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Journal Articles

  1. Mitroff, SR; Ericson, JM; Sharpe, B (2018). Predicting Airport Screening Officers’ Visual Search Competency With a Rapid Assessment. Human Factors, 60(2), 201-211. [doi]  [abs]
  2. Mitroff, SR; Sharpe, B (2017). Using big data to solve real problems through academic and industry partnerships. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 18, 91-96. [doi]  [abs]
  3. Biggs, AT; Clark, K; Mitroff, SR (2017). Who should be searching? Differences in personality can affect visual search accuracy. Personality and Individual Differences, 116, 353-358. [doi]
  4. Ericson, JM; Kravitz, DJ; Mitroff, SR (2017). Visual Search: You Are Who You Are (+ A Learning Curve). Perception, 030100661772109-030100661772109. [doi]
  5. Chang, BP; Cain, D; Mitroff, SR (2017). Emergency department crowding associated with differences in CXR interpretations between emergency physicians and radiologists.. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 35(5), 793-794. [doi]
  6. Adamo, SH; Cain, MS; Mitroff, SR (2016). An individual differences approach to multiple-target visual search errors: How search errors relate to different characteristics of attention. Vision Research. [doi]
  7. Devyatko, D; Appelbaum, LG; Mitroff, SR (2016). A Common Mechanism for Perceptual Reversals in Motion-Induced Blindness, the Troxler Effect, and Perceptual Filling-In.. Perception. [doi]  [abs]
  8. Dowd, EW; Mitroff, SR; LaBar, KS (2016). Fear generalization gradients in visuospatial attention.. Emotion, 16(7), 1011-1018. [doi]  [abs]
  9. Krasich, K; Ramger, B; Holton, L; Wang, L; Mitroff, SR; Gregory Appelbaum, L (2016). Sensorimotor Learning in a Computerized Athletic Training Battery.. Journal of motor behavior, 48(5), 401-412. [doi]  [abs]
  10. Biggs, AT; Mitroff, SR (2015). Differences in multiple-target visual search performance between non-professional and professional searchers due to decision-making criteria.. British Journal of Psychology, 106(4), 551-563. [doi]  [abs]
  11. Adamo, SH; Cain, MS; Mitroff, SR (2015). Satisfaction at last: Evidence for the “satisfaction” hypothesis for multiple-target search errors. Visual Cognition, 23(7), 821-825. [doi]
  12. Biggs, AT; Cain, MS; Mitroff, SR (2015). Cognitive Training Can Reduce Civilian Casualties in a Simulated Shooting Environment.. Psychological Science, 26(8), 1164-1176. [doi]  [abs]
  13. Wang, L; Krasich, K; Bel-Bahar, T; Hughes, L; Mitroff, SR; Appelbaum, LG (2015). Mapping the structure of perceptual and visual-motor abilities in healthy young adults.. Acta Psychologica, 157, 74-84. [repository], [doi]  [abs]
  14. Clark, K; Appelbaum, LG; van den Berg, B; Mitroff, SR; Woldorff, MG (2015). Improvement in visual search with practice: mapping learning-related changes in neurocognitive stages of processing.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 35(13), 5351-5359. [repository], [doi]  [abs]
  15. Dowd, EW; Kiyonaga, A; Egner, T; Mitroff, SR (2015). Attentional guidance by working memory differs by paradigm: an individual-differences approach.. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 77(3), 704-712. [doi]  [abs]
  16. Biggs, AT; Adamo, SH; Dowd, EW; Mitroff, SR (2015). Examining perceptual and conceptual set biases in multiple-target visual search.. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 77(3), 844-855. [doi]  [abs]
  17. Mitroff, SR; Biggs, AT; Adamo, SH; Dowd, EW; Winkle, J; Clark, K (2015). What can 1 billion trials tell us about visual search?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 41(1), 1-5. [doi]  [abs]
  18. Biggs, AT; Adamo, SH; Mitroff, SR (2015). Mo' money, mo' problems: Monetary motivation can exacerbate the attentional blink.. Perception, 44(4), 410-422. [doi]  [abs]
  19. Biggs, AT; Mitroff, SR (2015). Improving the Efficacy of Security Screening Tasks: A Review of Visual Search Challenges and Ways to Mitigate Their Adverse Effects. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29(1), 142-148. [doi]
  20. Adamo, SH; Cain, MS; Mitroff, SR (2015). Targets Need Their Own Personal Space: Effects of Clutter on Multiple-Target Search Accuracy.. Perception, 44(10), 1203-1214. [doi]  [abs]
  21. Mitroff, SR; Biggs, AT; Adamo, SH; Dowd, EW; Winkle, J; Clark, K (2014). What Can 1 Billion Trials Tell Us About Visual Search?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 41(1), 1-5. [doi]  [abs]
  22. Biggs, AT; Adamo, SH; Mitroff, SR (2014). Rare, but obviously there: effects of target frequency and salience on visual search accuracy.. Acta Psychologica, 152, 158-165. [doi]  [abs]
  23. Cain, MS; Biggs, AT; Darling, EF; Mitroff, SR (2014). A little bit of history repeating: Splitting up multiple-target visual searches decreases second-target miss errors.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 20(2), 112-125. [doi]  [abs]
  24. Mitroff, SR; Biggs, AT (2014). The ultra-rare-item effect: visual search for exceedingly rare items is highly susceptible to error.. Psychological Science, 25(1), 284-289. [24270463], [doi]  [abs]
  25. Clark, K; Cain, MS; Adcock, RA; Mitroff, SR (2014). Context matters: The structure of task goals affects accuracy in multiple-target visual search. Applied Ergonomics, 45(3), 528-533. [23957930], [doi]  [abs]
  26. Biggs, AT; Mitroff, SR (2014). Different predictors of multiple-target search accuracy between nonprofessional and professional visual searchers.. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67(7), 1335-1348. [24266390], [doi]  [abs]
  27. Adamo, SH; Cain, MS; Mitroff, SR (2013). Self-induced attentional blink: a cause of errors in multiple-target search.. Psychological Science, 24(12), 2569-2574. [24142814], [doi]  [abs]
  28. Dowd, EW; Mitroff, SR (2013). Attentional guidance by working memory overrides salience cues in visual search.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 39(6), 1786-1796. [23565744], [doi]  [abs]
  29. Jackson, TH; Mitroff, SR; Clark, K; Proffit, WR; Lee, JY; Nguyen, TT (2013). Face symmetry assessment abilities: Clinical implications for diagnosing asymmetry.. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 144(5), 663-671. [24182582], [doi]  [abs]
  30. Harris, JA; Barack, DL; McMahon, AR; Mitroff, SR; Woldorff, MG (2013). Object-Category Processing, Perceptual Awareness, and the Role of Attention during Motion-Induced Blindness, 97-106. [doi]  [abs]
  31. Cain, MS; Mitroff, SR (2013). Memory for found targets interferes with subsequent performance in multiple-target visual search.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 39(5), 1398-1408. [23163788], [doi]  [abs]
  32. Cain, MS; Adamo, SH; Mitroff, SR (2013). A taxonomy of errors in multiple-target visual search. Visual Cognition, 21(7), 899-921. [doi]  [abs]
  33. Appelbaum, LG; Cain, MS; Darling, EF; Mitroff, SR (2013). Action video game playing is associated with improved visual sensitivity, but not alterations in visual sensory memory.. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 75(6), 1161-1167. [23709062], [doi]  [abs]
  34. Mitroff, S. R., Friesen, P., Bennett, D., Yoo, H., & Reichow, A. (2013). Enhancing ice hockey skills through stroboscopic visual training—A pilot study. Athletic Training & Sports Health Care, 5, 261-264. [doi]
  35. Cain, MS; Adamo, SH; Mitroff, SR (2013). A taxonomy of errors in multiple-target visual search. Visual Cognition.
  36. Jackson, TH; Clark, K; Mitroff, SR (2013). Enhanced facial symmetry assessment in orthodontists. Visual Cognition, 21(7), 838-852. [doi]  [abs]
  37. Biggs, AT; Cain, MS; Clark, K; Darling, EF; Mitroff, SR (2013). Assessing visual search performance differences between Transportation Security Administration Officers and nonprofessional visual searchers. Visual Cognition, 21(3), 330-352. [doi]  [abs]
  38. Appelbaum, LG; Cain, MS; Schroeder, JE; Darling, EF; Mitroff, SR (2012). Stroboscopic visual training improves information encoding in short-term memory.. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 74(8), 1681-1691. [22810559], [doi]  [abs]
  39. Donohue, SE; Darling, EF; Mitroff, SR (2012). Links between multisensory processing and autism.. Experimental Brain Research, 222(4), 377-387. [22923209], [doi]  [abs]
  40. Cain, MS; Vul, E; Clark, K; Mitroff, SR (2012). A bayesian optimal foraging model of human visual search.. Psychological Science, 23(9), 1047-1054. [22868494], [doi]  [abs]
  41. Donohue, SE; James, B; Eslick, AN; Mitroff, SR (2012). Cognitive pitfall! Videogame players are not immune to dual-task costs.. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 74(5), 803-809. [22669792], [doi]  [abs]
  42. Clark, K; Cain, MS; Adamo, SH; Mitroff, SR (2012). Overcoming hurdles in translating visual search research between the lab and the field.. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 59, 147-181. [23437633]  [abs]
  43. Appelbaum, LG; Cain, MS; Darling, EF; Stanton, SJ; Nguyen, MT; Mitroff, SR (2012). Corrigendum to " What is the identity of a sports spectator?" [Personality and Individual Differences 52 (2012) 422-427]. Personality and Individual Differences, 52(7), 862-. [doi]
  44. Adamo, SH; Cain, MS; Mitroff, SR (2012). Self-induced attentional blink: A cause of errors in multiple-target visual search. Visual Cognition, 20(9), 1004-1007. [doi]
  45. Salazar, E; Cain, MS; Darling, EF; Mitroff, SR; Carin, L (2012). Inferring latent structure from mixed real and categorical relational data. Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML 2012, 2, 1039-1046. [repository]  [abs]
  46. Smith, TQ; Mitroff, SR (2012). Stroboscopic training enhances anticipatory timing. International Journal of Excerise Science, 5(4), 344-353.
  47. Appelbaum, LG; Cain, MS; Darling, EF; Stanton, SJ; Nguyen, MT; Mitroff, SR (2012). What is the identity of a sports spectator?. Personality and Individual Differences, 52(3), 422-427. [doi]  [abs]
  48. Wu, W; Tiesinga, PH; Tucker, TR; Mitroff, SR; Fitzpatrick, D (2011). Dynamics of population response to changes of motion direction in primary visual cortex.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 31(36), 12767-12777. [21900556], [doi]  [abs]
  49. Cain, MS; Dunsmoor, JE; LaBar, KS; Mitroff, SR (2011). Anticipatory anxiety hinders detection of a second target in dual-target search.. Psychological Science, 22(7), 866-871. [21670427], [doi]  [abs]
  50. Clark, K; Fleck, MS; Mitroff, SR (2011). Enhanced change detection performance reveals improved strategy use in avid action video game players.. Acta Psychologica, 136(1), 67-72. [21062660], [doi]  [abs]
  51. Cain, MS; Mitroff, SR (2011). Distractor filtering in media multitaskers.. Perception, 40(10), 1183-1192. [22308888], [doi]  [abs]
  52. Appelbaum, LG; Schroeder, JE; Cain, MS; Mitroff, SR (2011). Improved Visual Cognition through Stroboscopic Training.. Frontiers in Psychology, 2(276), 276. [22059078], [doi]  [abs]
  53. Costello, MC; Madden, DJ; Shepler, AM; Mitroff, SR; Leber, AB (2010). Age-related preservation of top-down control over distraction in visual search.. Experimental Aging Research, 36(3), 249-272. [20544447], [doi]  [abs]
  54. Costello, MC; Madden, DJ; Mitroff, SR; Whiting, WL (2010). Age-related decline of visual processing components in change detection.. Psychology and Aging, 25(2), 356-368. [20545420], [doi]  [abs]
  55. Donohue, SE; Woldorff, MG; Mitroff, SR (2010). Video game players show more precise multisensory temporal processing abilities.. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72(4), 1120-1129. [20436205], [doi]  [abs]
  56. Fleck, MS; Samei, E; Mitroff, SR (2010). Generalized "satisfaction of search": adverse influences on dual-target search accuracy.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 16(1), 60-71. [20350044], [doi]  [abs]
  57. Hubal, R; Mitroff, SR; Cain, MS; Scott, B; DeWitt, R (2010). Simulating a vigilance task: Extensible technology for baggage security assessment and training. 2010 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2010, 543-548. (Peer-Reviewed Conference Paper). [doi]  [abs]
  58. Donohue, SE; Woldorff, MG; Mitroff, SR (2010). Multisensory benefits of playing video games. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72(4), 1120-1129. [20436205], [doi]  [abs]
  59. Costello, MC; Madden, DJ; Mitroff, SR; Whiting, WL (2010). Age-related decline of visual processing components in change detection. Psychology & Aging, 25(2), 256-268. [20545420], [doi]  [abs]
  60. Jordan, KE; Clark, K; Mitroff, SR (2010). See an object, hear an object file: Object correspondence transcends sensory modality. Visual Cognition, 18(4), 492-503. [doi]  [abs]
  61. Wang, S-H; Mitroff, SR (2009). Preserved visual representations despite change blindness in infants.. Developmental Science, 12(5), 681-687. [19702760], [doi]  [abs]
  62. Dunsmoor, JE; Mitroff, SR; LaBar, KS (2009). Generalization of conditioned fear along a dimension of increasing fear intensity.. Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), 16(7), 460-469. [19553384], [doi]  [abs]
  63. Mitroff, SR; Arita, JT; Fleck, MS (2009). Staying in bounds: Contextual constraints on object-file coherence.. Visual Cognition, 17(1-2), 195-211. [19498955], [doi]  [abs]
  64. Cheries, EW; Mitroff, SR; Wynn, K; Scholl, BJ (2008). Cohesion as a constraint on object persistence in infancy.. Developmental Science, 11(3), 427-432. [18466376], [doi]  [abs]
  65. Cheries, E; Mitroff, SR; Wynn, K; Scholl, BJ (2008). Cohesion as a principle of object persistence in infancy.. Developmental Science, 11(427-432).
  66. Mitroff, SR; Alvarez, GA (2007). Space and time, not surface features, guide object persistence.. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 14(6), 1199-1204. [18229497]  [abs]
  67. Fleck, MS; Mitroff, SR (2007). Rare targets are rarely missed in correctable search.. Psychological Science, 18(11), 943-947. [17958706], [doi]  [abs]
  68. Mitroff, SR; Scholl, BJ; Noles, NS (2007). Object files can be purely episodic.. Perception, 36(12), 1730-1735. [18283924], [doi]  [abs]
  69. Mitroff, SR; Sobel, DM; Gopnik, A (2006). Reversing how to think about ambiguous figure reversals: spontaneous alternating by uninformed observers.. Perception, 35(5), 709-715. [16836059], [doi]  [abs]
  70. Mitroff, SR; Scholl, BJ; Wynn, K (2005). The relationship between object files and conscious perception.. Cognition, 96(1), 67-92. [15833307], [doi]  [abs]
  71. Mitroff, SR; Scholl, BJ (2005). Forming and updating object representations without awareness: evidence from motion-induced blindness.. Vision Research, 45(8), 961-967. [15695181], [doi]  [abs]
  72. Noles, NS; Scholl, BJ; Mitroff, SR (2005). The persistence of object file representations.. Perception & psychophysics, 67(2), 324-334. [15973783]  [abs]
  73. Mitroff, SR; Simons, DJ; Levin, DT (2004). Nothing compares 2 views: change blindness can occur despite preserved access to the changed information.. Perception & psychophysics, 66(8), 1268-1281. [15813193]  [abs]
  74. Mitroff, SR; Scholl, BJ; Wynn, K (2004). Divide and conquer: how object files adapt when a persisting object splits into two.. Psychological Science, 15(6), 420-425. [15147497], [doi]  [abs]
  75. Mitroff, SR; Scholl, BJ (2004). Seeing the disappearance of unseen objects.. Perception, 33(10), 1267-1273. [15693670], [doi]  [abs]
  76. Mitroff, SR; Scholl, BJ (2004). Last but not least : Seeing the disappearance of unseen objects. Perception, 33(10), 1267-1273. [doi]  [abs]
  77. Mitroff, SR; Scholl, BJ; Wynn, K (2003). The relationship between object files and conscious perception. Journal of Vision, 3(9), 338a. [doi]  [abs]
  78. Mitroff, SR; Simons, DJ; Franconeri, SL (2002). The siren song of implicit change detection.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 28(4), 798-815. [12190251]  [abs]
  79. Mitroff, SR; Simons, DJ (2002). Changes are not localized before they are explicity detected. Visual Cognition, 9(8), 937-968. [doi]  [abs]
  80. Mitroff, SR; Simons, DJ (2001). A lack of confidence in implicit change detection. Journal of Vision, 1(3), 7a. [doi]  [abs]

Chapters in Books

  1. Clark, K; Cain, MS; Mitroff, SR "Perception and human information processing in visual search." The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Perception Research. January, 2015: 199-217. [doi]  [abs]
  2. Harris, J. A., Barrack, D. L., McMahon, A. R., Mitroff, S.R., & Woldorff, M. G. "Object-category processing during motion-induced blindness as revealed by electrophysiological recordings." Cognitive Electrophysiology of Attention: Signals of the Mind. Ed. G.R. Mangun Elsevier Academic Press, 2014: 97-106.
  3. Cheries, EW; Mitroff, SR; Wynn, K; Scholl, BJ "Do the same principles constrain persisting object representations in infant cognition and adult perception?: The cases of continuity and cohesion." The Origins of Object Knowledge. March, 2012 [doi]  [abs]
  4. Clark, K., Cain, M. S., Adamo, S. H., & Mitroff, S. R. "Examining influences on applied visual search performance."  in press
  5. Clark, K., Cain, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. "Perception and human information processing in visual search." Cambridge University Handbook on Applied Perception Research. Ed. R. Hoffman, J. Szalma, P. Hancock, R. Parasuraman, & M. Scerbo (Eds.) 2012
  6. Cheries, E., Mitroff, S. R., Wynn, K., & Scholl, B. J. "Constraints on Persisting Object Representations in Infants and Adults.." The Origins of Object Knowledge. London: Oxford University Press.. Ed. B. Hood & L. Santos 2009
  7. Simons, DJ; Mitroff, SR; Franconeri, SL "Scene Perception: What We Can Learn from Visual Integration and Change Detection." Perception of Faces, Objects, and Scenes: Analytic and Holistic Processes. June, 2006 [doi]  [abs]
  8. Simons, D. J., Mitroff, S. R., & Franconeri, S. L. "Scene perception: What we can learn from visual integration and change detection.." Perception of faces, objects, and scenes: Analytic and holistic processes. Advances in visual cognition. Ed. M. Peterson & G. Rhodes 2003: 335-351.

Articles Submitted

  1. Madden, D. J., Mitroff, S. R., Shepler, A. M., Fleck, M. S., Costello, M. & Voss, A. (Submitted). Adult Age Differences in Top-Down Attentional Control During Rare Target Search..

Other

  1. Hubal, R., Cain, M. S., & Mitroff, S. R. (2011). Simulating a vigilance task: Technology for homeland security research.. Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC). Orlando, FL.. (Peer-Reviewed Conference paper).
  2. Cain, M. S., Vul, E., Clark, K., & Mitroff, S. R. (2011). Optimal models of human multiple-target visual search.. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Boston, MA: Cognitive Science Society.. (Peer-Reviewed Conference Paper).
  3. Mitroff, S. R., & Hariri, A. (2010). Identifying Predictive Markers of Field Performance: The Potential Role of Individual Differences in Threat Sensitivity. Institute for Homeland Security Solutions Research Brief. https://www.ihssnc.org.
  4. Madden, D. J., & Mitroff S. R. (2010). Aging and Top-Down Attentional Control in Visual Search. Institute for Homeland Security Solutions Research Brief. https://www.ihssnc.org.
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