UC Irvine Faculty

[an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] UC Irvine Faculty

Barbara Dosher
(949)-824-7373
bdosher@uci.edu
My research investigates topics in attention, perceptual learning, and memory.
The attention project investigates the mechanisms of visual attention in basic perceptual tasks, including attention to a location in space, the coordination of multi-modal inputs, and mechanisms of visual search.
The perceptual learning project investigates performance improvements in visual tasks, the mechanisms of those improvements, the functional level of learned improvements, specificity of learning, and the time course of perceptual learning.
The memory projects investigate the limitations on working memory, the nature and forgetting of information in explicit and implicit memory, and the interaction of information from multiple memory sources.
Work is currently supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Mental Health, and Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

Ph.D. University of Oregon, 1977 (Experimental Psychology). President, Society for Mathematical Psychology, 1988; Fellow, Society of Experimental Psychologists, 1998, NSF Cognition and Perception Panel, 1991-1994; Consulting Editor, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 1982-1987, 1989-1991, Memory and Cognition, 1993-1999, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 1993-1999, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 1994-present, Psychological Science, 1999-present; Associate Editor, Psychological Review, 1999-present.

Selected Publications

Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. (2000). Spatial attention: Different mechanisms for central and peripheral temporal cues? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition.
Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. (2000). Mechanisms of perceptual attention in multi-location cueing. Vision Research, 40, 1269-1292.
Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. (2000). Noise exclusion in spatial cuing of attention. Psychological Science, 11, 139-146.
Lu, Z.-L., Liu, C. A., & Dosher, B. (2000). Attention mechanisms for first- and second-order motion perception. Vision Research, 40, 173-186.
Dosher, B. (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.
Dosher, B., & Lu, Z.-L. (1999). Mechanisms of perceptual learning. Vision Research, 39, 3197-3221.
Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. (1999). Characterizing human perceptual inefficiencies with equivalent internal noise. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A, 16, 764-778.
McBride, D., & Dosher, B. (1999). Forgetting rates are comparable in conscious and automatic memory: A process-dissociation study. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 25, 508-607.
Dosher, B., & Lu, Z-L. (1998). Perceptual learning reflects external noise filtering and internal noise reduction through channel reweighting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 95, 13988-13993.
Dosher, B., & Sperling, G. (1998). A century of information processing theory: Vision, attention, memory. In Hochberg, J. (Ed). Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Perception and Cognition at Century's End: History, Philosophy, Theory, 199-252.
Dosher, B. (1998). The response window regression method: Some problematic assumptions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 127, 311-317.
Lu, Z-L., & Dosher, B. (1998). External noise distinguishes attention mechanisms. Vision Research, 38, 1172-1198.
Dosher, B., & Ma, J.-J. (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 & Cognition, 24, 316-335.
Dosher, B. (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.
McBride, D. M., & Dosher, B. (1998). A comparison of forgetting in implicit and explicit memory tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 126, 371-392.
Dosher, B., & Rosedale, G. (1997). Configural processing in memory retrieval: Multiple cues and ensemble representations. Cognitive Psychology, 33, 209-267.
Kowler, E., Anderson, E., Dosher, B., Blaser, E. (1995). The role of attention in the programming of saccades. Vision Research, 35, 1897-1916.
Sperling, G., & Dosher, B. (1995). Depth from motion. In Papathomas, T. V., et. al (Eds.) Early Vision and Beyond. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp.133-142.
McElree, B., & Dosher, B. (1993). Serial retrieval processes in the recovery of order information. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 122, 291-315.
Dosher, B. A., & McElree, B. (1992). Memory search: Retrieval processes in short-term and long-term recognition. For Squire, L. R., et. al (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory, NY: MacMillan, pp.398-406.
Dosher, B. A. (1991). Bias and discrimination in cuing of memory: A weighted decisions model. In Hockley, W. & Lewandowsky, S. (Eds.) Relating theory and data in memory, NJ: Erlbaum, pp. 14-1 - 14-30.
Dosher, B.A., & Rosedale, G. (1991). Judgments of semantic and episodic relatedness: Common time-course and failure of segregation. Journal of Memory and Language, 30, 125-160.
Landy, M.S., Dosher, B.A., Sperling, G., & Perkins, M.E. (1991). Kinetic depth effect and optic flow. II. first- and second-order motion. Vision Research, 31, 859-876.
Sperling, G., Dosher, B.A., & Landy, M.S. (1990). How to study the kinetic depth effect experimentally. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 16, 445-450.
Dosher, B.A., Landy, M.S., & Sperling, G. (1989). Kinetic depth effect and optic flow. I. 3D shape from Fourier motion. Vision Research, 29, 1789-1813.
Sperling, G., Landy, M.S., Dosher, B.A., & . Perkins, M.E. (1989). The kinetic depth effect and the identification of shape. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 15, 826-840.
Dosher, B.A., Landy, M.S., & Sperling, G. (1989). Ratings of kinetic depth in multi-dot displays. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 15, 816-825.
McElree, B.M., & Dosher, B.A. (1989). Serial position and set size in short term memory: The time course of recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 118, 346-373.
Dosher, B.A., & Rosedale, G. (1989). Integrated retrieval cues as a mechanism for priming in retrieval from memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 118, 191-218.
Dosher, B.A., McElree, B., Hood, R.M., & Rosedale, G. (1989). Retrieval dynamics of priming in recognition memory: Bias and discrimination analysis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 15, 868-886.
Sperling, G. & Dosher, B.A. (1986). Strategy and optimization in human information processing. In K. Boff, L. Kaufman, & J. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of Perception and Performance. New York, NY: Wiley.
Dosher, B.A., Sperling, G. & Wurst, S. (1986). Tradeoffs between stereopsis and proximity luminance covariance as determinants of perceived 3D structure. Vision Research, 26, 973-990.
Dosher, B.A. (1984). Degree of learning and retrieval speed: Study time and multiple exposures. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 10, 541-574.
Dosher, B.A. (1984). Discriminating preexperimental (semantic) from experimental (episodic) associations: A speed accuracy analysis. Cognitive Psychology, 16, 519-555.
Russo, J.E. & Dosher, B.A. (1983). Strategies for multiattribute binary choice. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 9, 676-696.
Dosher, B.A. (1983). Relational information in sentence memory. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 12, 377-396.
Dosher, B.A. & Corbett, A.T. (1982). Instrument activation and verb schemata. Memory and Cognition, 10, 531-539.
Dosher, B.A. (1982). Of activation nets and consciousness. Contemporary Psychology, 27, 531-532.
Dosher, B.A. (1982). Effect of sentence size and network distance on retrieval speed. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 8, 173-207.
Dosher, B.A. (1981). The effects of delay and interference on retrieval dynamics: Implications for retrieval models. Cognitive Psychology, 13, 551-582.
Wickelgren, W.A., Corbett, A.T. & Dosher, B.A. (1980). Priming and retrieval from short-term memory: A speed-accuracy tradeoff analysis. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 19, 387-404.
Dosher, B.A. (1979). Empirical approaches to information processing: Speed-accuracy tradeoff functions or reaction time. Acta Psychologica, 43, 347-359.
Corbett, A.T. & Dosher, B.A. (1978). Instrument inferences in sentence encoding. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 17, 479-491.
Dosher, B.A. & Russo, J.E. (1976). Memory for internally generated stimuli. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 2, 633-640.
Dosher, B.A. (1976). The retrieval of sentences from memory: A speed-accuracy study. Cognitive Psychology, 8, 291-310.