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Barbara A. Dosher
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Positions:
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Professor, Cognitive Sciences
School of Social Sciences
Dean
School of Social Sciences
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Degree:
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PH.D., University of Oregon, 1977
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Academic
Distinctions
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Fellow, American Psychological Science, 2006
Fellow, Society for Experimental Psychology, 1997
Past or present editor or editorial boards of:
Psychological Review (Associate Editor);
Vision Research (Action Editor),
Journal of Vision (Action Editor),
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (Editorial Board)
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition (Editorial Board)
Memory and Cognition (Editorial Board)
Panel Member, Grant Review, for National Science Foundation, and National Institutes of Mental Health.
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Research
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human information processing, memory retrieval, attention, visual perception
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Research
Abstract:
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I study how humans perceive, attend, learn, remember, and retrieve information using a combination of behavioral testing and mathematical modeling. My research falls generally into three categories:
* Memory in humans, with emphasis on forgetting and retrieval in explicit and implicit memory and in working memory.
* Attentional processes in adult humans, and their consequences for perceptual efficiency and information processing, with emphasis on visual perception and memory.
* The mechanisms of learning and improvement in perceptual tasks.
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Publications:
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2006. Adaptation to sine wave gratings selectively reduces the sensory gain of the adapted stimulus. Journal of Vision, 6(7), 739-759. (with D. Dao & Z. Lu)
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2006. Perceptual learning without feedback in non-stationary environments: Data and model. Vision Research, 46, 3177-3197. (With A. Petrov & Z. Lu)
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2005. Independent perceptual learning in monocular and binocular motion systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 102, 5624-5629. (with Z. Lu & W. Chu)
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2005. Perceptual learning of Gabor orientation identification in visual periphery: Complete inter-ocular transfer of learning mechanisms. Vision Research, 45, 2500-2510. (With Z. Lu, W. Chu, & S. Lee)
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2005. Fast decay of iconic memory in observers with mild cognitive impairment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 102, 1797-1802. (With Z. Lu, J. Neuse, S. Madigan)
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2005. The dynamics of perceptual learning: An incremental channnel reweighting model. Psychological Review, 112, 715-743. (with A. Petrov & Z. Lu)
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2005. Brain mechanisms of attention. In Cognitive Neuroscience (translated into Chinese), Edited by Y. J. Luo, J. Yang, and K. Cheng. Peking University Press, Beijing, China. (With Z. Lu)
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2004. The spatial window of the perceptual template and endogenous attention. Vision Research, Special Issue on Attention, 44, 1257-1271. (With S.-H. Liu, N. Blair, & Z. Lu)
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2004. Temporal tuning of the perceptual template: Effects of cuing of spatial attention. Vision Research, 44, 1333 - 1350. (with Z.-L. Lu, & T.-S. Jeon).
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2004. Dynamic allocation of visual attention during the execution of sequenes of saccades.Vision Research, Special Issue on Attention, in press. (with T. M. Gersh, & E. Kowler).
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2004. Spatial attention does not alter the spatial frequency selectivity of the perceptual template. Journal of Vision, in press. (with Z.-L. Lu).
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2004. Mechanisms of perceptual learning. In Itti, L. & Rees, G. (Eds.), Neurobiology of Attention. MIT Press, in press. (with Z.-L. Lu).
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2004. External noise discriminates mechanisms of attention. In Itti, L., & Rees, G. (Eds.) Neurobiology of Attention. MIT Press, in press.(with Z.-L. Lu).
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2004. Perceptual learning retunes perceptual templates. Journal of Vision in press.(with Z.-L. Lu).
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2004. Time course of asymmetric visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 30, 3-27. (with S. Han & Z.-L. Lu).
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2003. Object attention revisited: Boundary conditions and mechanisms. Psychological Science, 14, 598-604. (with S. Han & Z.-L. Lu).
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2003. Memory search. For Squire, L. R. & Wachsberger, K. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory, NY: MacMillan. (w. B. M. McElree).
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2002. Conceptual and automatic processing of implicit memory for pictures and words. Consciousness and Cognition: An International Journal, 11, 423-460. (with D. M. McBride).
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2002. Spatial attention excludes noise at the target location. Journal of Vision, 2, 312-323. (with Z.-L. Lu, & L. Lesmes).
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2001. A comparison of forgetting for conscious and automatic memory processes in word fragment completion tasks. Journal of Memory and Language, 45, 585-615. (with D. M. McBride & N. Gage).
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2001. Characterizing the spatial frequency characteristics of perceptual templates. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A. 18, 2041-2053. (with Z.-L. Lu)
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2001. The focus of attention in space and time. Behavior and Brain Sciences, 24, 129-120. (with B. M. McElree).
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2001. Spatial language and visual memory for location. Cognition, 81, 171-207. (with E. Munnich & B. Landau).
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2001. Spatial language and visual memory for location. Cognition, 81, 171-207. (with E. Munnich & B. Landau).
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2000. Attention mechanisms for first- and second-order motion perception. Vision Research, 40, 173-186. (with Z.-L. Lu, & C. Q. Liu).
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2000. Noise exclusion in spatial cuing of attention. Psychological Science, 11, 139-146. (with Z.-L. Lu).
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2000. Mechanisms of perceptual attention in multi-location cueing. Vision Research, 40, 1269-1292. (with Z.-L. Lu).
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2000. Spatial attention: Different mechanisms for central and peripheral temporal cues? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26, 1534-1548.(with Z.-L. Lu).
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1999. Forgetting rates are comparable in conscious and automatic memory: A process-dissociation study. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 25,508-607. (with D. McBride).
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1999. Characterizing human perceptual inefficiencies with equivalent internal noise. Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, 16, 764-778. (with Z.-L. Lu).
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1999. Mechanisms of perceptual learning. Vision Research, 39, 3197-3221. (with Z.-L. Lu)
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1999. Forgetting due to items and time during output from short term memory. International Journal of Psychology (Special Issue on Working Memory), 34, 276-285. (Reprinted in I. Neath, G.D.A. Brown, M. Poirer, C. Fortin (Eds.) Short-term/Working Memory. Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Co.)
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1998. A comparison of forgetting in implicit and explicit memory tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 126, 371-392. (with D. McBride).
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1998. Models of visual search: Finding a face in the crowd. In Sternberg, S., & Scarborough, D. (Eds.), Invitation to Cognitive Science, Vol 4, 455-521.
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1998. Output loss or rehearsal loop? Output time vs pronunciation time limits in immediate recall in forgetting-matched materials. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 24, 316-335. (with J.-J. Ma).
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1998. External noise distinguishes attention mechanisms. Vision Research, 38, 1172-1198. (with Z.-L. Lu).
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1998. The response window regression method: Some problematic assumptions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 127, 311-317
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1998. A century of human information processing theory: Vision, attention, memory. In Hochberg, J. (Ed.) Perception and Cognition at Century's End: Handbook of Perception and Cognition .p. 199-252. (with G. Sperling).
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1998. Perceptual learning reflects external noise filtering and internal noise reduction through channel reweighting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 95, 13988-13993.(with Z.-L. Lu).
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2006. Perceptual learning without feedback in non-stationary environments: Data and model. Vision Research, 46, 3177-3197. (With A. Petrov & Z. Lu)
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2005. Perceptual learning in clear displays optimizes performance: Learning the limiting performance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 104, 5286-5290. (With Z. Lu)
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2005 Brain mechanisms of attention. In Cognitive Neuroscience (translated into Chinese), Edited by Y.-J. Luo, J. Yang, and K. Cheng. Peking University Press, Beijing, China
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2006. Perceptual learning of motion direction discrimination in fovea: Separate mechanisms. Vision Reesearch, 46, 2315-2327. (with Z. Lu & W. Chu)
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1997. Models of visual search: Finding a face in the crowd. In Sternberg, S. & Scarborough, D. (Eds.) Invitation to Cognitive Science, V4, in press.
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1998. Output loss or rehearsal loop? Output time vs pronunciation time limits in immediate recall for forgetting matched materials. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, in press. (with J-J. Ma).
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1997. Configural processing in memory retrieval: Multiple cues and ensemble representations. Cognitive Psychology, 33, 209-265 (with G. Rosedale).
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1997. A comparison of forgetting in implicit and explicit memory tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, in press (with D. McBride).
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1998. External noise distinguishes attention mechanisms. Vision Research, in press (with Z-L. Lu).
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Professional
Societies
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Society for Mathematical Psychology (Board, 1985-91; President, 1988); Society for Experimental Psychologists (Fellow, 1997 - current), Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (Senior Fellow, 1995 - current)
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Psychonomics Society
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Association for Psychological Science
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Vision Sciences Society
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Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology
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Address |
University of California
2103 SSP
Mail Code: 5100
Irvine, CA 92697
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Phone: | (949) 824-7373 |
Fax: | (949) 824-2517 |
Email: | bdosher@uci.edu |
URL
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www.cogsci.uci.edu/people.php
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| Updated |
03/30/2009
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