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Richard Abrams
Titles
Professor of Psychology

Office Contact Information

Degree
PHD, University of Michigan
Degree
MA, University of Michigan
Degree
BS, Columbia University
Office
Psychology Building Room 323B
Mailbox

Campus Box 1125

Phone
(314) 935-6538
Email
URL
Personal Site

Research specialization

Publications

 

  • Du, F., & Abrams, R. A. (2006, November). Synergistic attentional effects of abrupt onsets and color singletons. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 2006.
  • Davoli, C., Suszko, J., & Abrams, R. A. (in press). New objects can capture attention without a unique luminance transient. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review.
  • Christ, S. E., & Abrams, R. A. (in press). Abrupt onsets cannot be ignored. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review.
  • Abrams, R. A., & Christ, S. E. (2006). Motion onset captures attention: A rejoinder to Franconeri and Simons (2005). Perception & Psychophysics, 68, 114 - 117.
  • Pratt, J., Lajonchere, C., & Abrams, R. A. (2006). Attentional modulation of the gap effect. Vision Research, 46, 2602 - 2607.
Courses

 

  • Perception, Thought, and Action
  • Sensation and Perception
  • Experimental Psychology
Research Interests:

Professor Abrams (Attention and Performance Lab) conducts research on aspects of perception, attention, and motor control. His work addresses questions about the mental mechanisms that underlie overt movements of the eyes and limbs and covert movements of visual attention. One ongoing project focuses on the role of perceptual objects in attention and action; another examines the types of visual stimuli that can capture attention.

Departments
  • Philosophy 
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology