cognition, 28, 224-235.

 

1.         Juola, J. F., Koshino, H., Warner, C. B., McMickell, M., & Peterson, M.S. (2000) Automatic and voluntary control of attention in young and elderly adults. The American Journal of Psychology, 113, 159-178.

 

Notable Work in Progress

 

Peterson, M.S. & Beck Title to be determined. in I. Gilchrist & S. Everling (Eds.) Oxford Handbook on Eye Movements. Oxford

 

Presentations and Published Abstracts

 

58.      Tsai, Y.D., Wheeler, A. N., & Peterson, M.S. (November 2008). The effects of task-switching on interrupted tasks: What type of task-switching matters? Neuroscience 2008.

 

57.      Wong, J.H., Peterson, M.S., & Thompson, J.C. (May 2008). Object similarity in visual working memory: A face-specific memory effect. 8th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.

 

56.      Smith, C.S., Tsai, Y.D., Wong, J.H., & Peterson, M.S. (May 2008). More than meets the eye: Investigating expert and novice differences in action video games 8th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL.

 

55.      Tsai, Y. D., & Peterson, M. S. (April 2008). Investigating the distinctions between task-switching and interruptions on working memory performance. 2008 Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.

 

54.      Brooks, D.T., Smith, C.F., Tsai, Y.D., Wong, J.H., & Peterson, M.S. (March 2008). The effect of videogame expertise on eye movements and visual attention. APA Division 21/19 Mid-year Meeting, Fairfax, VA.

 

53.      Peterson, M.S. (October 2007). When our memory for scenes is good and when it is poor, and what it  tells us about the visual system, attention, and memory. Presented at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

 

52.      Ratwani, R.M., Andrews, A.E., McCurry, M., Trafton, J.G., & Peterson, M.S. (October 2007). Using peripheral processing and spatial memory to facilitate task resumption. Proceedings of the Fifty-First Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Baltimore, MD.

 

51.      Hillstrom, A., Wong, J.H., & Peterson, M. S. (May 2007). Identity change and oculomotor capture. 7th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

 

50.      Wong, J.H, & Peterson, M.S. (May 2007). Identifying a target during visual search affects the contents of working memory. 7th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

 

49.      Tsai, Y. D., & Peterson, M. S. (May 2007). People like big bright things: Investigating the effects of saliency on visual search. 7th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

 

48.      Ratwani, R., Trafton, G., & Peterson, M.S. (November 2006). Using spatial information to facilitate task resumption. 47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Houston, Texas.

 

47.      Beck, M.R., & Peterson, M.S. (November 2006). Identification of distractors during visual search does not guarantee explicit memory. The 14th Annual Workshop on Object Perception and Memory, Houston, Texas.

 

46.      Peterson, M.S. Beck, M.R., & Wong, J.H. (May 2006). Effects of executive functioning on visual search. 6th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

 

45.      Beck, M.R., Angelone, B.A., Levin, D.L, Peterson, M. S., & Varakin, D.A. (May 2006). Implicit learning of base rate information in change detection occurs for location but not identity. 6th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

 

44.      Tsai, Y. D., & Peterson, M. S. (May 2006). Examining the influence of saliency during visual search. 6th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

 

43.      Wong, J. H., Hillstrom, A., & Peterson, M. S. (May 2006). Morphed objects do not capture the eyes. 6th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

 

42.      Bherer, L., Kramer, A. F., Peterson, M. S., Colcombe, S., Erickson, K., & Becic, E. (April 2006). Training effects on dual-task performance in older adults: Further evidence for cognitive plasticity in attentional control. Cognitive Aging Conference-2006, Atlanta, GA.

 

41.      Peterson, M.S., Beck, M.R., Boot, W. R., Vomela, M., & Kramer, A.F. (November 2005). Distractor location, but not identity, is remembered during visual search. 46th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Toronto, Canada

 

40.      Peterson, M.S. (October 2005). Intention and attention: beyond the activation models of attentional guidance. Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study. Fairfax, VA

 

39.      Erickson, K.I., Colcombe, S.J., Wadhwa, R., Bherer, L., Peterson, M.S., Scalf, P.E., Kim, J., Alvarado, M., & Kramer, A.F. (June 2005). The neural correlates of dual-task performance after minimizing effects of task-preparation. 11th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. Toronto, Canada

 

38.      Peterson, M.S., Beck, M.R., Boot, W.R., Vomela, M., & Kramer, A.F. (May 2005). Little is remembered about rejected distractors in visual search. 5th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL

 

37.      Beck, M. R., Peterson, M.S., & Angelone, B. L. (May 2005). The roles of attention, memory, comparison failures, and decision making in top-down influences on change detection.  5th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL

 

36.      Vomela, M., & Peterson, M.S. (May 2005). Better contextual memory for dense displays. 5th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL

 

35.      Boot, W. R., Becic, E., Kramer, A. F., McCarley, J., & Peterson, M.S. (November 2004). Aging and memory for distractors in visual search. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society , 9, 1080.

 

34.      Peterson, M.S. (October 2004). Memory representations that guide attention during visual search. Presented at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

 

33.      Peterson, M.S., Beck, M. R., & Vomela, M (May 2004). The guidance of attention by retrospective and prospective memory during visual search. 4th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL

 

32.      Beck, M.R., Peterson, M.S., & Vomela, M (May 2004). Where but not what is remembered during visual search 4th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL

 

31.      Boot, W. R.., Kramer, A.F., McCarley, J.S., Peterson, M.S., & Scialfa, C. T. (April 2004). Older adults display a larger memory span than younger adults in visual search. Cognitive Aging Conference-2004, Atlanta, GA.

 

30.      Bherer, L., Kramer, A.F., Peterson, M.S., Colcombe, S., Erickson, K., McCarley, J. S., & Becic, E. (April 2004). Cognitive plasticity and aging: The effect of laboratory-based dual-task training on attentional time-sharing. Cognitive Aging Conference-2004, Atlanta, GA.

 

29.      Boot, W. R., Peterson, M.S., McCarley, J.S., & Kramer, A.F. (2003).The spatial dynamics of memory representations formed during visual search. Presented at The 11th Annual Workshop on Object Perception and Memory, Vancouver, Canada.

 

28.      Kramer, A.F, Boot, W.R., McCarley, J.S., Peterson, M.S., Wang, R, & Irwin, D.E. (October 2003). The nature of memory representations that support visual search.  Exogenous and Endogenous Control of Eye Movements, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

27.      Peterson, M.S. (2003). Things remembered and things forgotten: The role of memory in visual search. Presented at the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C.

 

26.      Kramer, A. F., McCarley, J. S., Peterson, M.S., & Boot, W.R. (2003). Role of memory in overt search. Presented at the Munich Visual Search Symposium, Munich, Germany.

 

25.      Peterson, M.S., Boot, W.R., & Kramer., A.F. (2003). Environmental cues modulate memory during visual search., Poster presented at the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

 

24.      Peterson, M.S., Kramer, A.F., & Folk, C. (2002) Contingent oculomotor capture. Presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Kansas City, KS. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society , 7, 370.

 

23.      Boot, W., Kramer, A. F., & Peterson, M.S. (2002). Oculomotor consequences of onsets and offsets. Presented at The 10th Annual Workshop on Object Perception and Memory. Kansas City, KS.

 

22.      Belopolsky, A. V., Peterson, M.S., & Kramer, A. F. (2002). Attentional mechanisms of visual marking: An event-related potential study. Presented at The 10th Annual Workshop on Object Perception and Memory. Kansas City, KS.

21.      McCarley, J.S., Kramer, A.F., Scialfa, C.T., Colcombe, A., Peterson, M.S., & Irwin, D.E. (2002). How much memory does oculomotor search have? Presented at the European Conference on Visual Perception.

 

20.      Peterson, M.S. (May, 2002). Using eye movements to measure overt and covert attention. Presented at the Office of Naval Research Attention, Perception and Data Visualization Workshop, Fairfax, VA.

 

19.      Peterson, M.S., & Kramer, A. F. (May, 2002). Covert shifts of attention precede involuntary eye movements. Presented at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL.

 

18.      Peterson, M.S., Kramer, A. F., & Colcombe, A. (April, 2002). Contextual guidance of attention in younger and older adults. presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference-2002, Atlanta, GA.

 

17.      Bojko, A., Kramer, A. F., Peterson, M.S. (April 2002). No age difference in switch costs in pro and antisaccade tasks. presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference-2002, Atlanta, GA.

 

16.      Peterson, M.S., Belopolsky, A. V., & Kramer, A. F. (2001). Contingent visual marking. Presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Orlando, FL. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 6, 388.

 

15.      McCarley, J.S., Peterson, M.S., Kramer, A. F. , Wang, R. F., & Irwin, D. E. (2001). Visual Search for multiple targets gives no evidence of amnesic covert attention. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Orlando, FL. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 6, 33.

 

14.      Belopolsky, A. V., Kramer, A. F., Peterson, M.S., & Humphreys, G. (2001). Electrophysiological analysis of visual marking. Poster presented at The 9th Annual Workshop on Object Perception and Memory. Orlando, FL.

 

13.      Peterson, M. S., & Kramer, A. F. (2001). Guidance of the eyes by contextual information and abrupt onsets. Federated Laboratory 5th Annual Symposium, College Park, Maryland. Proceedings of Army Research Laboratory Fifth Annual Symposium.

 

12.      McCarley, J. S., Kramer, A. F., & Peterson, M. S. (2001). Object-based control of overt attention. Federated Laboratory 5th Annual Symposium, College Park, Maryland. Proceedings of Army Research Laboratory Fifth Annual Symposium.

 

11.      Peterson, M. S., McCarley, J. S, Kramer, A. F., Irwin, D.E., Wang, R. F. (2000). Visual search has memory. Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, New Orleans. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 5, 745.

 

10.      Peterson, M. S., & Kramer, A. F. (2000). Guidance of the eyes by contextual cues and abrupt onsets. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, New Orleans. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 5, 20.

 

9.         McCarley, J. S., Peterson, M. S., & Kramer, A. F. (2000). Overt and Covert Object-based Attention. Poster presented at The 8th Annual Workshop on Object Perception and Memory. New Orleans.

 

8.         Kramer, A. F., & Peterson, M.S. (2000). When attentional capture meets memory-based attentional guidance in visual search. Attraction, Distraction, and Action: An Interdisciplinary Conference and Workshop on Attentional Capture. Villanova, PA.

 

7.         Peterson, M. S., Kramer, A. F., Irwin, D. E., & Hahn, S. (2000). Modulation of oculomotor capture by abrupt onsets during free viewing. Federated Laboratory 4th Annual Symposium, College Park, Maryland. Proceedings of Army Research Laboratory Fourth Annual Symposium.

 

6.         Peterson, M. S., Kramer, A. F., Irwin, D. E., & Hahn, S. (1999). Oculomotor capture by sudden onsets during visual search. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Los Angeles Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 4, 415.

 

5.         Peterson, M. S. (1998). Masking and priming affect response times in attentional blink tasks. Poster presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Dallas. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 3, 571

 

4.         Peterson, M. S., & Juola, J. F. (1997). Spatial and temporal dynamics of attentional gating and the attentional blink. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Philadelphia. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 2, 415.

 

3.         Duvuru, P., Winchell, H., Peterson, M. S., & Juola, J. F. (1996). Semantic priming effects on the attentional blink. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 1, 265.

 

2.         Juola, J. F., McMickell, M., Peterson, M. S., Woolsey, S., Duvuru, P., & Prins, N. (1995). Processing RSVP word streams. Presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles.

 

1.         Peterson, M. S., & Juola, J. F. (1994). Allocation of attention in 3-d space. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis.

 

 

Reviewer

                 Acta Psychologica

                 Cognition

                 Cognitive Psychology

                 Human Factors

                 International Journal of Psychology

                 Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

                 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

                 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

                 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

                 Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences

                 Journal of Vision

                 Neuropsycholgia

                 Perception and Psychophysics

                 Psychological Science

                 Psychology and Aging

                 Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

                 Spatial Vision

                 Trends in Cognitive Science

                 Visual Cognition

                 Vision Research

                 Grant Proposal Reviewer, NSF (Human Cognition & Perception)

                 Grant Study Section Reviewer, NIH

 

 

Affiliations

 

                 Association for Psychological Science (APS)

                 Psychonomic Society - Full Member

                 Society for Neuroscience

                 Vision Sciences Society

 

 

Teaching Interests

 

Visual perception, cognition, and attention; cognitive psychology; statistics and research methods; graduate seminars.

 

Teaching experience

 

Courses Taught

   Graduate Cognition George Mason University
2007-2008
   Graduate Research Methods George Mason University
2007-2008
   Sensation and Perception George Mason University
2006-2008
   Neuroscience of Attention George Mason University
2006
   Grad.  Exp. Programming George Mason University
2005, 2008
   Graduate Perception Seminar George Mason University
2003
   Cognitive Psychology George Mason University
2003-2008
   Cognitive Engineering George Mason University
2002-2005
   Engineering Psychology University of Illinois
2001
   Senior Seminar in Perception University of North Florida
1998
   Research Methods University of North Florida
1997-1998
   Computers in Psychology University of North Florida
1997-1998
   Introductory Psychology University of Kansas
1995-1996

 

Courses Assisted

   Statistics University of Kansas
1994-1997
   Visual Cognition Lab University of Kansas
1993-1997


 

Graduate students supervised

                                                        

                       Miroslava Vomela

                       Jason Wong

                       Yi-Fang Tsai

 

Postdocs supervised

                                                        

                       Melissa R. Beck

 

Undergraduate HONORS students supervised

                                                        

                       Denitza Mantcheva (Honors Thesis) (Currently at London School of Economics)

"New Method for Assessing an Old Phenomenon: Comparing Young and Older Adults on an Implicit Contextual Learning Task" – Winner of Best Research Award

                       Sonia Ferraro (Honors Thesis)

"Captivated by words: Do words on an object distract attention from an object-oriented task?"

 

 

Dissertation COMMITTEES

                                                        

                       Mary Soles (PhD. received 12/2005)

                       Kathryn Levit (PhD. received 5/2006)

                       Raj Ratwani (PhD. Received 5/2008)

                       Meredith Cracraft

                       Jason Wong

 

Comprehensive exam COMMITTEES

                                                        

                       Raj Ratwani

                       Jason Wong

                       Carl Smith

                       Reshma Kumar

                       Yi-Fang Tsai

 

COMMITTEES

                                                        

                       Neuroscience Advisory Council

                       Neuroimaging Core of the Krasnow Institute (NICKI)

                       Psychology Department Quantitative Committee

                       Psychology Department Subject Pool Committee