Richard A. Abrams

Title: Professor of Psychology
Degree: PHD, University of Michigan
Degree: MA, University of Michigan
Degree: BS, Columbia University
Dept: Philosophy, Neuroscience, & Psychology
Dept: Psychology
Office: Psychology Building 323B

Phone: (314) 935-6538
E-mail: rabrams@wustl.edu
Website: http://abrams.wustl.edu/

Courses Taught:
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.

Selected 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.