Brandon J. Thomas, Ph.D.
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Post Doctoral Fellow, Cognition and Neural Science | CNSCurriculum Vitae Contact InformationOffice: 717 BEHS |
Research Interests
I am broadly interested in how perception and memory are constrained by peoples’ actions and action capabilities. I am currently working on a number of projects related to the perception and memory of affordances, sex differences in navigation and spatial perception, exploratory movements for perceiving objects and object properties, implicit memory, prospective memory, and workplace engagement.
Education
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati (Experimental Psychology, 2016)
M.S., Illinois State University (Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences, 2012)
B.A., Purdue University Calumet (Psychology, 2010)
Selected Publications
Thomas, B. J., & Riley, M. A. (2015). The selection and usage of information for perceiving and remembering intended and unintended object properties. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 41, 807-815. doi:10.1037/xhp0000050 Download
Thomas, B. J., & McBride, D. M. (2015). The effect of semantic context on prospective memory performance. Memory. doi:10.1080/09658211.2015.1004351 Download
Thomas, B. J., & Riley, M. A. (2014). Remembered affordances reflect the fundamentally action-relevant, context-specific nature of visual perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40, 2361-2371. doi:10.1037/xhp0000015 Download
McBride, D. M., Thomas, B. J., & Zimmerman, C. (2013). A test of the survival processing advantage in implicit and explicit memory tests. Memory & Cognition, 41, 862-871. doi:10.3758/s13421-013-0304-y Download
Wagman, J. B., Thomas, B. J., McBride, D. M., & Day, B. M. (2013). Perception of maximum reaching height when the means for reaching are no longer in view. Ecological Psychology, 25, 1-18. doi:10.1080/10407413.2013.753810 Download