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2022-2023
Michailovs, S., Pond, S., Schmitt, M., Irons, J. Stoker, M., Visser, T. A. W., Huf, S., & Loft, S. (2023). The impact of information integration on a simulation of future submarine command and control. Human Factors, 65(7), 1473-1490.
Howard, J., Bowden, V., & Visser, T. A. W. (2023). Do action video games make safer drivers? The effects of video game experience on simulated driving performance. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, 97, 170-180.
Albertella, L. et al. (2023). Building a transdisciplinary expert consensus on the cognitive drivers of performance under pressure: An international multi-panel Delphi study. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1-17.
English, M. C. W., Maybery, M. T., & Visser, T. A. W. (2023). A review of behavioural evidence for hemispheric asymmetry of visuospatial attention in autism. Autism Research, 16, 1086-1100.
Visser, T. A. W., English, M. C. W., & Maybery, M. T. (2022). No evidence for superior distractor filtering amongst individuals high in autistic-like traits. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 84(8), 2715-2724.
Michailovs, S., Howard, Z. L., Pond, S., Visser, T., Bell, J., Pinniger, G., Irons, J., Schmitt, M., Fitzgerald, M., Stoker, M., Carter, O., Huf, S., & Loft, S. (2022). The impact of digital image configuration on periscope operator workload, situation awareness, meta-awareness and performance. Cognitive Systems Research, 76, 13-25.
Loft, S., Tatasciore, M. & Visser, T. A. W. (2022). Managing workload, performance and situation awareness in aviation systems. In J. R. Keebler, E. H. Lazzara, K. Wilson, & E. Blickensderfer (Eds.), Human Factors in Aviation and Aerospace (3rd Edition). (pp. 171-197). Elsevier: Academic Press. [book chapter]
Tatasciore, M., Bowden, V. K., Visser, T. A. W., & Loft, S. (2022). Should we just let the machines do it? The benefit and cost of action recommendation and action implementation automation. Human Factors, 64(7), 1121-1136.
Black, S. C., Bender, A. D., Whitney, S. J., Loft, S. D., & Visser, T. A. W (2022). The effect of multi-tasking training on performance, situation awareness, and workload in simulated air traffic control. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36, 874-890.
Moretti, J., Marinovic, W., Harvey, A.R., Rodger, J. & Visser, T. A. W. (2022). Offline parietal intermittent theta-burst stimulation or alpha frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation has no effect on visuospatial or temporal attention. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, 903977.
2020-2021
English, M. C. W., Gignac, G. E., Visser, T. A. W., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Enns, J. T. & Maybery, M. T. (2021). The Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory (CATI): Development and validation of a new measure of autistic traits in the general population. Molecular Autism, 12, 1-23.
English, M. C. W., Maybery, M. T. & Visser, T. A. W. (2021). Magnitude of sex differences in visual search varies with target eccentricity. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 28, 178-188.
Wilson, M., Strickland, L., Farrell, S., Visser, T. A. W., & Loft, S. D. (2020). Prospective memory performance in simulated air traffic control is robust to interruptions but reduced by retention interval. Human Factors, 62(8), 1249-1264.
Tatasciore, M., Bowden, V. K., Visser, T. A. W., Michailovs, S. I. C. & Loft, S. (2020). The benefits and costs of low and high degree of automation. Human Factors, 6, 874-896.
English, M. C. W., Gignac, G. E., Visser, T. A. W., Whitehouse, A. J. O., & Maybery, M. T. (2020). A comprehensive psychometric analysis of autism-spectrum quotient factor models using two large samples: Model recommendations and the influence of divergent traits on total-scale scores. Autism Research, 13, 45-60.
Tang, M. F., Ford, L., Arabzadeh, E., Enns, J. T., Visser, T. A. W., & Mattingley, J. B. (2020). Neural dynamics of the attentional blink revealed by encoding orientation selectivity during rapid visual presentation. Nature Communications, 11, 434.
2018-2019
English, M. C. W., Maybery, M. T., & Visser, T. A. W. (2019). Autistic-traits, not anxiety, modulate implicit emotional guidance of attention in neurotypical adults. Scientific Reports, 9, 18376.
Roberts, A., Palermo, R. & Visser, T. A. W. (2019b). Unravelling how low dominance in faces biases non-spatial attention. Scientific Reports, 9, 17962.
Wilson, M. D., Strickland, L., Farrell, S., Visser, T. A. W., & Loft, S. (2019). Prospective memory performance in simulated air traffic control: Robust to interruptions but impaired by retention interval. Human Factors, online prior to print.
Visser, T. A. W., Bender, A. D., Bowden, V. K., Black, S., Greenwell-Barnden, J., Loft, S., & Lipp, O. V. (2019). Individual differences in higher-level cognitive abilities do not predict overconfidence in complex task performance. Consciousness and Cognition, 74, 102777.
Houlis, K., Hogben, J. H., Visser, T. A. W., Ohan, J. L., Anderson, M., & Heath, S. M. (2019). "Zooming in" on orthographic knowledge to clarify the relationship between rapid automatised naming (RAN) and word reading. Learning and Individual Differences, 74, 101756.
Bowden, V. K., Loft, S., Wilson, M. D., Howard, J. & Visser, T. A. W. (2019). The long road home from distraction: Investigation the time-course of distraction recovery in driving. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 124, 23-32.
Roberts, A., Palermo, R. & Visser, T. A. W. (2019a). Effects of dominance and prestige based social status on competition for attentional resources. Scientific Reports, 9, 2473.
Visser, T. A. W., & Roberts, A. (2018). Automaticity of social cues: The influence of limiting cognitive resources on head orientation cueing. Scientific Reports, 8, 10288.
Tatasciore, M., Bowden, V., Visser, T., Chen, S., & Loft, S. (2018). The Effect of the Degree of Static Automation in Simulated Submarine Track Management. International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [referred conference paper]
Loft, S., Jooste, L., Li, Y. R., Ballard, T., Huf, S., Lipp, O. V., & Visser, T. A. W. (2018). Using Situation Awareness and Workload to Predict Performance in Submarine Track Management: A Multilevel Approach. Human Factors, 60(7), 978-991.
Wilson, M. D., Farrell, S., Visser, T. A. W., & Loft, S. (2018). Remembering to execute deferred tasks in simulated air traffic control: The impact of interruptions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 24(3), 360-379.
Taylor, J. B., Visser, T. A. W., Fueggle, S. N., Bellgrove, M. A., & Fox, A. M. (2018). The error-related negativity (ERN) is an electrophysiological marker of motor impulsiveness on the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) during adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 30, 77-86.d
English, M. C. W., Kitching, E., Maybery, M. T., & Visser, T. A. W. (2018). Modulating attentional biases of adults with autistic traits using transcranial direct current stimulation: A pilot study. Autism Research, 11(2), 385-390
2016-2017
Enns, J. T., Kealong, P., Tichon, J.G., & Visser, T. A. W. (2017). Training and the attentional blink: Raising the ceiling does not remove the limits. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 79, 2257-2274.
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English, M. C. W., Maybery, M. T., & Visser, T. A. W. (2017c). Modulation of global and local processing biases in adults with autistic-like traits. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47, 2757-2769.
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Chen, S. I., Visser, T. A. W., Huf, S., & Loft, S. (2017). Optimizing the balance between task automation and human manual control in simulated submarine track management. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23, 240-262.
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Bowden, V. K., Visser, T. A. W., & Loft, S. (2017). Forgetting induced speeding: Can prospective memory failure account for drivers exceeding the speed limit? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23, 180-190.
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Visser, T. A. W. (2017). Frozen in time: Concurrent task performance interferes with temporal shifts of attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43, 1057-1064. [download]
English, M. C. W., Maybery, M. T., & Visser, T. A. W. (2017b). Reduced pseudoneglect for physical space, but not mental representations of space, for adults with autistic traits. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47, 1956-1965.
Taylor, J., Cummins, T., Fox, A., Johnson, B., Tong, J., Visser, T. A. W., Hawi, Z. & Bellgrove, M. (2017). Allelic variation in dopamine D2 receptor gene is associated with attentional impulsiveness on the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11). The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 1-9.
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Bowden, V. K., Loft, S., Tatasciore, M., & Visser, T. A. W. (2017a). Lowering thresholds for speed limit enforcement impairs peripheral object detection and increases driver subjective workload. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 98, 118-122.
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English, M. C. W., Maybery, M. T., & Visser, T. A. W. (2017a). Threatening faces fail to guide attention for adults with autistic-like traits. Autism Research, 10, 311-320.
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Wilson, M., Farrell, S., Visser, T. A. W., & Loft, S. (2016). On the nature of interruptions in complex dynamic tasks. International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
[referred conference paper]
2011-2015
Tang, M. F., Dickinson, J. E., Visser, T. A. W., Edwards, M., & Badcock, D. R. (2015). The role of form information in motion pooling and segmentation. Journal of Vision, 15(15), 1-19.
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Visser, T. A.W. (2015). Expectancy-based modulations of lag-1 sparing and extended sparing during the attentional blink. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 41, 462-478.
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Tang, M. F., Dickinson, J. E., Visser, T. A. W., & Badcock, D. R. (2015). The broad orientation dependence of the motion streak aftereffect reveals interactions between form and motion neurons. Journal of Vision, 15(13), 1-18.
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English, M. C. W., Maybery, M. T., & Visser, T. A. W. (2015). Individuals with autistic-like traits show reduced lateralization on a greyscales task. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45, 3390-3395.
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Visser, T. A. W., Ohan, J. L., & Enns, J. T. (2015). Temporal cues from statistical patterns can overcome resource limitations in the attentional blink. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 77, 1585-1595. [download]
Visser, T. A. W., Tang, M. F., Badcock, D. R., & Enns, J. T. (2014). Temporal cues and the attentional blink: A further examination of the role of expectancy in sequential object perception. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 76, 2212-2220.
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Visser, T. A. W. (2014). Evidence for deficits in the temporal attention span of poor readers. PloS One, 9(3), e91278.
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Chen, S., Loft, S., Huf, S., Braithwaite, J., & Visser, T. A. W. (2014). Static and adaptable automation in simulated submarine track management. International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [refereed conference paper]
Tichon, J. G., Mavin, T., Wallis, G., Visser, T. A. W., & Riek, S. (2014). Using pupillometry and electromyography to track positive and negative affect during flight simulation. Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors, 4, 23-32.
English, M. C. W., & Visser, T. A. W. (2014). Exploring the repetition paradox: The effects of learning context and massed repetition on memory. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 21, 1026-1032. [download]
Tang, M. F., Badcock, D. R., & Visser, T. A. W. (2014). Training and the attentional blink: Limits overcome or expectations raised? Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 21, 406-411.
Visser, T. A. W., Ohan, J. L., Whittle, S., Yucel, M, Simmons, J. G., & Allen, N. B. (2014). Sex differences in structural brain asymmetry predict overt aggression in early adolescents. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 553-560.
Tang, M. F., Dickinson, J. E., Visser, T. A. W., Edwards, M., & Badcock, D. R. (2013). The shape of motion perception: Global pooling of transformational apparent motion. Journal of Vision, 13(13), 1-20. [download]
Ohan, J. L., Visser, T. A. W., Moss, R. G., & Allen, N. B. (2013). Parents’ stigmatizing attitudes toward psychiatric labels for ADHD and depression. Psychiatric Services, 64, 1270-1273.
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Visser, T. A. W., & Ohan, J. L. (2012). How does information processing speed relate to the attentional blink? PLoS ONE, 7(3), e33265.
Visser, T. A. W., Tichon, J. & Diver, P. (2012). Reducing the dangers of operator distraction through simulation training. SimTecT. [refereed conference paper]
Goodhew, S. C., Dux P. E., Lipp, O. V., & Visser, T. A. W. (2012). Understanding recovery from object substitution masking. Cognition, 122, 405-415.
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Visser, T. A. W., & Ohan, J. L. (2011). Is all sparing created equal? Comparing lag-1 sparing and extended sparing in temporal object perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 37, 1527-1541.
Jacoby, O., Visser, T. A. W., Hart, B. C., Cunnington, R., & Mattingley, J. B. (2011). No evidence for early modulation of evoked responses in primary visual cortex to irrelevant probe stimuli presented during the attentional blink. PLoS ONE, 6(8), e24255.
Visser, T. A. W. (2011). A re-examination of the impact of object processing on shifts of spatial attention. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 73, 688-694.
Goodhew, S. C., Visser, T. A. W., Lipp, O. V., & Dux, P. E. (2011b). Competing for consciousness: Prolonged mask exposure reduces object substitution masking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 37, 588-596.
Ohan, J. L., Visser, T. A. W., Strain, M.C., & Allen, L. (2011). Teachers’ and education students’ perceptions of and reactions toward children with and without the diagnostic label “ADHD.” Journal of School Psychology, 49, 81-105.
Goodhew, S. C., Visser, T. A. W., Lipp, O. V., & Dux, P. E. (2011a). Implicit semantic perception in object substitution masking. Cognition, 118, 130-134.
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2006-2010
Dux, P. E., Visser, T. A. W., Goodhew, S. C., & Lipp, O. V. (2010). Delayed Re-entrant Processing Impairs Visual Awareness: An Object Substitution Masking Study. Psychological Science, 21, 1242-1247.
Visser, T. A. W., & Barnes, D. (2010). Inhibitory interaction: The effects of multiple non-predictive visual cues. Psychological Research, 74, 532-544.
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Visser, T. A. W. (2010). Memory reloaded: Memory load effects in the attentional blink. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63, 1085-1103.
Ohan, J. L., & Visser, T. A. W. (2009). Why is there a Gender Gap in Children Presenting for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Services? Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 38, 650–660.
Visser, T. A. W. & Barnes, D. (2009). The impact of multiple irrelevant visual events at the same spatial location on inhibition. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics. 71, 392-402.
McLean, G. M. T., Stuart, G. W., Visser, T. A. W., & Castles, A. E. (2009). The attentional blink in developing readers. Scientific Studies of Reading. 13, 334–357.
Visser, T. A. W., Davis, C., & Ohan, J. L. (2009). When similarity leads to sparing: Probing mechanisms underlying the attentional blink. Psychological Research, 73, 327–335.
La Rocque, C. L., & Visser, T. A. W. (2009). Temporal visual attention deficits in normal readers. Vision Research, 49, 96-101.
Williams, M. A., Visser, T. A. W., Cunnington, R., & Mattingley, J. B. (2008). Attenuation of neural responses in early visual cortex during the attentional blink. Journal of Neuroscience, 28, 9890-9894. [download]
Ohan, J. L., Cormier, N., Hepp, S. L., Visser, T. A. W., & Strain, M. C. (2008). Does knowledge about ADHD impact teacher’s reported behaviours and perceptions? School Psychology Quarterly, 23, 436-449.
Birmingham, E., Visser, T. A. W., Snyder, J. J., & Kingstone, A. F. (2007). Inhibition of return: Unraveling a paradox. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 14, 957-963.
Visser, T. A. W. & Ohan, J. L. (2007). Data-limited Manipulations of T1 Difficulty Influence the Attentional Blink. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61, 102-108.
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Visser, T. A. W. (2007). T1 Difficulty and the Attentional Blink: Expectancy versus Backward Masking. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology – A, 60, 936-951.
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Prime, D. J., Visser, T. A. W., & Ward, L. (2006). Reorienting events and Inhibition of return. Perception and Psychophysics, 68, 1310-1323.
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1999-2005
Visser, T. A. W., Merikle, P. M., & Di Lollo, V. (2005). Priming in the attentional blink: Perception without awareness? Visual Cognition, 12, 1362-1372.
Visser, T. A. W., Bischof, W. F., & Di Lollo, V. (2004). Rapid-serial visual distraction: Task-irrelevant items can produce an attentional blink. Perception and Psychophysics, 66, 1418-1432.
Visser, T. A. W., Boden, C, & Giaschi, D. E. (2004). Children with dyslexia: Evidence for visual attention deficits in perception of rapid sequences of objects. Vision Research, 44, 2521-2535.
Ghorashi, S. M. S., Zuvic, S. M., Visser, T. A. W., & Di Lollo, V. (2003). Focal distraction: Spatial shifts of attention are not required for contingent capture. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 29, 78-91.
Di Lollo, V., Kawahara, J., Zuvic, S. M., & Visser, T. A. W. (2001). The preattentive emperor has no clothes: A dynamic redressing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 130, 479-492. [download]
Visser, T. A. W., & Besner, D. (2001). On the dominance of whole-word knowledge in reading aloud. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 8, 560-567.
Visser, T. A. W., & Enns, J. T. (2001). The role of attention in temporal integration. Perception, 30, 135-145.
Enns, J. T., Visser, T. A. W., Kawahara, J., & Di Lollo, V. (2001). Visual masking and task switching in the attentional blink. In K. Shapiro (ed.) The limits of attention: Temporal constraints on human information processing, 65-81. [book chapter]
Zuvic, S. M., Visser, T. A. W., & Di Lollo, V. (2000). Direct estimates of processing delay in the attentional blink. Psychological Research/Psychologische Forschung, 63, 192-198.
Visser, T. A. W., Bischof, W. F., & Di Lollo, V. (1999). Attentional switching in spatial and non-spatial domains: Evidence from the attentional blink. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 458-469.
Visser, T. A. W., Zuvic, S. M., Bischof, W. F., & Di Lollo, V. (1999). The attentional blink with targets in different spatial locations. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 6, 432-436.
Visser, T. A. W., & Merikle, P. M. (1999). Conscious and unconscious processes: The effects of motivation. Consciousness and Cognition, 8, 94-113.